Port Health Services

Mission: To be a leader in providing Port Health Services and facilities to accommodate the transportation of Cargo and Passengers by Air, Water and Land within the KwaZulu-Natal Province.

Goal: To provide a comprehensive Port Health Service to all our Customers on an ongoing basis in terms of the International Health Regulations and other relevant Health legislation.

Port Health Services: Coastal Region

Postal address: P.O. Box 49454, East End, 4018
Physical address: 5th floor, Mercury House, Anton Lembede Street, Durban
Telephone:  031 301 0381, 031 301 0382, 031 301 0384
Fax: 031 301 0385
 

Designation	Name	Email Address
Regional Director	AP Hargreaves	Antoinette.hargreaves@health.gov.za
Deputy Director	P Bhugwandeen	Pradeep.bhugwandeen@health.gov.za
PA to Regional Director	MY Mdlopane	Yvonne.mdlopane@health.gov.za

Coastal Region Port Health Contact Details : sub-region 1 (KwaZulu-Natal)

Locality of Entry Points 

Forms

• Notification of sample forwarded for analysis or examination

• Label for sample analysis (general)

Harbours:  

Durban
• s South Africa’s busiest harbour on the African Continent;
• is the 26^th largest Container Port in the World;
• has the largest Sugar Silo in the world within its precincts;
• handles more than 5000 vessels per annum;
• no other S. A. Port can match the number of direct link Ports worldwide.
• has unmatched shipping opportunities both in terms of frequency and destinations served;
• handles at least 65% of the Country’s imports

Richards Bay
• is South Africa’s largest Port;
• is the Country’s main Port for the handling of Bulk commodities as well as granite blocks, liquid and steel.

The Service is divided into four (4) Operating Areas :-

• Durban Harbour
• King Sharka International Airport  (Durban)
• Richards Bay Harbour
• Land Borderposts