Fuel
Oil accounts for 40% of the world's total primary energy demand and Africa plays an important role in world oil markets, with its huge potential reserves off its eastern, southern and western coastlines.
The South African petroleum industry is of strategic national importance to the South African economy and our neighboring BLNS countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland) and SADC. This industry's value to the SA economy is estimated at about R29.9 billion per year, contributing 3% to the country's GDP.
Spoornet enjoys a 40% market share of the transportable volume, with 60% transported by road.
There are continuous collaborative initiatives between Spoornet and the industry to efficiently move more volume by rail and to reduce the total logistics cost of the fuel industry supply chain.
We are a logistics enabler of choice for the fuel industry providing bulk, safe and a cost effective service to our customers, we offer competitive prices to the fuel industry on longer distances.
Service Offering
Spoornet offers unique and specialised total logistical services to major players in the chemicals industry. We run dedicated chemical freight trains on a regular schedule, with the service determined by the cost-efficiency of the specific freight logistics solution.
We offer a high degree of flexibility to this industry, particularly the ability to customise wagons, which enables us to satisfy widely varying customer demands.
Our capacity to move large volumes in excess of 4 000 tons per dedicated train-load means we can offer customers cost-efficiency and speed of delivery.
Our services have been designed to match specific types of freight according to parcel size and frequency.
- Mega rail: Dedicated jet fuel train that runs from Durban to Johannesburg International Airport dialy
- Flexi rail: Block train traffic is moved from Krugersdorp to Bostwana, Pretoria to Zambia and Sasolburg to Beitbridge up North.
- Access rail: Small consignment loads which are transported on mixed/general trains. They are distributed throughout the country from all six refineries.
Our fuel rail tank car (RTC's) fleet is highly specialised., with about 4000 RTC's in total. The XP series are used interchangably for jet fuel, petrol and parafin. The XJ series for diesel, the XV series for liquid petroleum gas and the XO series for heavy furnace oil. The jet fuel dedicated tankers are epoxy-lined to cater for the industry's high technical commodity and safety specification.
The average carrying capacity is 36,000 litres for the XP's, 30,000 liters for XJ's and 25 tons for the XV's.
Commodities
The refined product we transport include:
- Petrol, leaded and unleaded,
- Diesel,
- Jet fuel,
- Paraffin,
- Liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and
- Heavy furnace oil.
Our customers
Our major customers in this industry include:
- BP Southern Africa
- Shell SA Marketing
- Engen
- Sasol Oil
- Caltex,
- Total SA,
- Afrox,
- Easigas,
- Puregas etc.
Contact us
Thandi Mfeka
Telephone: (011) 773-47777
Mobile: 083-286-0838
E-mail: thandimf@spoornet.co.za