South Africa: ports, chokepoints and disruptions
The archive records 4 disruptions involving South Africa. This build covers 4 of its ports and 1 bordering chokepoint. IMF PortWatch lists 8 ports in South Africa in total.
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Key facts
- Recorded events
- 4
- Ongoing now
- 2
- Ports covered here
- 4
- PortWatch ports in country
- 8
- ISO codes
- ZA, ZAF
- Wikidata
- Q258
Ongoing now
Oil and gas exposure
| Chokepoint | Crude oil and petroleum liquids, 1H25 | Share of world maritime oil trade | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape of Good Hope | 9.1 million barrels a day | 11% | – |
Source: US Energy Information Administration, World Oil Transit Chokepoints, last updated 3 March 2026. Terms.
Events
| Start | Event | Type | Status | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Durban Gateway Terminal backlog follows terminal operating system cutover | Congestion episode | ongoing | 2 Moderate |
| 2023-11-19 | Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea divert traffic around Africa | Security incident | ongoing | 5 Critical |
| 2023-10-01 | Vessel congestion at the Port of Durban container terminals | Congestion episode | ended | 3 Significant |
| 2021-07-22 | Cyberattack on Transnet disrupts South African container terminals | Cyber incident | ended | 2 Moderate |
Disruption calendar
Months in which the archive records a disruption at South Africa. The number is the highest severity recorded that month, from 1 minor to 5 critical. Months after 2026-11 are blank because they have not happened.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |