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TPT engaging OEMs to address ageing equipment
17th February 2023 By: Tracy Hancock

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), a division of State-owned company Transnet, has started a process to engage with original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to establish long-term partnerships. The... 


ArcelorMittal South Africa CEO Kobus Verster
ArcelorMittal moves ahead with 200 MW Vanderbijl renewables project, studies third-party rail access
9th February 2023 By: Terence Creamer

ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) expects initial construction work on a 200 MW renewable-energy plant in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, to begin during the fourth quarter of 2023, with a feasibility... 


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Transnet Port Terminals’ operations show marked improvement
8th February 2023 By: Darren Parker

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has reported a steady improvement in operations that support the mining industry, following flooding and industrial action that adversely impacted on... 


Cars at Durban Harbour
Durban Car Terminal sets new monthly record for imports handled
3rd February 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has announced a new record for imported cars handled in a month at the Durban Car Terminal in January. The terminal billed 77 297 units, exceeding the budgeted... 


Liebherr agrees to repay R54m to Transnet in port cranes case
13th January 2023 By: Donna Slater

State-owned Transnet and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) have concluded a settlement agreement with heavy machinery company Liebherr to repay R54-million to Transnet, regarding the award of... 


Cape Town terminal exceeding weekly volumes as deciduous fruit season starts
24th November 2022 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) says the Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) has been exceeding weekly volumes by 32% for two consecutive weeks as the South Africa’s deciduous fruit... 


Transnet Freight Rail’s Ore Corridor initiates maintenance programme 
10th November 2022

Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR) Ore Corridor commenced its 10 day maintenance plan across electrical, perway and technical support works yesterday, 08 November 2022.  The annual shutdown includes... 


TFR starts ten-day ore corridor maintenance programme
9th November 2022 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) on November 8 started its ten-day maintenance across electrical, perway and technical support on the 861 km Ore Corridor, from Sishen in the Northern Cape to... 


Transnet lifts container terminal force majeure
31st October 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has lifted the force majeure it declared on October 6 related to containers amid strike action by employees. The near two-week strike ended earlier this month when... 


Transnet says citrus export volumes 3.7% higher than in 2021
28th October 2022 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) says it has moved 128 374 forty-foot equivalent units across its container terminals in Durban, Ngqura, Gqeberha and Cape Town and has handled 3.7% more... 


Transnet lifts force majeure for some terminals, but not its container terminals
21st October 2022 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has lifted the force majeure declared in the automotive, bulk and multi-purpose terminals with immediate effect, but the force majeure will remain in place... 


Keitumetse Moumakoe
Opinion: Transnet strike threatens to be the final nail in the coffin for large bore steel pipe exports to the US
17th October 2022

In this opinion piece, Steel Tube Export Association of South Africa (Steasa) CEO Keitumetse Moumakoe writes about the devastating impact the current Transnet strike is expected to have on South... 


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Transnet meets with unions again to take another crack at ending crippling strike
12th October 2022 By: News24Wire

Transnet said it would take another crack at ending a crippling strike by as it returns to the negotiations under the Commission of Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration on Wednesday. The strike... 


Transnet discusses contingency plans with deciduous fruit industry
11th October 2022 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals' leadership in the Western Cape met with deciduous fruit industry organisations, including Berries SA, Hortgro and the National Agricultural Marketing Council,... 


Transnet Port Terminals
Almost 30 vessels stuck as 90% of workers on strike at some Transnet harbours
11th October 2022 By: News24Wire

Transnet harbours – apart from East London - have been hit by mass stay-aways as a strike intensifies. Some 28 vessels were in limbo outside of Transnet terminals or waiting to be given a dock on... 


Transnet declares force majeure for third time in 15 months
7th October 2022 By: Bloomberg

State-owned ports and freight rail operator Transnet declared force majeure on the same day that strike action began, the third time Transnet has taken this drastic step since July last year. “At... 


DCT delays implementation of change to free import storage rule by one month
12th September 2022 By: Darren Parker

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals’ (TPT’s) Durban Container Terminal (DCT) has extended the date of implementing the changed free import storage rule by one month following what it has called... 


The Ngqura Container Terminal
Transnet shortlists bidders for Durban and Ngqura container terminals
15th August 2022 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has shortlisted ten respondents for private sector participation in the Durban Container Terminal Pier 2 (DCT2), in KwaZulu-Natal, and a... 


TNPA appoints Sphiwe Mthembu as East London port manager
3rd August 2022 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has appointed Sphiwe Mthembu as East London port manager, with effect from August 1. He will be responsible for leading the port, which is South... 


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Port Elizabeth Car Terminal breaks monthly volumes record
1st August 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Port Elizabeth Car Terminal has broken its own record by handling 24 142 fully built units in July, the highest ever in the history of the terminal and 93% above the planned monthly budget.... 


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Richards Bay Bulk Terminal handles record magnetite shipment
19th July 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Richards Bay Bulk Terminal loaded 192 400 t of magnetite in a single vessel last week, as the 300-m-long MV Seacon Africa sailed for China a day ahead of schedule. This was the largest... 


Port Elizabeth Car Terminal sets new export record
15th July 2022 By: Irma Venter

The Port Elizabeth Car Terminal has moved 5 700 export vehicles in a single vessel.  This is the highest volume ever moved through the terminal, and surpasses the previous record of 4 500 export... 


