South African Bulk Terminals
Department Intelligence · Q3 2026

Shipping

Red

On-time vessel performance critically low (2% arrivals)

Record discharge volume, but on-time vessel performance collapsed

Red

Discharged tonnage of 344,483 MT beat target, yet on-time arrivals fell to 2% and departures to 20%. The root causes trace outside shipping — rain, plant downtime from the derailment, and a silo-space bottleneck — making this a cross-functional recovery problem, not a berth-scheduling one.

Vessels handled
17
Discharged
344,483 MT
On-time arrivals
2%
On-time departures
20%

Key indicators

Vessels Handled
Amber
1710.5%
Target 20Prev Q 19
Discharged Tonnage
Green
344 482,91 MT8.0%
Target 330 000 MTPrev Q 318 900 MT
On-Time Arrivals
Red
2%94.1%
Target 75%Prev Q 34%
On-Time Departures
Red
20%51.2%
Target 75%Prev Q 41%
Loading Volume
Amber
11 030,64 MT17.7%
Target 15 000 MTPrev Q 13 400 MT

Incidents & events

Silo-space bottleneck

open

Insufficient silo space caused discharge delays and vessel waiting time.

2026-08-18 Discharge delays, demurrage exposure

Open actions

Secure temporary silo capacity for maize season
D. Mokoena Due 2026-09-30
open