More private sector involvement in SA freight
NewsSouth African transport utility Transnet has announced that it will seek private sector involvement in operating the container rail corridor...
Transnet, Alstom reach deal on cancelled locomotives contract
NewsIn a statement last week, Transnet said it was confident that the agreement would help facilitate a binding and definitive agreement to reso...
Reefer rail services to support SA citrus
NewsSouth African citrus exports have fallen this year, partly because of road haulage difficulties...
Record figures for Durban Pier 1
NewsDurbanā€™s Pier 1 Container Terminal, which opened in 2007, handled 689,246 TEU in financial year 2021-22, breaking the previous annual reco...
Transnet "bribery" turmoil
NewsSouth African transport utility Transnet has suspended some senior officials after an investigation into bribery allegations over the purcha...
Rail drives Transnet
NewsTransnet Freight Rail (TFR) was the standout success story in Transnet Groupā€™s fiscal results for the 2014/15 fiscal year, which ended on ...
Transnet raises ZAR13B for locomotive programme
NewsTransnet SOC, South Africaā€™s state-controlled ports, freight rail and pipelinesā€™ company, has successfully secured ZAR13(US$1.1)B in fun...
Transnet improving inland links
NewsSouth African transport utility Transnet is introducing new technology to improve the reliability of its track and other rail infrastructure...
South Africa missing the boat
NewsSouth Africa, keen to become a logistics gateway for sub-Saharan Africa, is investing in its ports and railways with this in mind, but the o...
AfDB loans Transnet US$250M
NewsThe African Development Bank (AfDB) is loaning Transnet US$250M to increase the companyā€™s rail capacity...
Financial success for Transnet
NewsSouth Africaā€™s state owned transport utility Transnet has announced a 24.9% increase in profits to R5.2B (US$488M) for financial year 2013...
African rail steaming ahead
NewsRail has a bright future in Africa as both public bodies and private companies see the mode as encouraging economic development....
Beating each other to a pulp
NewsThe woodpulp industry is highly competitive so port operators have to match shippersā€™ service expectations....
Transnet’s pan-African ambitions
NewsAs well as a programme of improvements at home, South Africaā€™s transport utility is offering its services outside the country....
City Deep upgrade
NewsThe inland port of City Deep in Johannesburg is to benefit from investment of nearly ZAR1B over the next three years. The improvement works ...