Dube TradePort has played a huge role in the movement
of heavy and outsized cargo in the region. Notablely the
relocation of various wildlife, including the iconic rhinos, as
part of a broader effort to conserve these magnificent
creatures, in a move to increase rhino populations across
other parts of Africa.
Simultaneously, Durban's oil refinery operations have needed
urgent shipments of critical components from time to time
over the last 10 years. It has been during these times that,
Dube Cargo Terminal has been able to demonstrate its
flexibility, efficiency and reliability in coordinating these types
of operations in a tight turnaround window.
Mr Ricardo Isaac, Dube TradePort, Senior Manager: Cargo
Development and Operations said "Dube Cargo Terminal has
also proven to be agile in providing customised cargo
solutions. Previously, with only a 24-hour turnaround time,
Dube Cargo Terminal working in close partnership with ACSA,
the Freight Forwarder and South African Civil Aviation
Authority, got all the required permissions to enable an
AN-124 to transport to uplift a 54-tonne payload."
Dube TradePort Cargo Terminal has the capabilities
to handle 20-foot ocean-going containers, having invested in
a specialised outsized cargo handling facility, with hoists,
mobile cranes, and conveyor systems, that have allowed the
terminal to handle bulky and outsized goods like large pipes,
machines, vehicles as well as live animals.
Moreover, Dube Cargo Terminal and Durban's King Shaka
International Airport became a logistical staging area,
handling numerous humanitarian relief flights within the
region, when devastating floods hit KwaZulu-Natal in 2022
and when tropical Cyclone Idai left thousands in neighbouring
Mozambique needing to rebuild, underscored the versatility of
the Terminal's operations.