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            <description><![CDATA[Cabinet has mandated Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to investigate the feasibility of one of the country’s development finance institutions (DFIs) becoming a minority equity partner, after endorsing its full separation from the Transnet group. Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni indicated that the option of including a DFI as a shareholder was discussed by Cabinet at its latest meeting, which included an update on the implementation of reforms aimed at improving the competitiveness of South Africa's freight and logistics system.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's State-owned logistics operator Transnet said on Friday it has started the process of picking a private sector partner to develop and operate a new manganese export terminal for 25 years, as it seeks to expand the mineral's export capacity by 20%. South Africa is the world's top manganese exporter, having shipped about 26-million metric tons in 2025, according to the Minerals Council. Manganese is mostly used in steel manufacturing, but increasingly in battery technologies, which are vital for renewable energy. Transnet, which currently handles about 16-million tons of South Africa's manganese exports annually through its freight rail system, is seeking a private sector partner to fund, develop, operate and maintain a new export corridor from mines in the Northern Cape to a new terminal at Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Data from the Southern African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) has shown a 21% decline in the number of twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled in South Africa during the week of September 14 to 20. Its latest ‘Cargo Movement Report’, produced in collaboration with Business Unity South Africa, shows that an average of 10 405 TEUs were handled daily at the various container terminals, decreasing from 13 096 TEUs the previous week and below the projected average of 12 513 TEUs.]]></description>
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            <title>Godongwana highlights infrastructure’s growth potential as DBSA disbursements rise to R20.7bn</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) reported record disbursements of R20.7-billion in 2025/26, up from R17.5-billion in the prior year, and has indicated that the outlook for disbursements in 2026/27 is also strong as infrastructure receives greater prominence within government. CEO Boitumelo Mosako said the State-owned development financier had finalised a strategy aimed at supporting a scaling up of project delivery by expanding the infrastructure pipeline and accelerating implementation.]]></description>
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            <title>RFA, Safla says Durban Gateway Terminal implementing short- and long-term solutions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry organisations the South African Freight and Logistics Association (Safla) and the Road Freight Association (RFA) reports that short- and long-term plans to solve the inefficiencies at the Durban Gateway Terminal (DGT) are being implemented. The organisations state that, during a recent engagement between the DGT and relevant stakeholders and organisations that have operations or members processing cargo through the terminal, the DGT had told stakeholders that it was implementing an accelerated programme to keep the various pieces of machinery operating at the best levels of safety and functionality as possible, and had brought in generator sets to deal with power disruptions.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Grindrod sets its sights on five growth projects  from now to 2028</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ports and logistics group Grindrod is targeting five growth projects that will either grow the capacity on the existing logistics corridors the company operates, or deepen the integration of these corridors, says Grindrod CEO Kwazi Mabaso. Speaking late last month, during the JSE-listed company’s interim financial results announcement for the six months ended June 30, Mabaso described the Matola terminal expansion at the Port of Maputo complex as the most advanced of the five growth projects.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
            <category>PORTS ﻿&amp; LOGISTICS</category>
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            <title>Transnet outlines ‘transact for value’ model for private sector participation transactions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips says the sale of a 49.99% interest in its largest container terminal last year to International Container Terminal Services had set the tone for the way in which the State-owned group would approach other private sector participation (PSP) transactions across its rail, ports, and pipelines businesses. Having faced two years of legal delay, the sale of the stake in the Durban Container Terminal Pier 2, now trading as the Durban Gateway Terminal, generated a profit on disposal for Transnet of R12.5-billion.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned logistics group Transnet on Thursday reported a R4.6-billion profit for the year to the end of March 2026, its first annual profit in four years. The freight rail, ports and pipelines group said in a statement that the profit was mainly due to the sale of its Pier 2 terminal and an improvement in rail and pipeline volumes.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Cape Town Container Terminal showed a 16% increase in volume throughput in the first quarter of the 2026/27 financial year compared with the same period last year, says Transnet Port Terminals (TPT). Average truck turnaround time now stands at 39.9 minutes, with year-to-date truck turnaround times improving by 35% compared with the same period last year.