The World Bank has ranked South African ports right at the bottom of their global port rankings. They ranked Port of Cape Town 400th, Port Elizabeth 395th, Durban 403rd (lowest globally), and Ngqura 402nd out of the 403 global ports considered. By comparison, seven out of the top ten ranked ports are in China. South African ports stand out internationally for their low efficiency, across many port performance indicators (including the share of time in at berth in percent of total time in port shown in the chart).
