Containers
The containerised freight market in South Africa can be divided into three categories:
- Import traffic: the management of containers that enter through a South African port with a domestic or over border destination.
- Export traffic: the management of containers leaving South Africa through our ports and
- Domestic traffic: the management of containers transported within and over our borders.
Our Service
We offer terminal services in addition to rail services. The following terminal services are offered:
- Physical and administrative checks.
- Acceptance/delivery of the container in the interchange zone at the terminal.
- Loading/unloading of the container at the terminal interchange zone from/to a hauler or when lifted from/placed on a rail wagon at the railhead.
- Conveyance between the interchange zone or railhead and the stack.
- Stacking/de-stacking.
- Handling by means of container crane and/or gantry crane as the case may be.
- Transhipment of containers emanating from and destined for foreign countries.
- Storage.
We have eight large container rail contracts with the major container companies in South Africa.
We have six major inland terminals and nineteen satellite depots that are strategically located to link with the ports in South Africa. Each terminal, with its satellites depots handle containers, cars and bulk traffic:
- City Deep (Eastcon, Kazcon),
- Belcon (Saldanha, Ashton, Dalcon),
- Deal Party (East London, George),
- Pretcon (Phalaborwa, Witbank, Pietersburg, Nelspruit, Piet Retief),
- Bayhead (Newcastle) and
- Bloemfontein (Kimberly, Maseru, De Aar, Kroonstad, Kakamas, Bethlehem).
Contact us
Nelis Van Tonder
Tel.: 021 940 2531
Fax: 021 940 1266
Nelis.VanTonder@transnet.net
Kevin Temperton
Tel.: 031 361 5062
Mobile: 083 284 6270
Kevin.Temperton@transnet.net
Reshad Yusuf
Tel.: 031 361 4062
Fax: 031 361 2073
Reshad.Yusuf@transnet.net
Bilgees Essa
Tel.: 021 940 2248
Fax: 021 940 2434
Mobile: 083 275 4233
Bilgees.Essa@transnet.net
Vis Subrayen
Tel.: 031 361 2373
Fax: 031 361 2073
Vis.Subrayen@transnet.net
Lolly Marite
Tel: 012 315 8323
Fax: 012 315 8162
Mobile: 083 390 5694
Lolly.Marite@transnet.net
Theo Magangoe
Tel: 011 330 5072
Fax: 011 330 5072
Mobile: 083 286 1436
Theo.Magangoe@transnet.net
Daleen Endley
Tel: 021 940 2348
Fax: 021 940 2434
Mobile: 083 282 9891
Daleen.Endley@transnet.net
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