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Durban Gateway Terminal (DGT) has provided an update on the operational challenges currently affecting the port facility following the recent implementation of a new terminal operating system. In a letter to customers, DGT COO Grant Bahlmann reported that the NAVIS implementation had been completed successfully and the system remained stable, with a dedicated team addressing residual items.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Safla, RFA call for unified, public Durban Gateway Terminal recovery plan</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry bodies the South African Freight and Logistics Association (Safla) and the Road Freight Association (RFA) are calling for a unified recovery plan to restore predictable cargo flow through the Durban Gateway Terminal (DGT), following sustained disruption across vessel, yard, system and landside operations. In July, vessels at the DGT averaged 80 hours at anchorage and 106 hours at berth. After the mid-August NAVIS N4 terminal operating system cut-over, weekly throughput fell 26% and reported terminal waits reached 8 to 12 days, the organisations say.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ports and logistics group Grindrod is targeting five growth projects that will either grow the capacity on the existing logistics corridors the company operates, or deepen the integration of these corridors, says Grindrod CEO Kwazi Mabaso. Speaking during the JSE-listed company’s interim financial results announcement for the six months ended June 30 on Tuesday, Mabaso described the Matola terminal expansion at the Port of Maputo complex as the most advanced of the five growth projects.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>Presidency deploys delegation to investigate Port of Durban issues – SAAFF </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Member organisation the Southern African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) has escalated the “operational crisis” at the Durban Gateway Terminal (DGT) to the Presidency, with the organisation highlighting the “failure of the International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) NAVIS container management system”, which it says has continued to impact operations and hinder the flow of cargo. The DGT is a container terminal in the Port of Durban and is operated by ICTSI under a 25-year partnership with Transnet.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>Private operator sought for Port of Cape Town ship-repair floating dry dock</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A request for proposals (RFP) has been issued by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) for a private facility operator to design, finance, construct, operate, maintain and decommission a floating dry dock at the Port of Cape Town under a 25-year concession.  The RFP has been issued in response to what TNPA describes as growing demand for ship-repair services, driven by increasing vessel traffic along the Cape Sea route.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Cape Town Container Terminal showed a 16% increase in volume-throughput in the first quarter of the 2026/27 financial year compared with the same period last year, says Transnet Port Terminals (TPT). Average truck turnaround time now stands at 39.9 minutes, with year-to-date truck turnaround times improving by 35% compared with the same period last year.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>Phillips questions need for middlemen as Transnet pushes for procurement reform</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet group CEO Michelle Phillips says the State-owned rail, ports and pipeline logistics group is putting measures in place to ensure that it no longer over-pays for goods and services. Speaking at the SAPICS 2026 conference held in Cape Town last month, she said recent reforms within the entity included rolling out a catalogue of market-pricing, so that “if a part is R1.50, and you put in R1 500, the system will not allow you to buy that”.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>‘Significant operational improvements’ recorded at  Cape Town port – TNPA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) says it has recorded “significant operational improvements” at the Port of Cape Town, with progress in terminal performance, reduced ship turnaround time (STAT) and increased volume throughput across key commodity sectors. According to the State-owned port operator, it has achieved consistent year-on-year improvements in container terminal STAT, decreasing from 103 hours in the 2023/24 financial year to 83 hours in 2024/25, with a further improvement to 74 hours in 2025/26.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The City of Cape Town welcomes State-owned Transnet's call for private sector partners to upgrade and operate the multipurpose terminal at the Port of Cape Town. Transnet’s request for proposals is for private sector partners to redevelop and operate Cape Town’s multipurpose port terminal under a 25-year concession.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet group CEO Michelle Phillips says the State-owned rail, ports and pipeline logistics group is putting measures in place to ensure that it no longer over-pays for goods and services. Speaking at the SAPICS 2026 conference held in Cape Town this week, she said recent reforms within the entity included rolling out a catalogue of market-pricing, so that “if a part is R1.50, and you put in R1 500, the system will not allow you to buy that”.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The V&A Waterfront and Damen Shipyards Cape Town have marked the official start of pontoon production for the Quay 7 Superyacht Marina, with a keel-laying ceremony at Damen Shipyards’ factory in the Port of Cape Town. The R230-million marina is on track for completion on October 31, with the official opening planned for November. Work is roughly 45% complete.