The construction of the port commenced on October 2002 and started operating in October 2009. The port covers 1 250 hectares of land and can accommodate 7 berths, namely 4 container berths, 2 break bulk berths and 1 bulk liquid berth. Seventy per cent of the containers handled at the port are destined for other destinations and include manganese, breakbulk and liquid bulk. The Port of Ngqura performed well in relation to other ports, but was still underutilised and required more business in order to create more jobs.