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Mixed ambitions for Transnet…

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South African transport utility Transnet has dropped its short-term target of boosting its coal carrying capacity on the line to Richards Ba...

Innovation boosts SA grain supply

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South Africa’s Transnet claims recent innovations in grain elevator rail connectivity at East London is already making a significant diffe...

Grindrod strikes rail deal

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South African transport conglomerate Grindrod appears to have negotiated the same tariff with Transnet as users of Richards Bay Coal Termina...

Grain for Maydon Wharf

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Maydon Wharf berth 1 at the Port of Durban has been brought back into use after many years being unable to serve large vessels. Redevelopmen...

Commodity downturn hits SA…

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South African transport utility Transnet has not yet released figures on the country’s dry bulk exports for the first few months of this y...

India looks to South Africa

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Coal India has announced plans to buy coal mines in South Africa, possibly in the Waterberg Basin, in partnership with the South African gov...

Transnet looks to empowerment

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Mining firms mainly owned by black South Africans are to be given ring-fenced capacity on South Africa’s main coal railway. The South Afri...

In it for the long haul

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Mega rail projects, with an eye on exports to Asia, have not been stalled by the global economic slowdown....

Progress on Swazi rail line

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South Africa’s Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has completed the pre-feasibility study for its new line running from South Africa into Swazila...

Coal role for Ngqura

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A large multipurpose terminal is being developed at the port of Ngqura in South Africa’s Eastern Cape. Due for completion in 2019, it was ...

SA iron ore record…

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Despite low global prices and negative statements by mining companies, South Africa’s Transnet has announced that it expects to transport ...

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