South African logistics group Transnet may only move around 68 million tonnes of coal for export this financial year despite an expanded rail capacity as producers limit exports due to low prices, the head of its freight rail unit said on...
Plans by Transnet’s National Ports Authority to apply for a tariff hike in the next financial year to help fund the upgrading of South Africa’s ports are necessary and will be good for the country’s economy in the medium- to long-term future. So...
Chinese manufacturer CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive (CSR) has been named as the successful bidder to provide 95 electric locomotives to South African company Transnet. The cost for the locomotives will be around R2.6 billion rand with the first 10...
The first train service to transport hematite products from Swaziland to South Africa’s Richards Bay will begin in November and is also expected to stimulate job creation, said Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). “TFR has successfully...
