Open AccessOPERATIONAL PROCEDURES RICHARDS BAY HARBOUR
Author(s) -
J.A. Zwamborn,
P.J. Cox
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v18.163
Subject(s) - bay , harbour , port (circuit theory) , east coast , environmental science , coal , geography , engineering , archaeology , physical geography , computer science , electrical engineering , programming language
The new port of Richards Bay on the east coast of South Africa (Figure 1), was officially opened in April 1976 and was mainly built for the export of bituminous coal. Exports increased from an initial 2,5 million tons per annum to 26,5 million tons per annum in 1981. Extensions are now under way to increase this further to 44 million tons per annum by 1987.