FESARTA AND ROAD TRANSPORT IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA BARNEY CURTIS FESARTA (Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations) REC-TCC, Cotonou, 16 th October 2012

OBJECTIVE OF PRESENTATION To give FESARTA’s understanding of the issues affecting road transport in East and Southern Africa, what is being done and the successes achieved so far 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 2

CONTENTS What is FESARTA Challenges to efficient goods movement Corridors and major problem issues Facilitation instruments Interventions and successes Road vs rail Conclusion 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 3

FESARTA Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations Registered Section 21 company in SA Members are NRTAs from SA to Uganda Chairman is from KTA in Kenya Works with 3S Media for events & capacity Two primary objectives: –Work with RECs etc to lower cost of transport –Provide services to its member NRTAs 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 4

CHALLENGES Overlapping of memberships by countries causes confusion in recommendations to Member States Tripartite Alliance formed to alleviate this. Not yet one REC, but should become it To get agreement on regional harmonization and standardization To get implementation at national level 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 5

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TRANSPORT CORRIDORS COMESA/EAC/SADC Tripartite identified 18 corridors in E & S Africa Grouped into clusters (East, Southern, North-South and Western); to avoid too many meetings and duplication of effort Eastern and Southern African TradeMarks tasked to implement interventions along corridors, esp. N-SC Eastern and Southern African TradeMarks tasked to implement interventions along corridors, esp. N-SC 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 7

Mombasa Dar es Salaam Nacala Beira Maputo km Road Transport Corridors of East and Southern Africa Walvis Bay Lobito Luanda Saldanha Cape Town Port Elizabeth East London Durban Maputo Beira Johannesburg Kampala Bujumbura Kigali Kolwezi Lubumbashi Kitwe Lusaka Kafue Harare Pretoria Nairobi Mombasa Dar es Salaam Nacala Blantyre Kinshasa Mbeya Lilongwe Tete Kariba Lake Malawi Lake Tanganyika Lake Victoria Windhoek Kapiri Mposhi Coega Livingstone Francistown Maseru Dodoma Pretoria 1 2 3, ,7, ,7 1 Northern 2 Central 3 Dar es Salaam 4 Nacala 5 Beira 6 Maputo 7 North-South 8 Trans Kalahari 9 Trans Kaprivi 10 Trans Cunene 7, ,3,7 1,2 5 7 Bulawayo Gaborone Mbabane

MAJOR PROBLEMS ALONG THE CORRIDORS Inefficiencies, documentation and procedures means high border delays Arbitrary and high costs, lack of transparency with infrastructure upgrades Lack of harmonization and standardization (Load limits, road user charges, 3 rd party insurances, documentation, etc) Road and border infrastructure in need of upgrading 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 9

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MAJOR PROBLEMS ALONG THE CORRIDORS Restricted market access by transporters to different countries – Cabotage and Third Country Rule Immigration restrictions and visa difficulties for drivers Inaccurate weighbridge readings due to old infrastructure and/or inefficient operations 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 13

FACILITATION INSTRUMENTS Three SADC Protocols (don’t really have “teeth”) –Transport, Communications and Meteorololgy –Trade (customs, rules of origin, etc) –Trade in Services (business in countries) EAC has supra-national Acts (eg customs) SADC RIDMP Tripartite Trade and Transport Facilitation Programme 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 15

INTERVENTIONS Tripartite Panel of Experts - harmonization of insurance, market access, road user charges, truck stops, driver training, abnormal loads, dangerous goods, etc Operation of a Tripartite Non-Tariff Barrier system to indentify and solve problems Corridor Monitoring with TMSA and vehicle tracking systems 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 16

CORRIDOR MONITORING FESARTA set up system with C-Track and trucking company Established “polygons” at focal points to ensure capture of parking and queues Did not have enough vehicles on system Expensive when out of cellphone range Took too long to extract useful trip times TMSA now using Global track and TLC, with many trucking companies 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 17

NON-TARIFF BARRIER SYSTEM System housed in each of the three RECs Complaints registered by anyone, against governments or others, that compromise efficient transport along the corridors active complaints on the system, 80% from SADC region RECs and FESARTA negotiate with relevant member states to solve the road transport complaints 17th April 2012 E & SA Trucking, CSCMP, Johannesburg 18

INTERVENTIONS Self regulation to improve compliance and relationship between authorities and transporters Working with RECs to produce a better network of truck stops and wellness centres FESARTA has a working relationship with TradeMark Southern Africa 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 19

INTERVENTIONS TMSA/FESARTA proposed work plan: –Have transporters’ case studies of operational issues at borders & along corridors –Through stickers on vehicles, market Non- Tariff Barrier system –Developing Self-Regulation system for N-SC –Pursue harmonization and implementation of loads and dimensions limits –Stakeholder meeting March 2013 to review 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 20

SUCCESSES Helped standardize load limits through an EAC project. Now in EAC parliament Published the East and Southern African Road Transport Corridor Handbook Together with the NTB system, have resolved some non-tariff barriers Held a successful Truckers’ Forum, (to be the annual Road Transport Forum) 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 21

TRUCKERS’ (ROAD TRANSPORT) FORUM Continuing transporters’ problems along corridors were not being solved Meetings/conferences do not achieve this Problems and potential solutions tabled and agreed at regional Truckers’ Forum in Johannesburg in Mar 2012 Solutions being implemented as part of the TMSA/FESARTA work plan Reviewal at 2013 Road Transport Forum 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 22

ROAD VS RAIL +- 90% of goods moved by road along the corridors in East Africa. Less in SA Governments well aware and determined to shift the balance Transporters know more must be moved by rail, but, markets must dictate else costs will rise. Ie rail must attract goods RECs and TradeMarks working on solutions 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 23

CONCLUSION There is growing commitment to trade facilitation in East and Southern Africa There is increased activity by the RECs The COMESA/EAC/Tripartite alliance is becoming an effective programme FESARTA continues to play an important role in trade facilitation in East and Southern Africa 16th October 2012 FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou 24

FESARTA's Activities, REC-TCC, Cotonou THANK YOU 16th October