The White Transportation Association (RFA) has recently reviewed the Port of Gutang, pointing out that developers have launched a very ambitious project to address massive shortcomings on the current logistics network, especially for railway and multi -model including railroads, as well as the necessity to engage in the private sector.
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The R50 billion project represents an important opportunity to address the systemic crippling inefficiencies of South African economic arteries, especially the Durban-Gautang transport corridor.
RFA has long been champions of an integrated logistics network and a multi -model in which the road and railroads serve as joint partners rather than competitors.
The vision that is expressed in the port of Goutang White Paper is “to create a superior business gate that restores the balance to our supply chain”, with the basic principles of unified integrated operations and infrastructure.
Over the past four decades, RFA has defended the development of domestic ports to reduce severe congestion in ports and transportation operations immediately in ports as well as internal warehouses such as the deep city. White paper correctly identifies unstable pressure on the Durban Port, the bottleneck that is waving throughout the economy – with an echo in current warehouses in the country.
RFA has been interacting with the customs of SARS for decades to make international trade (border transportation that requires a declaration of customs) is as simple and efficient as possible. This (along with other stakeholders) has fulfilled the current stages of electronic clearance and movement to communication – enables the Declaration of goods and clearance anytime and at any time by imported importers and exporters. This no longer requires the “concentrated facilities” that importers and exporters must provide and the relevant documentation. The block chain has also brought efficiency – however, container scenes in strategic centers (outside of ports) such as Cato Ridge and the proposed center at GauetEng are opening significant returns.
The association will repeat the need for friendly rail cargo from the road to the railway (given that the railway will actually be able to effectively handle such cargoes), and the association has repeated and directed this approach. “Railway Access to Private Operators” is important for efficient railway efficient – but has its own operating challenges. The fact that the rail currently accounts for less than 14 % of the volume in the Durban/Gutang corridor is a clear reminder of the things to be done – and in contrast to the National Development Program (NDP) 50 % target, highlights the stability of the situation.
However, it is important to emphasize that the railway cannot succeed in the vacuum is very important. The success of the port of Gutang will be largely dependent on the efficiency of the road transport interface because road transport operations offers vital “first and last” services that connect the rail network to a broader economy and customers who do not have efficient and efficient access to railway warehouses.
White paper integrates the truck-to-train train transfers-which is important if successful (think about the Sar container service in the 70s and 80s that brought dedicated fleets to the customer). To achieve this goal, significant investment must go beyond the borders of the port to the surrounding road infrastructure and international facilities. It is essential to develop and build the real gate, not just a simple displacement from the bottleneck from Durban to Gutang.
The explicit integration of performance-based standard vehicles (PBS) is attractive in the design of Gutang Port-cognition must be used as a test project, as well as the impact of all road transport operators with standard and legal legal compounds.
For decades, the association has been a prominent fan for the research and development of road transport vehicles. Smart trucks are not necessarily vehicles that carry more loads – they are vehicles that bring compound efficiency in the base of the fleet. This is where the future of smart trucks lies.
Vehicles (and drivers), which are safer, more efficient, reducing road abrasion per tonne, reduce fuel consumption and bring less operational costs, unaccountable components in modern and competitive roadblocks-for large road transport companies.
As mentioned earlier, RFA has consistently supported the government’s efforts to revive the railway, including the historic opening of the network to private operators. The explicit evaluation in the white article of the Transnet’s past operational and financial challenges in this corridor emphasizes why interference and investment in the private sector is very important.
The Port of Gutang may provide a “missing link” that can re -rail a competitive rail. By providing infrastructure and reliability worldwide that transportation calls for, it creates a suitable business case for road to rail. The realities of access to freight in the market should also be taken into consideration-for example, the demands of e-commerce and the logistics chains that this requires.
In the past 05 years, large cargo transportation has been changed to consumer operations with very small cargoes – sometimes a single case – and this in itself has changed the realities of consumer logistics warehouses and chains. The port of Gutang must be efficient and fast to counter this demand – regardless of the method it uses to reach the port – and if this is through the railway to the port of container, there will be about rotation, service planning and screening of containers in the port. This in itself puts a great “question” for rail services.
The association supports a unified operational operation – provided that transparent cooperation competitions are existed inside the port for various operators (rail, warehousing and road) – therefore is based on a basis for operational excellence and fair access and access to all parties.
Port of GautEng is a project that corresponds to the long -term RFA vision for a functional, efficient and integrated supply chain of South African. The success of the port will be the success of our members and ultimately the success of the country.
The association is eagerly working with all relevant stakeholders in the project to improve the integration and operation of the logistics network. With together, the $ R50 billion investment will be able to deliver the promised potential to create jobs, reduce logistics costs and create flexible economic future for South Africa.
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