Ford South Africa anticipates it will have 79 trucks a day transporting its next generation Ranger vehicles from its Silverton plant in Gauteng to the Durban port by 2025. That’s if the challenges with Transnet’s rail network are not fixed. Neale Hill, president of Ford Motor Company Africa region, said on Tuesday a rail link to the plant is a very important and integral part of the development of the Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone .
Ford and its suppliers invest R20.13bn in South Africa Hill said Transnet had informed Ford SA that it does not have the facilities and infrastructure in terms of rolling stock to provide the service required by the plant. Moneyweb has approached Transnet for comment, but it was yet to be received at the time of publication.
Frozen foods distributor calls for ‘state of emergency concession’ at Eastern Cape port Hill said the lack of progress with the southern rail corridor is extremely disappointing, adding that Transnet had informed them that the capital investment for the project is the stumbling block.
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