Upgraded City Deep seen as key to improving Joburg–Durban logistics performance

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet formally opened its upgraded City Deep inland port on Thursday, reporting that its yearly container handling capacity had been doubled to 400 000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) following an R800-million investment programme. The terminal, which is situated just south of the Johannesburg central business district and in view of Transnet’s Carlton Centre head office, is the largest inland port in Africa and the fifth largest internationally. At peak, the terminal handles about 300 trucks and also offloads up to 10 trains a day.