The planned haulage of petroleum products by rail from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) jetties in Lagos to Kano may not be realisable after all, LEADERSHIP has gathered. Also affected […]
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Mozambique begins to recover some of the rail cargo it lost to other operators
Mozambique is recovering a large part of the cargo it previously lost to other operators in the region for reasons of safety and quality of rail and port infrastructure, the […]
Maputo coal expansion fuels Grindrod results
Good progress had been made towards completing the feasibility study to expand the Maputo coal terminal capacity by 20 million tons, Grindrod reported yesterday. The capacity of the terminal was […]
New port manager to oversee infrastructure expansion
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has announced the appointment of Sipho Nzuza as Cape Town’s new Port Manager. Making the announcement at a briefing to stakeholders, TNPA Chief Executive Tau […]
R25bn upgrade for Durban transport
Durban- South Africa’s third largest city will spend about R25bn upgrading its public transport system in the next 10 years, the Mercury reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, the […]
Weather causes chaos
Extreme weather conditions on Wednesday affected long-distance passenger trains and national roads around South Africa. Electricity supply was also affected as Eskom battled to meet the high demand. The Passenger […]
Kenya to implement transit infrastructure upgrade
Kenya will create the National Metropolitan Transit Authority (NMTA) to co-ordinate a 35-billion shilling ($415.5-million) plan to improve the public transport system, Business Daily Africa reported Sunday (August 5th). “Developing […]
Transnet Freight Rail’s Siyabonga Gama talks about the Market Demand Strategy as it impacts on the South African railway system of the future
Rail analyst John Batwell brings readers his recent interview….. Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR’s) CEO Siyabonga Gama is confidently upbeat about ‘the rebirth’ of South Africa’s railway system. This has been […]
Traffic to double at port of Maputo, in Mozambique, by 2018
The port of Maputo, Mozambique’s largest, is seeing “string growth in traffic,” which will more than double over the next six years, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). According […]
NDP4 to transform Namibia
The next five years could see huge investments in the expansion of the Port of Walvis Bay, which government has identified as “of critical importance”. In its quest to realise […]