Vehicles being loaded at the Port Elizabeth car terminal
Port Elizabeth Car Terminal sets new record amid expansion project
30th June 2022 By: Irma Venter

The Port Elizabeth Car Terminal has moved 5 700 export vehicles in a single vessel.  This is the highest volume ever moved through the terminal, including the previous record of 4 500 export units... 


Vessel backlogs cleared at Cape Town Container Terminal
4th May 2022 By: Darren Parker

The combination of consenting weather, an improved equipment reliability programme and increased human resources has cleared vessel backlogs at the Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT), State-owned... 


Durban car terminal volumes jump on used and budget-car imports
29th April 2022 By: Irma Venter

The Durban Car Terminal (DCT) has set a new yearly record of handling 531 755 fully built-up units over the 12-month period ended March 31.  The recovery from Covid-19 is happening sooner than... 


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Durban car terminal volumes jump on used and budget-car imports
11th April 2022 By: Irma Venter

The Durban Car Terminal (DCT) has set a new yearly record of handling 531 755 fully built-up units over the 12-month period ended March 31.  The recovery from Covid-19 is happening sooner than... 


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TNPA appoints ports manager for Nelson Mandela Bay
22nd February 2022 By: Donna Slater

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has appointed Pamela Yoyo Nelson Mandela Bay ports manager, effective March 1, and with the mandate of managing the ports of Ngqura and Port Elizabeth as a... 


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TPT unpacks challenges to fruit shipping this season
17th February 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Deciduous fruit exports through the Cape Town Container Terminal are up 6% year-on-year so far for the season, despite inclement weather and shipping backlogs, says Transnet Port Terminals (TPT).... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Red tape delaying R90bn investment in ready-to-go projects – Minerals Council
14th February 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Red tape is delaying investment worth R90-billion in ready-to-go mining-related projects, at a time when the South African economy is in desperate need of such projects proceeding, to create jobs... 


Defending the public sector against increasing cybersecurity threats
3rd February 2022

By Saurabh Prasad, Solution Architect at In2IT Technologies The public sector is an attractive target for cybercriminals, for a number of reasons, and this is evidenced by the growing number of... 


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Transnet highlights turnaround at Richards Bay Bulk Terminal
17th January 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The loading rate of vessel MV Braverus at 1 205 t/h for a total of 167 341 t of magnetite, which was completed on January 14, is an early indicator of recovery at the Richards Bay Bulk Terminal,... 


The Durban Container Terminal
Durban port decongestion task team to focus on long-term initiatives in the new year
15th December 2021 By: Schalk Burger

The multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder Port of Durban Decongestion Task Team will focus on rolling out a number of long-term initiatives as more permanent solutions to the ongoing challenges... 


Grindrod reports solid progress in executing various strategies
6th December 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Grindrod continues to focus its efforts on executing the Port and Terminals, Logistics and Bank strategies and disposal of noncore businesses, it notes in a pre-close business update.... 


Second fire in a week hits South Africa's Richards Bay port
14th October 2021 By: Reuters

South Africa's port operator Transnet said on Thursday it was investigating a second fire in a week at the Richards Bay port, a commodities export hub, after a blaze broke out at a terminal there... 


Saldanha Bay iron ore terminal
Saldanha Iron Ore Terminal shuts for ten-day maintenance
29th September 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has announced that the Saldanha Iron Ore Terminal’s ten-day planned maintenance shutdown started on September 28. Every year, the State-owned freight utility... 


Cape Town container, multipurpose terminals introduce truck booking system 
27th September 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Introducing a mandatory truck booking system at South Africa’s port terminal operations has yielded benefits that the Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) and Cape Town Multipurpose Terminal (CTMPT)... 


Record 54 520 vehicles exported through Durban Car Terminal in August
24th September 2021 By: Irma Venter

Growing transshipments and improving new-vehicle exports from South Africa saw the Durban Car Terminal set a new record in August, with the facility handling 54 520 fully built units that month.... 


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Durban Car Terminal sets new record in August
2nd September 2021 By: Irma Venter

Growing transshipments and improving new-vehicle exports from South Africa have seen the Durban Car Terminal set a new record in August, with the facility handling 54 520 fully-built units in a... 


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Derby optimistic port terminal operators will partner with Transnet at Durban and Ngqura
18th August 2021 By: Terence Creamer

Transnet CEO Portia Derby says the State-owned freight logistics utility has had initial engagements with some international terminal operators and shipping companies regarding the potential to... 


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Transnet tests appetite of private port operators to partner with it at underperforming Durban and Ngqura container terminals
16th August 2021 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned freight logistics utility Transnet has initiated a process through which it aims to test whether international port terminal operators have the appetite to partner with it to improve... 


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GATEWAY ATTACKED
6th August 2021

A cyberattack rocked operations at container terminals operated by Transnet Port Terminals, causing fresh backlogs that had also developed during recent civil unrest and looting in KwaZulu-Natal... 


Sappi returns to profit in Q3 but expects $16m Ebitda impact from unrest for Q4
5th August 2021 By: Chanel de Bruyn

Pulp and paper producer Sappi has posted a profit of $18-million for the quarter ended June 30 – the third quarter of its 2021 financial year – compared with a loss of $73-million recorded in the... 


Transnet to lift force majeure at ports from August 2
30th July 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

State-owned Transnet will, with effect from August 2, lift the force majeure which was declared by Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) over the container terminals in the Ports of Cape Town, Durban,... 


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