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 stations and signalling, Lucky Montana, Prasa chief executive...
The new commuter train in Nairobi is expected to ease the traffic going into the city centre through Mombasa road. With traffic congestion lightened and the pace of business improved, Kenya’s finance minister has pledged to allocate funds for the...
The US Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) recently released the 23rd annual “State of Logistics Report,” which shows that total U.S. business logistics costs in 2011 rose 6.6 percent to $1.28 trillion compared with 2010....
Transnet expects to double grain tonnages transported over the seven years of its expansion plan. Even so, this will still fall short of industry requirements. Albert Swart, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) executive manager of sales & marketing for...
