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South African port traffic and cargo volumes

This dataset contains monthly port statistics from Transnet based on cargo dues invoiced, including total cargo, number of vessels and number of containers.

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The data

92 rows, 8 columns.

period Text
month Category
Month only January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
year Year
Year only 2019 – 2026
date Date
Full date in YYYY-MM-DD format, being last day of the month 2019-01-31 – 2026-08-31
quarter Number
Calendar quarter number (ie, 1,2,3 or4) 1 – 4
cargo_tonnes Number
Total tonnage of cargo handled 12675184 – 22891232
teus Number
Number of containers invoiced, measured in Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), where one TEU equals a 20-foot (6-metre) container 187740 – 484225
vessel_arrivals Number
Number of vessels arriving 502 – 1086

Latest rows

periodmonthyeardatequartercargo_tonnesteusvessel_arrivals
August 2026August20262026-08-31 317944689382765772
July 2026July20262026-07-31 318928713411056777
June 2026June20262026-06-30 219156802454460838
May 2026May20262026-05-31 217620992342363800
April 2026April20262026-04-30 217867694304955723
March 2026March20262026-03-31 121684785452125965
February 2026February20262026-02-28 119266701387107752
January 2026January20262026-01-31 120329797353825750
December 2025December20252025-12-31 418590114349999720
November 2025November20252025-11-30 418698095365764766
October 2025October20252025-10-31 415424876329164585
September 2025September20252025-09-30 321220533484225936
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