Background: The cascading effect in the liner shipping industry has forced the ply of larger ships to Southern African Development Community (SADC) ports. This requires these ports to revise their strategic development to accommodate the resulting shifts in cargo flows to and from these strategic ports in conjunction with hinterland corridor development. Objectives: The purpose of this research was to understand the changing landscape of strategic SADC ports and develop future strategies with regard to liner shipping services. The main objective was to assess the future development needs of the SADC port system in relation to the cascading effect in liner shipping, linked to the development of hinterland corridors, identifying the limitations and opportunities of each port. Method: Descripto-exploratory research and analysis of secondary data were used. An extensive research of 552 sources (journal articles, research reports, books, newspaper and magazine articles and webpages) dating mostly from the year 2000 onwards were analysed. Results: Durban will remain the preferred container hub port for the foreseeable future if the port can increase its capacity and offer superior customer service in relation to competing ports in the region, such as Maputo, Walvis Bay and Ngqura. Durban is well adapted to accommodate the port and landside requirements resulting from the cascading effect. This is most evident in the depth of the port and port-side handling equipment. The findings confirm that the success of other SADC ports and corridors are subject to regional cooperation and integration without which the dominance of the port of Durban and the Maputo and North–South corridors will continue. Conclusion: The findings of the research indicate that Durban is ideally suited to develop further as a container hub port for the SADC region. This development is subject to a more competitive port landscape in the region as other ports such as Maputo, Walvis Bay and Ngqura improve their liner shipping service offering.

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班轮运输对南部非洲发展共同体港口战略的影响

背景：班轮运输业的连锁效应已迫使较大型的船舶进入南部非洲发展共同体（SADC）港口。这就要求这些港口修改其战略发展，以适应与内陆走廊发展相结合而来往于这些战略港口的货物流量的变化。目标：这项研究的目的是了解战略南部非洲发展共同体港口的变化格局，并制定有关班轮运输服务的未来战略。主要目的是评估与南部非洲发展共同体港口系统在班轮运输中的连锁效应，与腹地走廊的发展有关的未来发展需求，确定每个港口的局限性和机遇。方法：使用描述性探索性研究和辅助数据分析。分析了主要从2000年开始的552种资料来源（期刊文章，研究报告，书籍，报纸和杂志文章以及网页）。结果：在可预见的将来，如果德班港口能够提高其容量并提供相对于该地区竞争性港口（如马普托，沃尔维斯湾和伍古拉）的优质客户服务，则德班仍将是首选的集装箱枢纽港。德班非常适合适应级联效应产生的港口和岸边要求。这在港口和港口侧装卸设备的深度最为明显。调查结果证实，南部非洲发展共同体其他港口和走廊的成功取决于区域合作与一体化，否则，德班港口和马普托以及南北走廊的主导地位将继续。结论：研究结果表明，德班非常适合作为南部非洲发展共同体地区的集装箱枢纽港进一步发展。随着其他港口（如马普托，沃尔维斯湾和恩古拉）改善了其班轮运输服务，这一发展将受到该地区更具竞争力的港口格局的影响。