Terblanche, LutherMoes, HansSouthern African Transport Conference (28th : 2009 : Pretoria, South Africa)2009-11-252009-11-252009-07-06Terblanche, L & Moes, H 2009, 'Maritime highways to a port - modelling of maximum capacity', Paper presented to the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference, South Africa, 6-9 July. p. 298-3079781920017392http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12021This paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material was published using Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: nigel@doctech URL: http://www.doctech.co.zaPaper presented at the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 6 - 9 July 2009 "Sustainable Transport", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.Paper presented at the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 6 - 9 July 2009 "Sustainable Transport", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. Maritime ports are a vital link in the national and international cargo transport chain and their efficient functioning is critical for an economy with large volumes of international trade. Queuing theory and related numerical models are used to optimise the port throughput, both for existing ports and for new or extended ports. Several relationships are shown which can fruitfully be employed to investigate components of the port logistics chain. An application for the extension of an Ore export port is shown as a case study.enUniversity of PretoriaSustainable transportMaritime portsNational cargo transportInternational cargo transportPort logistics chainOre export portTransportationShippingInternational tradeShipping -- South AfricaEvent