The Port of Durban is reopening after severe storms and vessel incidents closed the port yesterday.
Transnet National Ports Authority says 80% of the navigable area in the port is safe for vessel transit.
Sounding surveys indicated some obstructions, but the areas that showed none were reopened to shipping.
Transnet chief executive Shulami Qalinge says the port authority and others "acted quickly and efficiently to partially restore normality at the port."
The Port of Durban anticipates full marine operations will resume by midday Thursday, pending the outcome of the sounding surveys.
Three ships foundered during storm
The storms, which caused severe flooding, caused three ships, a dock and a tug newbuilding to come loose.
The 9,200-teu MSC Ines (built 2006) was blown sideways across the entrance channel. But it was safely moored earlier today. Salvage firm African Marine Solutions (Amsol) brought in five tugs to refloat the ship.
Odfjell's 50,000-dwt tanker Bow Triumph (built 2016) and SM Line's 8,586-teu SM New York (built 2010) also had to be remoored due to the storms.
