Department of Transport DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF

Department of Transport DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL FREIGHT LOGISTICS STRATEGY TO TRANSPORTFOLIO COMMITTEE 30 MAY 2007

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

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

KEY FREIGHT SYSTEM CORRIDORS Department of Transport Walvis Bay Beitbridge Gauteng ––Walvis Bay • • • Gauteng –- Beitbridge Lobatse 4. 8 mill tons 77% road freight 38% growth to 2020 • • • Maputo Gauteng Sishen - Saldanha Sishen Richards Bay • Rail-only corridor • 27 mill tons Durban Gauteng –– Cape. Town • • Saldanha 19 mill tons 10% import export 85% road freight 40% growth to 2020 7 mill tons 36% import export 66% road freight 39% growth to 2020 Freight flow estimate for 2003 • • • 15. 4 mill tons 73% road freight 40% growth to 2020 Gauteng – Richards bay Port Elizabeth • Spoornet Coallink line: 66 mill tons export coal; 8 mill tons general traffic • Pongola corridor 17 mill tons – 95% road freight Gauteng – EL – East London • • Gauteng– Maputo - Maputo East London Cape Town Gauteng / Postmasburg – Port Elizabeth 17 mill tons 90% road freight 40% growth to 2020 • • 3 mill tons 10% import export 91% road freight 31% growth to 2020 Gauteng – Durban Gauteng - Durban • • 36 mill tons 16% import export 70% road freight 38% growth to 2020

Sharing Best Practices: Southern African DCs/SDIs

Department of Transport Schematic of Corridor Context Core Node Primary Feeder Node National Prim ary F eede r Ne Provincial Tertiary feeder Network Core Node Core network Tertiary Feeder Node twor k Secondary Feeder Node ork etw eeder N F y r a d n Seco Local Exceptions: Eg. Sishen Coega- Core network extension

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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(Pilot) ®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)

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES Department of Transport ® 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 ®

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Department INTERVENTIONS of Transport • BBy Do. T • BBy Portfolio Committee • Eliminate Duplications • Promote integrated planning across region & continent • Information Filling Legislative Framework • Funding • Access to information • Enhance capacity at provincial & municipal level • Buy-in e. g. Harrismith Hub & other strategic initiatives

Department of Transport THANK YOU