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Robust debate unveils complexities of resetting South Africa's logistics system
6th December 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Private- and public-sector representatives have, this week, emphasised that there are potential solutions to South Africa's logistics problems and bottlenecks, that funding is limited and that... 


Cape Town moves ahead with plans to take over PRASA service
Cape Town moves ahead with plans to take over PRASA service
5th December 2024 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says it will have business plans in place by the middle of next year to take over the management of passenger rail services in the metro. This follows the city... 


US President Joe Bident touched down in Luanda on Monday.
Start of Biden's visit to Angola overshadowed by son's pardon
3rd December 2024 By: Reuters

US President Joe Biden landed in Angola on Monday for a visit focused on a US-backed railway project and on the legacy of slavery, but his decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden threatened to... 


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IMF urges South Africa to prioritise ongoing electricity and logistics reform to enhance growth prospects
27th November 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has again urged South Africa to implement its economic reforms “ambitiously”, while arguing for priority to be given to reforms in the electricity and... 


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Bombela Operating Company highlights operational, sustainability strides
18th November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Bombela Operating Company (BOC) has highlighted its works in ensuring an effective, efficient and safe Gautrain operation, while also pursuing sustainability at a broader level, as it aims to... 


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Lobito Atlantic Railways takes delivery of 275 new container wagons
15th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

The first batch of 275 new container wagons bought from Galison Manufacturing in South Africa has arrived in Lobito, Angola, to reinforce the transport capacity of the Lobito Atlantic Railway... 


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SA mulling new ways to unlock much-needed rail infrastructure investment
15th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Amid existing initiatives to achieve the correct rail access pricing to make it economically viable for private rail operators to invest, provide services and help State-owned transport agency... 


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Level crossing incidents not only cost lives but also the economy, TFR CEO says
14th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Railway safety incidents, such as pedestrian and vehicle collisions at level crossings, are not only tragic but are severely undermining South Africa’s rail recovery plans, Transnet Freight Rail... 


Project Raptor team celebrating completed project
WSP’s digital-first approach played key role in building manganese rail infrastructure for South32
12th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Multidisciplinary professional firm WSP has completed a comprehensive upgrade of diversified miner South32’s manganese rail infrastructure in the Northern Cape. The project was carried out by WPS’s... 


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Kenya Railways, Rolls-Royce, resurrect retired locomotives with new generation engines
12th November 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

Kenya Railways and UK-based power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce have announced that three of the former’s heavy haulage locomotives have been re-engined with the latter’s mtu Series 4000... 


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'Clear vision' for logistics reform encouraging – Mavuso
11th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

“The clarity of vision” provided by Transport Minister Barbara Creecy on what success in terms of logistics reforms looks like and what needs to be done to make progress in dealing with the... 


Ford seeing progress in southern corridor development, albeit slow – Hill
8th November 2024 By: Irma Venter

The automotive industry is “definitely seeing progress” in its discussions with Transnet on developing the southern rail corridor between Gauteng and Gqeberha and Coega, in the Eastern Cape, says... 


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Gautrain Management Agency scoops MIKE award
5th November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) has scooped the 2024 Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise (MIKE) South Africa Gold Award. The award recognises GMA’s efforts in harnessing its collective... 


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Gautrain operator scoops award at inaugural Rail Industry Awards
4th November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Bombela Operating Company (BOC), which currently operates and maintains the Gautrain, was awarded the Train Operator of the Year award at the inaugural Rail Industry Awards, hosted by the... 


Number of operational incidents on South Africa's railways increases
1st November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

The Railway Safety Regulator's (RSR's) 'State of Safety Report 2023/2024' showed that there was a 12.82% increase in operational incidents from the prior year owing to new risks and trends, with 2... 


Rail masterplan to be finalised by October next year
1st November 2024 By: Irma Venter

The Department of Transport (DoT) aims to have the interim National Rail Masterplan (NRMP) ready by February next year, says DoT chief director Jan-David de Villiers. This will be followed by an... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa wants 250Mt of freight moved by rail by 2029, as he notes progress in the sector
28th October 2024 By: Sashnee Moodley

The seventh administration aims to push rail as the “backbone of transport” in the country, with President Cyril Ramaphosa urging that rail lines transport at least 250-million tonnes of freight a... 


