City Deep is an
industrial suburb
An industrial suburb is a community, near a large city, with an industrial economy. These communities may be established as tax havens or as places where zoning promotes industry, or they may be industrial towns that become suburbs by urban spr ...
of
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...
,
South Africa
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. It is located in Region F of the
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
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. Locally is a large
container terminal of
Transnet Freight Rail
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in operation, the most significant
dry port
A dry port (sometimes referred to as an inland port) is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport, operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations.
In addition to their role in ...
of the country, and the Joburg Market (formerly named as ''Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market'').
History
Container terminal
City Deep Terminal is the name of Africa's largest Dry Port and was officially opened by the
South African Railways Services (SARS) in 1977.
The container terminal is connected to the Port of
Durban
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, Port of Ngqurha, Port of Cape Town, as well as Southern Africa by road and rail.
[ At least forty percent of container export/imports run on the Natal Corridor (Natcor) which is directly linked by rail to City Deep. The Natal Corridor traverses through an estimated distance of by rail between Johannesburg and Durban.][ The main equipment used for its operations include Rail Mounted Gantry Cranes MG Reach Stackers, Empty Container Handlers and Terminal Tractors or Haulers. The Terminal covers a 117ha area and has just over 3,000 Terminal Ground Slots (TGS), of which less than 100 are for Refrigerated containers. The throughput capacity of the port is estimated at a minimum of 400,000 TEU per annum.][
]
Market
Joburg Market (formerly called the ''Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market'') is also situated at City Deep and was opened in September 1974.[ In 1946, the City of Johannesburg began to investigate a new location.][ In 1963, the city finalised the location at City Deep. Construction began on 15 January 1968 and was completed at a cost of R18 million, opening on 3 September 1974 by the minister of agriculture.][
At the time of its opening, the market consisted of eight 304m by 24m sale halls and one 457m by 30m sale hall.][ Accommodation for market officials and users, 37 refrigeration and ripening rooms, banks, post office, restaurant and cafeterias.][ Annual turnover at its opening in 1974 consisted of R42 million in sales, accounting for 26% of the country's fresh produce sales.][
]
References
Johannesburg Region F
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