More upgrades for historic Durban dock

The historic 91-year-old
Prince Edward Graving
dock at the Port of Durban
will soon have new pumps
and more efficient cranes
as part of the governmentled
Operation Phakisa
initiative.
The upgrades will
be completed by
2019 and follow the
completion by Transnet
National Ports Authority
(TNPA) of the third and
final phase of a R30m
refurbishment of the
352.04-metre-long
dry dock – which forms
part of the Prince Edward
facility.
The pumps currently
pump out 6 000 tonnes of
water per second but need
to be replaced for safety
and efficiency reasons,
said a port official.
CAPTION
The outer dock (of two) of the Prince Edward Graving Dock.