Port infrastructure is provided in the container, dry bulk,
liquid bulk, break-bulk and automotive sectors. Marine services provided
include dredging, aids to navigation, ship repair and marine operations.
In view of evolving developments in the maritime industry TNPA
seeks to continue to enhance its role in facilitating trade and influencing
economic growth. TNPA’s strategy includes provision of port infrastructure
capacity ahead of demand and aligning its core activities to changing market
dynamics.
TNPA’s vision is to be “a system of ports, seamlessly
integrated in the logistics network that is jointly and individually
self-sustainable through delivery of high levels of service and increasing
efficiency for a growing customer base, enhancing South Africa’s global
competitiveness and facilitating the expansion of the South African economy
through socially and environmentally sustainable port development.”
In
addition, TNPA’s solid training, port consultancy and dredging expertise, means
it is well positioned to explore cross-border partnerships with ports and port
projects outside of South Africa.
TNPA’s core functions in terms of the National Ports Act No 12
2005 are as follows:
Landlord
As landlord of South Africa’s ports, the National Ports
Authority is responsible for promoting its use and improving, developing and
controlling the land use within these ports. TNPA also has the power to lease
port land under conditions determined by themselves.
Controller
of port services and facilities
TNPA is responsible for the provision of port services and
facilities and may enter into agreements with, or licence other parties to
provide them.
Change
agent
In terms of the Act TNPA is responsible for ensuring South
Africa’s ports are transparently managed and that it provides
non-discriminatory, fair and transparent access to port services and
facilities. TNPA is also responsible for advancing the previously disadvantaged
and promoting their representation and participation in its terminal
operations.
Controller
of port services and facilities
TNPA is responsible for the provision of port services and
facilities and may enter into agreements with, or licence other parties to
provide them.
Controller
of ports navigation
In its role as controller of port navigation, TNPA makes and
applies the rules that control navigation within the limits of the South
African ports and the approaches to them. It provides safe and secure ports and
protects the environment within its port limits.
Coordinator
with other state agencies
TNPA is responsible for liaising with all the stakeholders of
the South African port system.
Marketer
and administrator
TNPA is responsible for marketing the services available in
South Africa’s ports and ensuring that there are adequate, affordable,
equitable and efficient port services and facilities available to the users of
the ports.
Master planner
In its role as master planner, TNPA plans, improves, develops
and maintains port infrastructure.