Name of the Project
Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway.

Location
Gauteng, South Africa.

Project Owner/s
Transnet.

The Tambo Springs Development Company is the landowner and master developer.

The City of Ekurhuleni will provide major bulk services for the development.

Project Description
The project encompasses industrial developments, logistics areas, rail access, secure and bonded locations and transportation corridors.  

An intermodal rail terminal is being developed as a concession, awarded by freight rail operator Transnet.

The project will combine direct terminal handling facilities and back-of-terminal property development, as well as related value-add logistics services and activities.

The terminal will comprise two intermodal platforms equipped with six transtainer cranes on Burbak rails, besides other developments.

The Tambo Springs Intermodal Terminal is aligned to government’s Strategic Infrastructure Project 2, which centres around the Durban–Free State–Gauteng corridor.

The intermodal terminal also forms part of the Gauteng Integrated Transport Master Plan.

Potential Job Creation
About 191 000 permanent and construction jobs will be created during the construction of the intermodal facility, comprising 81 000 jobs during the construction of the intermodal terminal and 110 000 permanent jobs through transport, manufacturing and logistics operations.

Capital Expenditure
The project will require a capital investment of about R2.5-billion.

Planned Start/End Date
The terminal is expected to be fully operational between 2022 and 2023, with projected throughput estimated at 189 600 twenty-foot equivalent units.

Latest Developments
Construction of bulk infrastructure at the Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway has started.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Southern Palace Joint Venture Consortium, comprising Southern Palace (lead concessionaire), Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (technical partner) and Makoya (logistics partner); Concor, AECOM and Italferr (subcontractors).

Contact Details for Project Information
Transnet, Nompumelelo Kunene, email Nompumelelo.kunene2@transnet.net.