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Update on Transnet Port and Rail Operations
Transnet SOC Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration Number: 1990/000900/30)
Issuer Bond Code: BITRA
(“Transnet”, the “Company” or the “Issuer”)
UPDATE ON TRANSNET PORT AND RAIL OPERATIONS
The Ports of Durban and Richards Bay have reported normalised levels of operations over the past two
days, with all employees having reported for their shifts and we are working towards clearing the
backlog caused by the unrest in the past week.
The reinstatement of the supply chain on the key national roads, the N2 and N3 have increased activities
at the port terminals as trucks continue to call the ports. The two ports remained open throughout the
protests of last week, but the operations were significantly impacted by the shutdown of the warehouses
and cold storage facilities, lack of public transport as well as limited truck movement.
In Richards Bay, the Multi-Purpose and Dry-Bulk Terminals handled seven vessels over the weekend.
Pier 2 in the Port of Durban serviced four vessels while Pier 1 continues to work on the two-berthed
vessels.
Transnet has been engaging all impacted customers throughout this time, to ensure that services can
resume as quickly as possible, and where required, to deal with bottlenecks caused by the protests.
The rail-corridor network between Gauteng and Durban, which was negatively impacted by the unrest,
has been re-opened with train services in operation since Friday. Transnet Freight Rail has since
managed to run 42 trains since its re-opening on Friday and will continue to run more trains as efforts
to stabilise this key network intensify.
The challenge of cable theft continues unabated along with community encroachment on the network.
To manage these challenges all our trains will be accompanied by security personnel to ensure a
continued and reliable service.
The Transnet Pipelines network remains operational. Additional patrols have been deployed across the
entire network, resulting in the arrest of four people for tampering with the pipeline last night. Transnet
confirms that this is not linked to the unrest.
Transnet remains on high alert and additional security and protection of critical infrastructure across the
network remain in place.
A 24-hour Nerve Centre hotline remains operational to monitor and respond to security-related
incidents.
Johannesburg
21 July 2021
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Date: 21-07-2021 07:34:00
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