Tag: Transnet

Recovery efforts underway to restore operations following derailment

Recovery efforts underway to restore operations following derailment

  Two Transnet Freight Rail trains, ferrying tonnes of coal, collided in the Elubana region, near eNseleni, in northern KwaZulu-Natal yesterday morning (Sunday at 6am). One train rear-ended the other, which is believed to have been stationary due to a power outage. Sources say the possibility of sabotage cannot be […]

The Road Freight Association responds to Transnet’s bailout by National Treasury

The Road Freight Association responds to Transnet’s bailout by National Treasury

The Road Freight Association (RFA) takes note of the bailout by Treasury of Transnet. Whilst this is heartening, Transnet has received allocations and presumably bailouts from Treasury before – and the question still remains whether the management, operational foresight and control that was required for many years, will now come […]

Rail operators collaborating for success

Rail operators collaborating for success

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 13 September 2023, Transnet Freight Rail (“TFR”) is successfully spearheading a seamless train operation between South Africa and Mozambique running on the North-East corridor, actively collaborating with Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (“CFM”). In April this year, TFR engaged CFM to introduce the seamless train […]