Track any container moving through Durban and see the port's real activity: carriers calling, scheduled connections, and a measured congestion signal. Four independent lenses on every shipment.
Track a shipment moving through Durban by pasting your container number, bill of lading, or booking reference at trackingmcp.com/ports/zadur. TrackingMCP resolves the carrier automatically and shows its events, the vessel's satellite AIS position, the schedule, and a cross-checked ETA together, with no carrier portal login.
Any carrier calling Durban: we detect the line and format automatically.
Daily signal, 9 July 2026 to 7 October 2026; dashed line marks the port's typical baseline.
As of 2 October 2026, port-call throughput at Durban was 8% above its typical baseline, on 46 calls in the trailing 7 days. Derived from AIS port-call observations; inside the tracker this signal refreshes continuously and feeds each shipment's ETA-at-risk flag.
Durban appears in 3,104 scheduled port calls in TrackingMCP's sailing database (January 2025 to March 2028 schedule window), with 14 carriers we track calling the port. Track any of them by container, bill of lading, or booking number.
ZADUR. The five-character UN/LOCODE (ZA for South Africa, plus DUR) identifies Durban in carrier schedules, booking confirmations, and tracking feeds worldwide.
Enter your container number, bill of lading, or booking reference in the search box above. TrackingMCP auto-detects the carrier and format, then returns live carrier events, the vessel's AIS position, and a forecast ETA. Your first shipment is free, no account needed to start.
Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL, COSCO lead the 14 carriers with scheduled sailings calling Durban in TrackingMCP's sailing database. Each line links to its own tracking page below.
As of 2 October 2026, AIS port-call data put Durban's 7-day throughput 8% above its typical baseline, on 46 port calls in 7 days; the signal level reads mild. Signals refresh continuously inside the tracker; this page shows the snapshot from its last build.
Shanghai, Nansha, Nhava Sheva, Ningbo, Singapore, Colombo see the most scheduled sailings to and from Durban in TrackingMCP's sailing database.
Free time is set by each carrier's tariff for South Africa, not by the port. The TrackingMCP free-time reference lists published demurrage and detention free days for South Africa by carrier, and the tracker watches the free-time clock on every shipment.