The planned haulage of petroleum products by rail from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) jetties in Lagos to Kano may not be realisable after all, LEADERSHIP has gathered. Also affected in this policy delay is the movement of people...
Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EPCCI) is ready to manage the construction of a dry port by the private sector at the Chipata-Mchinji railway so that rail operations can begin. The Chipata-Mchinji railway line has not yet started...
Transnet South Africa hauled an unprecedented 201 million tonne of freight in financial year 2011-2012 (ended March 2012), a 10.4% increase compared to the previous year, and the highest tonnage moved in the railway’s history. General freight...
The railway companies of Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland and the Maputo Port Development Company have agreed to set out measures to improve coordination of rolling stock on their respective railways, Mozambican daily newspaper Notícias...
East Africa is said to have one of the highest surface cargo transport costs in the world, up to 70 per cent more than in the United States and Europe, and surprisingly, up to 30 per cent higher than in Southern Sudan, Africa’s newest nation,...
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 would be constructed at the authority’s s second port at Lamu...
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 brought about by TFR unveiling its plans...
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 operator is on the verge of collapse. Transport...
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 railway station....