EAST LONDON

East London is located at the mouth of the Buffalo River on the southeast coast of South Africa (full name: The REPUBLIC of South Africa), on the southwest side of the Indian Ocean, and is one of the main ports in South Africa. Founded in 1867, it is a fishing base in South Africa. The Orange River basin in the northwest of the port is a concentrated area of diamond mining, and the alluvial plains along the Atlantic coast are also rich in diamonds. South Africa has the second largest diamond reserves in the world, with an annual production of approximately 9 million carats of diamonds. Diamond and gemstone exports account for approximately 27% of the total export value each year. The port has railway lines that can directly reach the mining area. The main industries include machinery, ship repair, leather making, textiles, cigarettes, and canned fruits. Transportation is well-developed, and both railways and highways can be connected to the domestic network. The port is about 8km away from the airport, and there are regular flights to Johannesburg every day, connecting with domestic and international regular flights. The port has a tropical grassland climate, with prevailing northeast and southwest winds. The annual average temperature is about 20 ℃. The average annual rainfall is about 1000mm. The average tide height is 1.7 for high tide and 0.24 for low tide. There are 15 main dock berths in the port area, with a shoreline length of 2662m and a maximum water depth of 10.7m. The loading and unloading equipment includes various shore cranes, truck cranes, electric cranes, ship loaders, forklifts, container trailers, flatbed trucks, tugboats, and roll on/roll off facilities. There are also oil pipelines with a diameter of 150-300mm. The port area has an open-air cargo yard of 35000 square meters, a corn storage capacity of 76000 tons, a container yard of 30000 square meters, and a cargo shed area of 12000 square meters. Loading and unloading efficiency: 1650 tons of corn per hour, 1800 tons of grain per hour, unloading 1000 tons. The anchorage depth of the large ship is about 18 meters. In 1994, the container throughput was 22000 TEUs, an increase of 4% compared to 1993, and the annual cargo throughput capacity was about 5 million tons. The main export goods are corn, wool, leather, fruits, mineral sand, asbestos, and miscellaneous goods, while the main import goods include petroleum and its products, grain, wood, automobiles, and building materials. During holidays, we do not work on New Year's Day and Christmas.