The National Ports Authority is responsible for the safe, effective and efficient economic functioning of the national ports system, which it manages in a landlord capacity

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is one of six operating divisions of Transnet SOC Ltd. The National Ports Authority is responsible for the safe, effective and efficient economic functioning of the national port system, which it manages in a landlord capacity.

It provides port infrastructure and marine services at the eight commercial seaports in South Africa – Richards Bay, Durban, Saldanha, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Mossel Bay and Ngqura. It operates within a legislative and regulatory environment and is governed by the National Ports Act (Act No. 12 of 2005).

Transnet SOC Ltd is the largest and most crucial part of the freight logistics chain that delivers goods to each and every South African. Transnet operates as an integrated freight transport company, formed around a core of six operating divisions that complement each other: