Ready for shipment

The Port Elizabeth Harbour is a major export hub for the car manufacturers in Nelson Mandela Bay with General Motors based in Port Elizabeth and VW in Uitenhage. This is the view from the Campanile down onto the harbour with rows car carrier ships. and rows of cars waiting to be loaded onto car carrier … Continue reading Ready for shipment →

Harbour users

This is the view of part of the Port Elizabeth Harbour from Humerail and in this picture you can actually see quite a number of different harbour users. The big ship in the middle of the screen is a manganese ore carrier. The manganese ore gets exported from Port Elizabeth and the whole issue of … Continue reading Harbour users →

Sailing and harbour giraffes

Today is Workers Day in South Africa and I thought I'll take the opportunity to post a relaxing "nothing to do with work" photo of a yacht sailing in Algoa Bay with the Port Elizabeth Harbour giraffes in the background.

Campanile view south

The viewing area of the Campanile has a window on each wall of the room giving you a view all around it. Looking south the Port Elizabeth Harbour and Settlers Freeway is in the foreground with the beachfront in the back. The big warehouse in the middle of the photo is a cold storage facility.

Cars leaving port

I met a friend from out of town for coffee at the Kelway Hotel in Humewood last week. The Kelway has an open deck area at their restaurant with an amazing view of Kings Beach and the Port Elizabeth Harbour entrance. While we were chatting a car carrier ship was leaving the harbour. I kept on … Continue reading Cars leaving port →

Richmond Hill shipping beacon

Very few people know that there is a shipping beacon situated on top of Richmond Hill. The beacon assists with ships entering and exiting the Port Elizabeth Harbour and plays quite an important part in Algoa Bay's shipping lanes. A couple of years ago a developer started construction on an apartment block in the vicinity. … Continue reading Richmond Hill shipping beacon →

Window to the harbour

This narrow guage railway bridge (if I can call is that), crosses one of the old unused South End Roads below Beach Road close to the Humewood Station. I was just curious to see it from up close and ventured down to it. It made for a nice window towards the harbour.

Ore ship

An ore ship loading manganese ore at the Port Elizabeth harbour. In the foreground is a couple of yachts at anchor next to the Algoa Bay Yacht Club.

Manganese ore dumps

One of the major eyesores and talking points along the Port Elizabeth beachfront is the Manganese ore terminal between Kings Beach and the Port Elizabeth Harbour. Not just does it look ugly, but the dust of the ore gets blown over the Humewood area when the wind blows from the north east. There are hopes … Continue reading Manganese ore dumps →

Naval ships

Better late than never. The South African Navy recently did a joint exercises along with the navies from India and Brazil along the South African coast. Part of the exercise took place in Algoa Bay and the ships spent a couple of days in the Port Elizabeth Harbour. The ships were open to the public on … Continue reading Naval ships →