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Uganda, in 2015, worked with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to build roads in the eastern DRC, which enabled goods manufactured in Uganda to be exported to this region, benefitting Uganda and the DRC. During the second day of the Manufacturing Indaba, in Johannesburg, on July 15, natural resource development organisation Uganda Chamber of Energy and Minerals CEO Humphrey Asiimwe cited this as an example of the benefits of African countries not focusing solely on their own needs, but also considering how they could support their neighbours and trade partners through the auspices of regional bodies.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has extended the term of State-owned Transnet's board of directors by six months to January 11, 2027, or until the appointment process for the new board is finalised, whichever occurs first. The board's terms had previously been due to end on July 12.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) says it has recorded “significant operational improvements” at the Port of Cape Town, with progress in terminal performance, reduced ship turnaround time (STAT) and increased volume throughput across key commodity sectors. According to the State-owned port operator it has achieved consistent year-on-year improvements in container terminal STAT, decreasing from 103 hours in the 2023/24 financial year to 83 hours in 2024/25, with a further improvement to 74 hours in 2025/26.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[As part of its intensified drive to combat fraud, theft and corruption across its business, State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) says it has successfully applied to the National Treasury for the blacklisting of seven companies implicated in serious unethical and unlawful conduct. This follows forensic investigations supported by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), which uncovered a range of irregularities, including financial misconduct, kickback schemes, bribery, the theft of company assets, collusion and the submission of false information.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Efficient sea and air freight operations play a critical role in facilitating market access for high-value perishables. The faster growers and freight forwarders can move products from farm to market, the higher the derived value, owing to extended shelf life, reduced waste and, ultimately, lower costs for retailers and consumers, says special economic zone (SEZ) Dube TradePort. Consequently, Dube TradePort is preparing to launch the second phase of its Dube AgriZone, an 18 ha, fully serviced, agriculture-focused development aimed at unlocking opportunities for “agri-entrepreneurs”, smaller growers, emerging farmers and horticulturalists.]]></description>
            <author>Lynne Davies</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) has taken delivery of four new hybrid straddle carriers. The R96-million investment forms part of Transnet Port Terminal’s (TPT’s) equipment replacement programme to work towards the full recovery of its terminal operations. ]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has finalised all 11 terminal operator agreements with fuel and chemical handlers at the Island View complex, the State-owned company said on Monday, even as a legal challenge risks overturning the deals. TNPA was instructed by Transport Minister Barbara Creecy last year to sign the 25-year agreements after she invoked special rules to help energy security.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The City of Cape Town again calls for State-owned Transnet to accelerate initiatives to improve efficiencies at the Port of Cape Town. South Africa cannot afford a port that underperforms, and all options for structural improvement, including increased private sector involvement in operations, need to be considered and enabled, the city says.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has said that South Africa’s logistics recovery and long-term energy security will depend on the closer collaboration between government and the fuels industry, as the country works to reclaim its position as a leading regional transport and logistics hub. Addressing delegates on the second day of this year’s Fuels Industry Imbizo, hosted by industry organisation the Fuels Industry Association of South Africa, the Minister described the fuels sector as one of the country’s most strategic industries owing to its role in enabling mobility, supporting trade and logistics and underpinning economic activity.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[At nearly 40 years old, Lars Jensen’s Volkswagen camper van appeals to him mostly for its lack of modern features. The vehicle he calls “Sally” is just the right rig to drive around Africa over the next 18 months to explore the world’s most promising supply chain frontier. As Google AI or ChatGPT will attest, Jensen is the most widely cited analyst in container shipping, an industry that handles some 80% of global merchandise trade worth $26-trillion last year. A former analyst with AP Moller-Maersk, he’s a regular speaker on the maritime conference circuit in his role as a consultant.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industrial Zones Programme chief operations officer Stieneke Jensma discusses the need for development finance institutions and commercials banks to play a role in the development of projects within the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone during the RBIDZ’s Project Funding Pitch held in Johannesburg from May 7 to 8.
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