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Transnet adds tractors, refurbishes cranes

News9 Jul 2024

South Africa's TPT deploys terminal tractors at Durban and Ngqura, alongside a crane refurbishment project at Ngqura, aiming to boost effici...

Liebherr books Transnet again

News15 Feb 2014

Liebherr continues its remarkable run of success in South Africa with another major order, including its first for RTGs...

Transnet for MoorMaster

News20 Nov 2013

Transnet National Ports Authority has revealed itself as the previously undisclosed contractor for Cavotec’s largest MoorMaster automa...

Ngqura sets new record

News25 Jul 2012

Transnet Port Terminals achieved record-breaking cargo handling productivity when the MSC SOLA visited the Port of Ngqura recently...

Transnet in tariff rebuff

News2 Apr 2012

The Ports Regulator of South Africa has rejected an application for an average port tariff increase of 18.06% “for services and facilities...

Expansion for Ngqura

News6 Nov 2011

South African transport utility Transnet has decided to press ahead with the development of Phase 2 at the Port of Ngqura...

Cooperation for Southern Africa

News27 Oct 2010

Rather than compete directly with other ports in Southern Africa, Transnet has announced that it will seek to conclude cooperation agreement...

Early success for Ngqura

News24 May 2010

The new South African port of Ngqura, close to Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, handled 34,533 TEU in March, up from 18,881 in February, ...

Ngqura off to a "busy start"

News12 Feb 2010

The new Ngqura container terminal is enjoying a busy start to 2010, reports Transnet Port Terminals...

Box future outlined for Coega

News1 Mar 2009

South African transport utility Transnet has published full details of its plans for the container terminal at the new integrated port and i...

Ngqura investment trimmed

News1 Feb 2009

Work on developing some parts of the new port of Ngqura (Coega) in South Africa have been suspended because of the global economic slowdown....

Liebherr wins in Coega

News1 Mar 2008

As briefly mentioned in last month’s WorldCargo News (p8), Liebherr Container cranes Ltd has recently won an order for six “Megamax” s...

Progress in Coega

News1 Feb 2008

While doubt over the construction of an aluminium smelter at Coega continues to dominate coverage of the South African project, there has be...

Coega goes full steam ahead

News1 Jan 2007

Following Alcan’s decision to go ahead with the development of an aluminium smelter at Coega (also known as Ngqura), South Africa’s Nati...

Pretoria struggles to create container competition

News1 Jun 2006

New investment in South African ports will result in the expansion of container capacity but doubts over the direction of the government’s...

Coega rethink

News1 Aug 2004

South Africa’s much publicised Ngqura deepwater port project at the Coega Industrial Development Zone has received another blow with the n...