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Grindrod FD moves into new position
10th June 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Grindrod has announced that Xolani Mbambo will move into operations, following a successful tenure as FD of the company. He joined the company in 2013 as CFO of the Freight Services... 


Copperbelt miners turn to Tanzania as S African lockdown hits ports
7th April 2020 By: Reuters

South Africa's strict coronavirus lockdown has caused miners to divert copper from the country's ports to others in Africa, with Dar es Salaam the clear winner, sources told Reuters. Authorities in... 


Grindrod responds to Covid-19 pandemic
6th April 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Amid the global spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, JSE-listed Grindrod has established a task team to monitor the specific requirements and recommendations of governments and their health agencies in... 


AutoPort project, South Africa
AutoPort project, South Africa
13th March 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

Grindrod plans to build a state-of-the-art autoport in KwaZulu-Natal. 


Ngqura liquid bulk terminal project, South Africa
Ngqura liquid bulk terminal project, South Africa
6th March 2020 By: Sheila Barradas

The development of the project has been "stalled". 


Focus on corridor solutions yields results for Grindrod
Focus on corridor solutions yields results for Grindrod
4th March 2020 By: Irma Venter

It seems as if driving corridor solutions for specific customer requirements has yielded positive results for freight and logistics group Grindrod. Releasing its financial results for the year... 


Insufficient customer commitment stalls liquid bulk terminal project
27th February 2020 By: Irma Venter

The development of the liquid bulk terminal in the Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape, has been halted, says Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo (OTGC). OTGC is a joint venture (JV) between operating... 


Palabora, Grindrod sign five-year magnetite handling contract
20th February 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed freight and logistics company Grindrod has entered into a five-year contract to transport five-million tonnes a year of magnetite by rail from copper miner Palabora Mining Company's... 


Grindrod breaks ground at R105m AutoPort project
Grindrod breaks ground at R105m AutoPort project
17th January 2020 By: Irma Venter

Freight logistics group Grindrod has started construction on a new, R105-million AutoPort, just off the N3 in Camperdown, KwaZulu-Natal. The 270 000 m2 property is located between Pinetown and... 


Boikarabelo coal project, South Africa
Boikarabelo coal project, South Africa
6th December 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

Ledjadja Coal has entered into two nonbinding term sheets for equity and debt with a group of three potential funders to fund the Boikarabelo coal project. 


Resgen subsidiary signs term sheet with investors
3rd December 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Ledjadja Coal, subsidiary of ASX- and JSE-listed Resource Generation (Resgen), has entered into two nonbinding term sheets for equity and debt with a group of three potential funders to fund the... 


Boikarabelo coal project, South Africa
Boikarabelo coal project, South Africa
29th November 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has signed a ten-year take-or-pay coal transport agreement with ResGen subsidiary Ledjadja Coal. 


Transnet chief customer officer Mike Fanucchi and ResGen interim CEO Papi Molotsane signing coal transport agreement
R7bn Limpopo coal mine a step closer as ResGen, Transnet ink ten-year logistics deal
21st November 2019 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet signed a ten-year take-or-pay coal transport agreement with Resource Generation (ResGen) subsidiary Ledjadja Coal on Thursday, improving prospects for... 


20 years skilling South African youth
23rd October 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

2019 marked the twentieth anniversary of the Go for Gold Education-to-Employment programme.  For the past 20 years, Go for Gold has boasted the efficacy of public-private partnerships, combining... 


TNPA supports World Maritime Day 2019
TNPA supports World Maritime Day 2019
27th September 2019

South Africa’s ports under the custodianship of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) rolled out an array of activities to mark World Maritime Day on Thursday, 26 September. Created by the... 


The new liquefied petroleum gas storage tanks
New LPG storage tanks arrive in Richards Bay for Petredec facility
16th September 2019 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Transnet National Ports Authority’s Port of Richards Bay last week welcomed the arrival of four new 5 650 t liquefied petroleum gas storage bullets on board the vessel XIN LU. The bullets are for... 


Grindrod sells NWK stake for R204m
2nd September 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed freight and logistics company Grindrod on Monday signed an agreement to sell its 20.3% stake in grain services provider NWK Limited to NWK Holdings Limited for R204-million. The... 


Grindrod sells marine fuels, agri investments to prioritise corridor strategy
Grindrod sells marine fuels, agri investments to prioritise corridor strategy
23rd August 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed freight and logistics company Grindrod has decided to dispose of its marine fuels business and its agricultural investments to focus its efforts on core operations. CE Andrew Waller on... 


Grindrod receives first of two new ultramax drybulk carriers
12th August 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Nasdaq- and JSE-listed maritime transportation services provider Grindrod Shipping has taken delivery of the first of two new ultramax “eco” drybulk carriers that will operate under its Island View... 


Locomotives
Grindrod recovers locomotives from Sierra Leone
22nd July 2019 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed freight and financial services company Grindrod has, this month, taken delivery of 20 of its locomotives that had been recovered and transported from Sierra Leone to the Port of Durban.... 


Ngqura liquid bulk terminal project, South Africa
Ngqura liquid bulk terminal project, South Africa
21st June 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

The Transnet National Ports Authority and Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo have said that they are on track with developments at the Port of Ngqura. 


