Positioning, aging, live port congestion, a self-service depot & warehouse network, and printable transfer notes — built for how African freight actually moves, not adapted from a European or Asian platform.
Full vs empty stock per facility, and how many days containers have sat in one place without moving. This is the core of Ashnet — everything below is wired and ready for real numbers.
| Facility | Full | Empty | Status | Avg dwell (laden) | Oldest container | Cause |
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Vessels currently anchored and waiting to berth, by port — sourced from AIS vessel-tracking data. A queue building up here is your earliest warning that container volume is about to hit the yard.
Illustrative trend shape, not a live feed — wire up a rate/AIS provider under Enterprise to make this live.
| Facility | Country | Type | Corridor | Capacity / throughput | Notes | Map |
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The rail and road links that actually decide routing for landlocked cargo — set live congestion & availability thresholds on these under Enterprise.
A self-service directory: warehouse and depot operators list what container sizes they handle and their current stock, so shippers, transporters and forwarders can find capacity in real time — built by the network, not a static register.
Moving containers between depots, or handing off to a customer? Generate a transfer note here — print it, WhatsApp a copy, or email a PDF, and it stays logged for both sides.
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Most African container trade is inland trade first — the corridor decides the routing more than the port at either end does.
South Africa's primary rail artery — 688km from Durban to City Deep, Pretcon, Kascon and Kaalfontein.
East Africa's main gateway for Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, eastern DRC and South Sudan.
Tanzania's competing route to the same hinterland, increasingly contesting Mombasa for regional cargo.
The shortest sea-to-inland route for three of the region's landlocked economies.
Namibia's low-congestion alternative to Durban for Botswana and Zambia-bound cargo.
A rehabilitated rail line opening a new Atlantic export route for Central African copper and cobalt.
Landlocked Ethiopia's primary trade artery, running on a single electrified line.
A dense run of competing deepwater ports feeding each other via transshipment along the Gulf of Guinea.
Public port-authority schedules blended with commercial AIS and freight-index feeds, plus depot-level reporting from transporter partners.
South Africa's eight commercial seaports — berths, terminal operators and rated container capacity.
City Deep, Pretcon, Kascon, Kaalfontein and the planned Tambo Springs terminal, and the Natcor rail link connecting them to Durban.
Kenya Ports Authority, Nigerian Ports Authority, Tanzania Ports Authority and equivalents across the other 14 countries on record.
Northern Corridor authority, Beira Corridor Group and similar bodies for corridor routing.
Engineering News, Freight News and maritime trade publications, used for capacity upgrades and project status.
Enterprise plans feed private booking and yard data into your own forecast.
Full/empty counts and time-in-yard from terminal operators and transporter partners — the feed behind Container Positioning & Aging.
Capacity and throughput figures are indicative — rated or publicly reported capacity, not live terminal telemetry. Treat them as directional for network planning, and confirm current operating status with each port authority or terminal operator before relying on them for a live shipment decision. Register compiled July 2026.
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