Taljaard, SusanWeerts, Steven PSchreiner, GMqokeli, BSnyman Van der Walt, LLochner, PaulTsedu, R2026-01-272026-01-272025-12978-0-7988-5675-1http://hdl.handle.net/10204/14652Ports have experienced phenomenal growth over the past decades, not without negative environmental and societal impacts. With growing public awareness and regulatory pressures, ports around the world are obliged to account for these externalities and can no longer operate without acknowledging and incorporating societal and environmental considerations in their planning and management. Therefore, ‘Sustainable Port Development’ advocates a balance between economic growth, environmental protection, and social progress to secure their long-term ‘license to operate’. Climate change impacts also require improved climate resilience in port planning and development. In South Africa, Transnet is a State-Owned Company (SOC) signs an annual Shareholder's Compact with the Government. This Compact mandates Transnet to deliver on numerous strategic deliverables, including sustainable economic, social and environmental outcomes. As one of the five operating divisions of Transnet SOC Ltd, Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is subject to these strategic deliverables, including sustainability performance at the country’s commercial ports. The TNPA, therefore, recognises the importance of sustainability, also in the planning of a port, in this case the proposed Port of Boegoebaai. The purpose here is to inform sustainability planning for the proposed Port of Boegoebaai. Acknowledging and addressing sustainability early on from the planning phase of a new port development will enable timeous identification of potential challenges and opportunities and inform appropriate interventions and solutions towards achieving sustainability. First a Framework for Sustainable Port Planning and Development (SPP&D) is posed, drawing on best practice (international, regionally and nationally), and aligned with TNPA’s current sustainability initiatives. Thereafter, key sustainability criteria specific to the proposed Port of Boegoebaai are provided. Note that this document does not contain a detailed sustainability assessment of the proposed Boegoebaai development. Rather it provides high-level practical guidance on key criteria and best practice that should be considered and adhered to during future port planning, development and operations, should it go ahead, to claim sustainability.FulltextenBook ChapterN/A