Transport News
BMA assures strike at Lebombo border will not disrupt services
The Border Management Authority (BMA) has actually assured that the planned strike action at the Lebombo border by the Nkomazi neighborhood on October 18 will be carefully kept track of to make sure no disruption of services. The BMA has been asked to get the memorandum from the neighborhood, which highlights the challenges of criminal activities happening at and along the Lebombo port of entry..
Competition, collaboration needed for an efficient logistics network in South Africa Transport Crisis
Competition is necessary to produce efficiencies in the logistics and transportation network, however cooperation is similarly needed to ensure that all the public and personal sector role-players can satisfy their roles in the recovery and enhancement of South Africa’s underperforming logistics systems. Transportation experts during the ‘How to deliver socioeconomic advancement through a stronger transport system’ webinar, hosted by Creamer Media on October 18, emphasised that transport and logistics are basically about the economy and stressed that the style of the network must match the needs of the neighborhoods and users.
Neglect, mismanagement threaten S Africa’s once-promising transport infrastructure, warns Cesa
South Africa boasts substantial roadway and railway systems, along with well-equipped ports and airports, a few of which are equivalent to facilities in industrialized nations. A lack of maintenance and bad management have resulted in degrading transport infrastructure, with significant repercussions, states industry association Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) CEO Chris Campbell. He discusses that inadequate roadway upkeep, as well as poor management and maintenance of road stormwater management systems, have affected the long-lasting stability of roadways. In addition, roadway safety signage and signboards are, in many circumstances, no longer visible, which presents a risk to road safety.
Automotive transition presents value chain opportunities
The shift of the vehicle industry to brand-new energy cars holds potential to influence on lots of other markets, including mining, freight, energy and production, however partnership and a policy framework are urgently needed, as current options will impact the efficiencies of transport for the coming decades. These are a few of the subjects talked about by automobile industry experts throughout the intermodal transportation roundtable conversation held on October 11, in Midrand, throughout the South African Auto Week.
Rail protocol ratification approved
The South African Cabinet officially authorized the submission of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention (LRP) to Parliament for ratification, in June 2023. Formal ratification is anticipated later this year. The LRP aims to “foster financial growth by improving economic sector financing in the rail market” and the development of the protocol is “an indication of how serious the nation is about rail reform”, states Cabinet.
Broad-based strain evident in the logistics sector – Ctrack index
The Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (CTFI) retreated even more throughout August, to an index level of 118.8, the most affordable since February, when it was at 116.7. This represents a 1.5% reduction. It is also the 3rd successive month-to-month contraction, and functions as verification of the continuous stress the domestic logistics sector is facing, states the CTFI report.
Balwin opens newly built dual carriageway in Pretoria
JSE-listed Balwin Properties inaugurated a newly constructed dual carriageway on October 6. It is hoped that the brand-new carriageway will minimize traffic congestion in the Hazeldean location in Pretoria East. According to location technology company Tom Tom’s 2022 Traffic Index, Pretoria ranks as South Africa’s a lot of overloaded city, with most locals spending an average of about 145 hours, or 6 days, in traffic jams each year, with the average time it requires to drive 10 km being 16 minutes..
Business, govt collaboration showing signs of success in addressing multiple crises
Business is working to add more than 10 GW of generation capacity to the electrical power system by the end of next year, which would efficiently end loadshedding in South Africa, Sasol president and CEO Fleetwood Grobler stated on the first day of the Joburg Indaba on October 4. Speaking in his additional capability as the chairperson of the Energy Council of South Africa, he informed delegates that various businesses were focusing on improving the energy availability factor and the performance of power energy Eskom, in addition to adding brand-new generation capacity and reforming the energy sector.
Zambia, DRC kick off major road project
The Presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia have actually broken ground at the Lualapa river bridge website, marking the start of the Kasomeno-Mwenda Toll Road (KMTR) job. The new route will lower the roundtrip for commercial transporters from Haut-Katanga’s growing mining sector to the port of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, by about 500 km.
Gauteng must play a key role in advancing smart mobility – Lesufi
Smart movement is an essential part of accomplishing the government’s Vision 2030 plan and Gauteng must play a leading function in this, especially with its transition towards a digital economy, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi emphasised on October 2. He was delivering the keynote address on the 2nd day of the Smarter Mobility Africa conference, which is being held today in Johannesburg.