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The Port of Durban, commonly called Durban Harbour, is the largest and busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa. [2] It handles up to 31.4 million tons of cargo each year. [ 3 ] It is the fourth largest container terminal in the Southern Hemisphere , handling approximately 4.5 million TEU in 2019.
Point Waterfront is a harbour-side town located at the entrance to the Port of Durban. During the last 50 years the town suffered decay and was left mostly abandoned. The uShaka Marine World is located here. [citation needed]
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The Bluff promonotory is a remnant of an extensive coastal dune system that formed along the shoreline of KwaZulu-Natal between two and five million years ago. [2] It is situated just south of the Durban CBD and plays a key role in shielding the Port of Durban from the Indian Ocean, forming the port’s southern quayside.
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Durban has a natural harbour, Port of Durban, which is the busiest port in South Africa and the fourth-busiest in the Southern Hemisphere. The extent of urban sprawl the Greater Durban agglomeration has experienced, virtually adjoining surrounding smaller towns, has made boundaries in the metropolitan area quite complicated.
1968 - Durban Heights water reservoir begins operating. [6] 1970 - Population: 736,853 city; 850,946 metro. [16] 1972 - University of Durban-Westville opens. 1973 - 1973 Durban strikes [4] 1977 - Durban Container Terminal begins operating at the Port of Durban. 1978 - 8 January: Academic Rick Turner assassinated. [17] 1985 Anti-Indian unrest.
The N2 from Port Shepstone leads northwards as a freeway along the coast towards Durban, KwaDukuza and Empangeni and westwards into the interior towards Kokstad and Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. Other than Durban, the N2 also provides a connection to other South African coastal cities such as East London, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) and Cape Town.