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Road-to-rail collaboration eases congestion during citrus season

TRANSNET Port Terminals, Transnet Freight Rail and Maersk successfully collaborated to implement a road-to-rail initiative to operate during the citrus season at the Eastern...

Manganese to move through EL port due to rail solution

THE construction of the Mamathwane Crossing Loop in the Northern Cape eliminates the bottleneck for the growth of Transnet Freight Rail’s manganese export growth. According...

PE manganese export rail freight line achieves highest volume

TRANSNET Freight Rail’s manganese export line between Hotazel and Port Elizabeth reached a record 9,780,293 million tons in the 2022/23 financial year, attributed to...

Transnet shock: RFQ issued for entire DBN-JHB rail corridor

ICYMI | IN an unanticipated media statement issued on Monday, January 27, Transnet Group spokesperson, Ayanda Shezi, said that Transnet, as part of its...

Market oversubscribes to Transnet’s US$1bn bond issue

ON January 30, 2023, Transnet SOC Ltd successfully issued a US$1.0 billion five-year bond at a coupon of 8.25%, in its first international bond...

SA’s first private rail freight route, from Kroonstad to East London, on track for April 2023

AFRICA’S largest private rail freight operator, Traxtion, was conditionally awarded a slot on Transnet’s Cape Corridor between Kroonstad and East London in late November....

All-optical backbone network for railways enables Transnet’s digitisation

TRANSNET has been working with Huawei to build an upgradable and easy-to-maintain transmission backbone network featuring high bandwidth and reliability, according to a statement...

Transport and logistics bounce back despite April setbacks

THE floods in KwaZulu-Natal in mid-April had a severe negative impact on the South African logistics sector. The flooding was particularly devastating in the...

Times of turmoil inspire us to look for hope and plan action

By Godfrey Marema: Managing Director / Plant Manager for Eaton Electric Africa GLOBAL and local events are a rollercoaster at the moment – from military...

Leading logistics firm announces global consolidation

ESTABLISHED in 1962 by Sir Clive Bourne as a parcel delivery service in Europe, Seabourne is launching the next stage of its global journey...

Wanted: ‘experienced’ developer for Ngqura manganese terminal project

THE port of Ngqura is a step closer to getting a new manganese terminal. This is after the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) announced on...

Open rail industry will ‘turbo-charge’ artisan training in SA

OPENING South Africa’s rail network to third-party operators will provide further impetus to the country’s ongoing efforts to develop scarce artisan skills and meet...

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SA’s new transmission company lays out ambitious grid plans

AT the official launch of the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) on Monday, 7 October, the company outlined the key focus areas developed...

R11.4bn development of off-grid EV charging stations launched in the Eastern Cape

ZERO Carbon Charge, in partnership with the Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC), together with the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, broke ground on...

Relocated carbon black oil tank farm starts operations

AFTER breaking ground in April 2022, Orion Engineered Carbons (OEC) officially unveiled its Tank Farm Project in Zone 7 of the Coega Special Economic...

SA’s chicken prices fuelled by ‘flawed’ regionalisation and heat treatment policies

OPINION | IRRATIONAL import bans on poultry, South Africa’s favourite source of protein, are inconsistent with global best practice, leading to unnecessary price inflation,...