Port · South Africa
Port of Durban
The Port of Durban in South Africa is an actively tracked Evergreen discharge port on bexy, with 6,006 tracked arrivals, most often from China and Turkey.
- Arrivals
- 6,006
- Departures
- 0
- Median planned port-to-port
- 24 days
- Top origins
- 2
Location
- UN/LOCODE
- ZADUR
- 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 Durban
Cargo bound for Durban is most often loaded at Shanghai, Qingdao, Xingang and Xiamen. Planned port-to-port transit to Durban has a median of 24 days (middle half 21–38 days, 90% within 55 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date to the first planned arrival at Durban in the carrier's routing, across 298 shipments. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 measured shipments, which carry 88% of the arrivals. Actual transit to Durban, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 28 days (middle half 23–46 days, 90% within 68 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Durban, across 93 shipments with a recorded discharge at Durban. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 88% of the arrivals. On the 25 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge at Durban, across 7 sailings, containers were discharged a median 3 days after the carrier's planned arrival: the planned date is the carrier's plan as bexy read each Bill of Lading, and those schedules have slipped.
Track an Evergreen (EGLV) shipment through Durban 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 Durban
| Origin country | Shipments |
|---|---|
| China [CN] | 6,004 |
| Turkey[TR] | 2 |
| Port of loading | Shipments | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Port of Shanghai [CN] | 3,466 | Shanghai → Durban |
| Port of Qingdao [CN] | 1,818 | Qingdao → Durban |
| Port of Xingang [CN] | 331 | — |
| Port of Xiamen [CN] | 306 | — |
| Port of Ningbo [CN] | 57 | — |
| Port of Shekou [CN] | 8 | — |
| Median | 24 days |
|---|---|
| Middle half (P25–P75) | 21–38 days |
| 90% within (P90) | 55 days |
| Shipments measured | 298 |
From the loaded-on-board date to the planned arrival at Durban in the carrier's routing — estimates, port to port, with no inland leg. Volume-weighted across the loading ports with at least 20 measured shipments, which carry 88% of the arrivals.
| Median | 28 days |
|---|---|
| Middle half (P25–P75) | 23–46 days |
| 90% within (P90) | 68 days |
| Shipments with a recorded discharge | 93 |
From the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Durban, as Evergreen's container events record it — actual dates, not estimates, for only the shipments whose discharge is on record. Volume-weighted across the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 88% of the arrivals.
| Median | +3 daysafter the planned arrival |
|---|---|
| Middle half (P25–P75) | +2 to +5 days |
| Shipments with both dates | 25 |
| Sailings (vessel voyages) | 7 |
Per shipment, the day a container was discharged at Durban minus the first planned arrival there, over only the shipments with both — whole days, exact to within a day either way; negative means ahead of plan. Each shipment is measured against its own plan, so it is not weighted by loading port. Every container on a late vessel is late together, so the slip is shown only when those shipments came on at least 5 sailings.
On the 25 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge at Durban, across 7 sailings, containers were discharged a median 3 days after the carrier's planned arrival: the planned date is the carrier's plan as bexy read each Bill of Lading, and those schedules have slipped.
Recent shipments bound for Durban
- EGSU1249247 · Qingdao → Durban4×
- DRYU9839164 · Qingdao → Durban65×
- EGHU9526046 · Qingdao → Durban
- EGHU9786573 · Qingdao → Durban
- EITU1710401 · Qingdao → Durban3×
- TIIU5445272 · Qingdao → Durban3×
- EITU0492347 · Qingdao → Durban
- EGHU9126559 · Qingdao → Durban
- EGHU9176246 · Qingdao → Durban2×
- EGSU3838781 · Qingdao → Durban2×
- EITU0496569 · Qingdao → Durban
- EGSU2670836 · Shekou → Durban
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Port of Durban?
- The Port of Durban is a container shipping port in South Africa. bexy tracks 6,006 shipment legs moving through it.
- Where does cargo arriving at the Port of Durban come from?
- Cargo discharged at Durban most often comes from China and Turkey, 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 long does shipping to Durban take?
- Planned port-to-port transit to Durban has a median of 24 days (middle half 21–38 days, 90% within 55 days), an estimate measured from the loaded-on-board date to the first planned arrival at Durban in the carrier's routing, across 298 shipments. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 measured shipments, which carry 88% of the arrivals. These are the carrier's planned dates, port to port; any inland leg after discharge at Durban adds time.
- How long does shipping to Durban actually take?
- Actual transit to Durban, from the carrier's container discharge events, has a median of 28 days (middle half 23–46 days, 90% within 68 days), measured from the loaded-on-board date to the day a container was discharged at Durban, across 93 shipments with a recorded discharge at Durban. It weights each loading port by its number of arrivals, over the loading ports with at least 20 recorded discharges, which carry 88% of the arrivals. These are actual dates from the carrier's container events, not estimates, port to port, and any inland leg after discharge adds time. They cover only shipments whose discharge at Durban is on record: for most Bills of Lading bexy first reads the record after the container has been returned empty, when the discharge is no longer shown. On the 25 shipments with both a planned arrival and a recorded discharge at Durban, across 7 sailings, containers were discharged a median 3 days after the carrier's planned arrival: the planned date is the carrier's plan as bexy read each Bill of Lading, and those schedules have slipped.
- How busy is the Port of Durban?
- bexy tracks 0 export and 6,006 import shipment legs at Durban. These are the Evergreen (EGLV) shipments on record, not the port's total throughput.
- How do I track a shipment to the Port of Durban?
- 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.
6,006 shipments arriving
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Cite this page
bexy, "Port of Durban — Shipments & Routes", data as of 2026-10-19, n = 6,006 tracked shipment legs. https://bexy.io/ports/durbanDefinitions, thresholds and limitations are on the methodology page.