{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Saldanha Bay","identifier":"ZA SDB","unlocode":"ZA SDB","city":null,"country":"South Africa","waterBody":"South Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Medium","harborType":"Coastal (Breakwater)","channelDepthMeters":23.2,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":-33.033333,"longitude":17.966667},"description":"A 23-metre draught makes Saldanha Bay South Africa's largest natural deep-water port, set on the west coast about 110 kilometres north of Cape Town and built around iron ore export. Its dedicated ore terminal handles roughly 96 percent of South Africa's iron ore exports, is designed for about 60 million tonnes a year (installed capacity near 57 Mtpa) and is fed by a purpose-built 861-kilometre heavy-haul railway from the Sishen mines in the Northern Cape, shipping mainly to Asia and the Middle E","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/saldanha-bay-port-za-sdb","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/saldanha-bay-port-za-sdb","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Saldanha Bay · (UN/LOCODE: ZA SDB) · South Africa · Medium · 23.2 m"}