The 20 ha Port of Ngqura Tank Farm site has been cleared of vegetation in preparation for bulk earthworks. Platform preparation has started in the centre of the site. TNPA has already completed the main access road from the N2.
Port of Ngqura liquid bulk tank farm commissioning on track
13th June 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and Oil Tanking Grindrod Calulo Holdings say they are on track with developments at the Port of Ngqura, in Nelson Mandela Bay, with the commissioning of the... 


Ngqura liquid bulk terminal project, South Africa
Ngqura liquid bulk terminal project, South Africa
31st May 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

Civil construction is expected to start in July this year. 


New Port of Ngqura liquid bulk facility to serve South African and African markets
New Port of Ngqura liquid bulk facility to serve South African and African markets
24th May 2019 By: Schalk Burger

A new liquid bulk handling facility at the deep-water Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape, will be built to assist with the predicted future growth of petroleum product consumption in Africa. The... 


James Holley
James Holley
24th May 2019

This week we profile James Holley, CEO of Traxtion, a rail transport logistics company 


New Port of Ngqura liquid bulk facility to serve South African and African markets
New Port of Ngqura liquid bulk facility to serve South African and African markets
24th May 2019 By: Schalk Burger

A new liquid bulk handling facility at the deep-water Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape, will be built to assist with the predicted future growth of petroleum product consumption in Africa. The... 


IEC Holden (Pty) Ltd appoints new Chairperson, MD
4th April 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

IEC Holden (Pty) Ltd., headquartered in Kempton Park, Gauteng, is proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Amos Hadebe as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Mr. Pedro Adams as... 


Freight services focus yields positive results for Grindrod in FY18
6th March 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed freight and financial services group Grindrod on Wednesday said a renewed focus on freight services has yielded positive results for the 2018 financial year, following the unbundling of... 


Ngqura liquid bulk terminal project, South Africa
Ngqura liquid bulk terminal project, South Africa
1st March 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

The project has broken ground. 


Construction gets under way at new Ngqura liquid bulk terminal
22nd February 2019 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo (OTGC) and the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) on Thursday turned the first sod at the site of the Port of Ngqura’s future liquid bulk tank farm and main access... 


Malingunde saprolite-hosted graphite project, Malawi
Malingunde saprolite-hosted graphite project, Malawi
8th February 2019 By: Sheila Barradas

Sovereign Metals is hoping to raise A$4.3-million through a share placement to advance the development of its Malingunde project. 


Logistics a weak link in South Africa’s coal value chain
Logistics a weak link in South Africa’s coal value chain
1st February 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

There needs to be greater impetus on improving the infrastructure that transports coal for domestic use and for export in South Africa. One way of doing so is by dealing with the overuse of road... 


Logistics a weak link in South Africa’s coal value chain
Logistics a weak link in South Africa’s coal value chain
1st February 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

There needs to be greater impetus on improving the infrastructure that transports coal for domestic use and for export in South Africa. One way of doing so is by dealing with the overuse of road... 


Malingunde saprolite-hosted graphite project, Malawi
Malingunde saprolite-hosted graphite project, Malawi
14th December 2018 By: Sheila Barradas

A prefeasibility study has shown that the project offers a technically and economically robust, low-risk pathway to the production of premium-quality, coarse flake graphite concentrates. 


Company unlocks trade corridors through vessels business
30th November 2018

JSE listed-Grindrod and its partners continue to build on its core freight management competence in improving and unlocking trade corridors. 


Grindrod concludes sale of Unicorn Bunker Services
18th April 2018 By: Simone Liedtke

Grindrod has finalised the sale of its bunker division, Unicorn Bunker Services, for an undisclosed amount. Unicorn Bunker Services, which employs 110 people, was first established in 2006 and... 


Deal opens way for new liquid bulk handling facility at the Port of Ngqura
19th May 2017 By: Irma Venter

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo (OTGC) in May signed an agreement in Port Elizabeth that will see OTGC plan, fund, construct, maintain and operate a new... 


JCMV IX - Challenges and solutions for Junior Miners and Eskom
23rd June 2014

Venturing into mining as a junior is not for the fainthearted. At present the coal market is depressed and the margins are small. The size of the South African domestic market is determined largely... 


Grindrod, Racec acquisition approved
Grindrod, Racec acquisition approved
17th October 2013 By: Leandi Kolver

Engineering infrastructure business Racec on Thursday announced that all outstanding conditions to the proposed acquisition by Grindrod of Racec’s entire share capital, other than the 25.1% held by... 


Company Annoucements:Prasa Responds To False Statements Peddled In The Media By The Democratic Alliance
14th October 2013 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa rejects a statement the Democratic Alliance released today, October 13 2013, in which it requested the Auditor-General to investigate PRASA’s contract with... 


Company Annoucements:Revised Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Codes of Good Practice
11th October 2013 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Join Transcend Corporate Advisors for one day session to gain an understanding of the new Revised B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice (RCoGP) and the implications these changes will have on your business... 


Freight industry starting to feel the impact of road-to-rail push
11th October 2013 By: Irma Venter

South Africa’s road transport industry “is definitely starting to feel the impact” of certain classes of cargo increasingly shifting to rail, says UD Trucks Southern Africa (UDTSA) corporate... 


Grindrod unit acquires 20% of Senwes in R444m deal
4th October 2013 By: Irma Venter

JSE-listed freight logistics company Grindrod, through its subsidiary, Grindrod Trading Holdings, has acquired a 20% share in Senwes. The transaction is valued at R444-million, at a price of R12.29... 


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