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Kenya calls for berth construction bids for Lamu Port project
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has called for bids for the design and construction of three berths, managing director of KPA, Gichiri Ndua announced on Monday. Ndua stated the three berths […]
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 […]
Derail NRZ
The recently appointed National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board faces a herculean task to turn-around the loss-making entity, as it convenes its maiden meeting tomorrow amid fears the rail transport […]
Namibian President unveils railway project
In a carnival-like atmosphere attended by the nation’s top political leaders and business elite, President Hifikepunye Pohamba last Thursday officially inaugurated the Northern Railway II Extension and commissioned a new […]
Ethiopia to build new railway to Djibouti port
Ethiopia has signed two deals worth US$3.2 billion with Chinese and Turkish companies to construct a railway to link the land-locked Horn of Africa nation to Djibouti’s Tadjourah port in […]
SA seeks cooperation with China on new high- speed railway
South Africa is exploring the possibility of the cooperation with China on developing the Johannesburg-Durban high-speed railway, the newspaper Business Day reported on Thursday. “The discussion of the technological cooperation […]
Russia in Congo rail project talks
The Democratic Republic of Congo could be supplied passenger trains and undergo possible railway projects after talks with Russian railway monopoly RZD. An RZD delegation attended a meeting on Monday […]
Prasa to buy new trains, overhaul signalling, stations
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) plans to buy thousands of new trains – with most manufactured locally – and is refurbishing old coaches, while revamping and modernising […]
Transnet to move manganese terminal to Ngqura
Transnet Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state rail and port operator, will move its manganese export terminal to Ngqura from Port Elizabeth by 2014-15, Transnet Port Terminals Chief Executive Officer […]