Port · South Africa
Port of Cape Town
The Port of Cape Town in South Africa is a tracked Evergreen discharge port on bexy, with 682 tracked arrivals, most often from China.
- Arrivals
- 682
- Departures
- 0
- Median planned port-to-port
- —
- Top origins
- 1
Location
- UN/LOCODE
- ZACPT
- Time zone
- Africa/Johannesburg
Code from the UNECE UN/LOCODE list (release 2024-2), matched by bexy to the city and country in Evergreen's record. A port spans many berths: a position stands for the port or its city, not a terminal.
About the Port of Cape Town
Cargo bound for Cape Town is most often loaded at Shanghai, Qingdao, Xingang and Xiamen.
Track an Evergreen (EGLV) shipment through Cape Town by its Bill of Lading or container number on bexy for the vessel, voyage, port milestones and container status — free, with no account needed.
Arrivals at Cape Town
| Origin country | Shipments |
|---|---|
| China [CN] | 682 |
| Port of loading | Shipments | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Port of Shanghai [CN] | 307 | — |
| Port of Qingdao [CN] | 234 | Qingdao → Cape Town |
| Port of Xingang [CN] | 74 | — |
| Port of Xiamen [CN] | 58 | — |
| Port of Xiaolan[CN] | 4 | — |
| Port of Ningbo [CN] | 2 | — |
Recent shipments bound for Cape Town
- EMCU6542834 · Shekou → Cape Town
- EGSU2322825 · Qingdao → Cape Town
- EMCU6411794 · Qingdao → Cape Town
- EITU3042343 · Qingdao → Cape Town2×
- EITU0287300 · Qingdao → Cape Town3×
- EGSU2054466 · Shanghai → Cape Town
- EMCU0042554 · Shanghai → Cape Town
- EITU9270675 · Shanghai → Cape Town
- EGSU3860091 · Shanghai → Cape Town
- EITU1969882 · Jiangmen → Cape Town2×
- EMCU1719146 · Qingdao → Cape Town
- EGSU3889557 · Qingdao → Cape Town
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Port of Cape Town?
- The Port of Cape Town is a container shipping port in South Africa. bexy tracks 682 shipment legs moving through it.
- Where does cargo arriving at the Port of Cape Town come from?
- Cargo discharged at Cape Town most often comes from China, loaded mainly at Shanghai, Qingdao, Xingang and Xiamen. Origins are the place-of-receipt countries on the Evergreen (EGLV) Bills of Lading tracked on bexy.
- How busy is the Port of Cape Town?
- bexy tracks 0 export and 682 import shipment legs at Cape Town. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the port's total throughput.
- How do I track a shipment to the Port of Cape Town?
- Enter the Evergreen (EGLV) Bill of Lading or container number on bexy to follow the vessel, voyage and each container from departure to arrival — free, with no login.
682 shipments arriving
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Aggregated from 682 tracked shipment legs · data refreshed Oct 19, 2026 · how these figures are built.
Cite this page
bexy, "Port of Cape Town — Shipments & Routes", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 682 tracked shipment legs. https://bexy.io/ports/cape-townDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.