Angola is to receive 100 C30ACi locomotives from GE Transportation, having concluded the terms of a contract with the company and the Angolan National Railway Institute (ANRI). The contract dictates that North American GE Transportation will have...
Due for completion in 2020, construction of a 2 561km standard gauge railway line in Tanzania commences on June 30. The line is meant to ease the movement of goods from the Dar es Salaam port to Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic...
South Africa has taken delivery of 95 Chinese-made electric locomotives. They were delivered by Transnet, in collaboration with the Chinese Zhuzhou Electric Locomotives Company, last week. Eighty-five of the 95 locomotives were assembled in...
Transnet on Monday announced a combined R13-billion funding for its long awaited 1 064 locomotive acquisition programme. Transnet Group Chief Executive Brian Molefe said the funding was raised in two agreements with various financial institutions...