{"id":580374,"date":"2026-04-12T20:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/580374\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:37:15","slug":"breaking-news-durban-land-reclamation-plan-on-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/580374\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Durban land reclamation plan on the table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transnet National Ports Authority is seeking approval to reclaim over 22 hectares of land within the Port of Durban, between the existing Point multi-purpose terminal quay wall and a proposed new Point Container Terminal quay wall.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/areaa-768x701.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>photo courtesy of dffe.gov.za<\/p>\n<p>The application was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dffe.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/legislations\/nem_preapproval_landfromcoastalwaters_tnp_portofdurbang7357gon54470.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">gazetted<\/a> two days ago, in terms of the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (ICM Act), by Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willem Abraham Stephanus Aucamp, who has opened a 60-day window period for public submissions to comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to their official announcement, TNPA is seeking in-principle ministerial approval to reclaim the 22.4 hectares which will require approximately four million cubic meters of infill material to complete the project.<\/p>\n<p>The primary source of infill material would be an authorized sandwinning site located offshore, near the port entrance. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/area1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103270\"  \/>photo courtesy of dffe.gov.za<\/p>\n<p>The reclamation forms part of TNPA\u2019s broader KZN Ports Master Plan, which aims to reconfigure the Port of Durban and the Port of Richards Bay to establish Durban as a container hub port serving both South Africa and the wider Southern African region.<\/p>\n<p>If the reclamation proceeds, the new land would be developed to accommodate: <\/p>\n<p>a new quay wall and berths for container vessels; <\/p>\n<p>infrastructure for ultra-large container ships (ULCS); <\/p>\n<p>container stacking yards for imports and exports; and <\/p>\n<p>land and water areas reserved for future expansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transnet National Ports Authority is seeking approval to reclaim over 22 hectares of land within the Port of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,58645,451,222299,3,254491,452,453,254492],"class_list":{"0":"post-580374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-durban","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-land-reclamation","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-port-development","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topstories","17":"tag-transnet"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}