TNPA Maydon Wharf Upgrade Berth 5-11&15 Basis Assessment

The Maydon Wharf precinct in the Port of Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, serves as a multipurpose terminal, primarily handling dry bulk, break-bulk, and liquid bulk cargo. The precinct has a total of 15 berths.
Many of the current berths are older than 50 years and are too shallow to accommodate larger vessels. Maydon Wharf’s Berths 1-4 &12-14 have been upgraded already, with construction completed in 2021. This next phase of berth upgrades will align the remaining older berths with the newer berth construction and design standards and specifications.
The purpose of the proposed project will be to upgrade the remaining berths, one at a time, to be able to accommodate larger vessels. The berths' existing infrastructure will be upgraded, and the berthing pockets of the berths will be deepened through capital dredging.
Two aspects of this project require EA, i.e., the quay wall upgrade and the associated capital dredging of the berth pockets. The quay walls and platform will be upgraded by demolishing the existing structures, followed by installing new sheet piles and constructing new concrete slabs. The berth pockets will be dredged up to -14.5 mCD (Chart Datum); approximately 4.5 m deeper than the current port floor depth between -10 to -12 mCD. Dredging will extend over an area of approximately 50 meters from the quayside structure. The dredged material that is removed for the proposed project will be disposed of at the existing, authorised dredging dump site located at sea.