Sustainable freight transport in South Africa : domestic intermodal solutions

Due to the rapid deregulation of freight transport in South Africa two decades ago, and low historical investment in rail (with resultant poor service delivery), an integrated alternative to road and rail competition was never developed. High national freight logistics costs, significant road infras...

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Published in:Journal of transport and supply chain management 2011-11, Vol.5 (1), p.149-169
Main Authors: Simpson, Zane, De Bod, Anneke, Fourie, Pieter F., Havenga, Jan H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Deregulation
Environmental impact
Freight
Freight transportation
Hubs
Intermodal
Intermodal transportation
Logistics
Studies
Sustainability
Transport buildings, stations and terminals
Transportation corridors
Transportation industry
Transportation terminals
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Summary:Due to the rapid deregulation of freight transport in South Africa two decades ago, and low historical investment in rail (with resultant poor service delivery), an integrated alternative to road and rail competition was never developed. High national freight logistics costs, significant road infrastructure challenges and environmental impact concerns of a road-dominated freight transport market have, however, fuelled renewed interest in intermodal transport solutions. In this article, a high-level business case for domestic intermodal solutions in South Africa is presented. The results demonstrate that building three intermodal terminals to connect the three major industrial hubs (i.e. Gauteng, Durban and Cape Town) through an intermodal solution could reduce transport costs (including externalities) for the identified 11.5 million tons of intermodal-friendly freight flows on the Cape and Natal corridors by 42% (including externalities).
ISSN:2310-8789
1995-5235
DOI:10.4102/jtscm.v5i1.26