Saturday, July 21, 2007

Transport in South Africa







Transnet is a large South African rail, port and pipeline company. It was formed as a limited company on April 1, 1990. A majority of the company's stock is owned by the Department of Public Enterprises, or DPE, of the South African government. The company was formed by restructuring into business units of the operations of South African Railways and Harbours and other existing operations and products.

The business units of Transnet:

Freightdynamics - road freight, trucking, logistics
Metrorail - railway operator - suburban passenger commuter rail system
National Ports Authority - NPA - owns the country's main ports
Petronet - principal operator of South Africa's fuel pipelines
Propnet - property investment company
Protekon - transport infrastructure design
South African Port Operations (SAPO) - operates and maintains the country's main ports
Spoornet railway operator - freight and passenger service
COALlink - coal
GFB Commercial - general freight
Luxrail - the Blue Train
Orex - iron ore rail transport
Shosholoza Meyl - intercity train passenger service
Spoornet International Joint Ventures - international rail operations
Transtel - private telecommunications network, forming part of South Africa's second landline telephone operator
Transwerk - rolling stock maintenance


Transnet at the Wikipedia
Transnet official website

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