Speakers who participated in the October 23 transport webinar
Experts weigh in on increasingly decentralised freight logistics model
24th October 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As government and the private sector work to accelerate reforms and improve efficiencies in the logistics sector, experts from a range of spheres have emphasised the importance of targeted... 


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Auto industry, Transnet to form war room to drive efficiency, improve security
21st October 2024 By: Irma Venter

Naamsa | The Automotive Business Council and Transnet have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and convene a naamsa–Transnet ‘auto war room’. This war room will drive the... 


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Association welcomes vertical separation of Transnet’s rail entity into two divisions
11th October 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The African Rail Industry Association (ARIA) has welcomed the announcement of the vertical separation of Transnet Freight Rail into two distinct operating divisions – Transnet Infrastructure... 


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Better planned, unplanned maintenance is crucial – supplier
11th October 2024

As rail companies seek to enhance cost efficiencies, implementing a robust strategy for both planned and unplanned maintenance is crucial to improving the bottom line, says global industrial... 


A representative from Transnet and Petredec sat a table with contracts in front of them at an official signing ceremony
LPG rail line construction on track
11th October 2024

Global liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) value chain company Petredec and South Africa’s State-owned logistics company Transnet announced a ground-breaking rail freight solution last month, that is set... 


One of seven traction transformers supplied to Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa by LH Marthinusen
Traction transformers supplied to line restoration project
11th October 2024

Transformer manufacturer LH Marthinusen (LHM), a division of ACTOM, recently manufactured and supplied seven traction transformers for State-owned transport enterprise Passenger Rail Agency of... 


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Business sees third-party rail access as crucial to meeting 250Mt volume target
10th October 2024 By: Terence Creamer

An initial assessment by business into what it would involve to raise yearly freight rail volumes to 250-million tons, estimates that Transnet’s recovery alone could lift yearly volumes to about... 


Rail masterplan to be finalised by October next year – DoT chief director
Rail masterplan to be finalised by October next year – DoT chief director
10th October 2024 By: Irma Venter

The Department of Transport (DoT) aims to have the interim National Rail Masterplan (NRMP) ready by February next year, says DoT chief director Jan-David de Villiers. This will be followed by an... 


Transnet freight train
Mavuso lauds Operation Vulindlela progress with Transnet
7th October 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As government continues to drive structural reforms through Operation Vulindlela, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso says in her latest newsletter that private sector participation... 


Govt, business set 3% growth target for 2025
Govt, business set 3% growth target for 2025
4th October 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the partnership previously formed between government and business to tackle loadshedding and other crises; the launch of a second phase of this... 


The eKamva electric taxi
Creecy calls for smart transport solutions, pioneer EV taxi launched
3rd October 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy emphasised the importance of implementing smart solutions as part of efforts to upgrade and revitalise the country’s transport sector, with commuter numbers... 


A Transnet Freight Rail train on the Sishen-Saldanha iron-ore corridor
Phillips says Transnet not yet on track to meet 193Mt rail ‘stretch target’
2nd October 2024 By: Terence Creamer

Meeting the 193-million-ton rail stretch target set under the newly launched second phase of the partnership between business and government would require a significant amount of work and... 


Transnet Academy forms railway education partnership with UCT, UP
2nd October 2024 By: Schalk Burger

The State-owned Transnet Academy has concluded a five-year partnership agreement with the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Pretoria (UP), which will help it to enhance technical... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the relaunch of the partnership between government and business at the IDC's offices in Johannesburg
Growth target of 3% set for 2025 as business and government relaunch partnership under GNU
1st October 2024 By: Terence Creamer

A second phase of the partnership launched between government and business to tackle South Africa’s electricity, logistics and crime crises has been launched under the Government of National Unity... 


Iron-ore being railed to port
Large-scale infrastructure concessions needed to drive logistics competitiveness
30th September 2024 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned logistics agency Transnet has taken tentative steps towards limited engagement with the private sector, but there should be large-scale concessions of port and rail capacity to drive... 


railway tracks
AFC signs concession agreements with Angola, Zambia to advance Lobito rail project
25th September 2024 By: Darren Parker

Infrastructure financier Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has signed concession agreements with the governments of Angola and Zambia for the financing, construction, ownership and operation of the... 


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