1. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN FREIGHT LOGISTICS STRATEGY
01 AUGUST 2007

2. Department of Transport
CONTENT
The Strategy
Key Freight Corridors
Corridor Initiatives
Strategic Initiatives

3. Department of Transport
THE STRATEGY
August 2005, Cabinet approval
Objectives of Strategy:
To lower the cost of doing business in the Republic
To promote integrated planning across spheres and stakeholders
To deal with cross border freight operations & infrastructure in S.A., SADC and the Continent
To facilitate seamless movement of cargo between first & second economy
To promote public-private-partnership
Develop corridor strategies
Corridor implementation initiatives
Eastern Corridors
Western Corridors

4. KEY FREIGHT SYSTEM CORRIDORS Department of Transport
Maputo
Lobatse
Walvis
Bay
Cape Town
Durban
Gauteng
Freight flow estimate for 2003
Beitbridge – •
17 mill tons
90% road freight
40% growth to 2020 -
15.4 mill tons
73% road freight EL
3 mill tons
10% import export
91% road freight
31% growth to 2020
East
London
Port
Elizabeth
7 mill tons
36% import export
66% road freight
39% growth to 2020
19 mill tons
85% road freight
4.8 mill tons
77% road freight
38% growth to 2020
East London
Saldanha
Sishen
Richards Bay
Gauteng – Richards bay
Spoornet Coallink line: 66 mill tons export coal; 8 mill tons general traffic
Pongola corridor 17 mill tons – 95% road freight
36 mill tons
16% import export
70% road freight
Sishen - Saldanha
Rail-only corridor
27 mill tons
Gauteng / Postmasburg – Port Elizabeth

5. Sharing Best Practices: Southern African DCs/SDIs

6. Department of Transport
Schematic of Corridor Context
National
Core Node
Core Node
Core network
Primary
Feeder
Node
Provincial
Primary Feeder Network
Secondary
Feeder
Node
Local
Tertiary
Feeder
Node
Tertiary feeder
Network
Secondary Feeder Network
Exceptions: Eg. Sishen Coega- Core network extension

7. Department of Transport

8. Department of Transport
CORRIDOR INITIATIVES
Eastern & Western Corridors Implementation
Strategic Corridor Initiatives
Durban – Gauteng
Established KZN Freight Task Group
City Deep
Harrismith Hub
Durban Freight Plan
Cato Ridge
Track & trace
Maputo – Johannesburg
Launched Mpumalanga Freight Logistics Forum
Started process of implementing One Stop Border at Lebombo border post through BCOCC structure
Cape Town – Beit Bridge
Completed Metropolitan Study
Walvis Bay-Maputo (Coast-Coast)

9. Department of Transport
STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
Revival of certain branch lines
Kei Rail
Nkwaleni; and
Douglas – Belmont
Others still to follow
National Freight Databank
About to complete all provinces
To do national update by Nov 2007
Development of an IT Platform
National Freight Information System
Track and Trace
Part of Intelligent Transport System (ITS) process
Engaged Cities Network in rolling out Freight Plans to metros and other host cities
Rail Economic Regulator and Port Regulator

10. Department of Transport

11. Department of Transport
INTERVENTIONS
Department of Transport
BBy DoT
Eliminate Duplications
Promote integrated planning across region & continent
Information Filling Legislative Framework
BBy Portfolio Committee
Funding
Enhance capacity at provincial & municipal level
Political buy-in e.g. Harrismith Hub & other strategic initiatives

12. Department of Transport
THANK YOU