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To all Port & Corridor industry members: below you find a Request for Proposals which might be of interest.  Transnet Engineering, a division of Transnet (SOC) Ltd invites all interested parties to respond to the abovementioned RFP. The RFP documents may be obtained on and after 9 July 2013 from Reception at 160 Lynette Street,

SANEC and Port and Corridor Cooperation facilitate a trade mission from the Netherlands to South Africa around the Africa Ports & Harbours Show 2013. The Dutch delegation, consisting of 10 companies active in the transport & logistics sector, is visiting South Africa to absorb in-depth sector information; meet new potential partners/clients; engage with established contacts

The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has started facilitating and coordinating the convening of a SADC Infrastructure Investment Conference to be held from June 27 to 28 2013 in Maputo, Mozambique. The purpose of the SADC Infrastructure Conference is to lure potential investors into the rolling-out of the Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan Vision 2027, a 15-year blueprint that will guide the implementation of cross-border infrastructure projects between 2013 and

“Today we are clearing the way for international shipping and trade. That’s typical of the Netherlands. That’s how we became big. With Maasvlakte 2, the Netherlands is throwing the door wide open to the newest generation of container ships. And we offer space for the latest terminals. The port is growing 20% larger, and the

A PAN-African initiative involving multilateral institutions, governments and the private sector is on the verge of identifying two enormous “transformational”, regional infrastructure projects for development. Source, Business Day. Click here for a link to the article. A decision on the two projects — selected from a short list of 15 — is expected by July.

Transnet has released a tender opportunity on Tuesday 14 May 2013 for the provision of professional services to develop a Market Strategy for Transnet. This tender has been published in Business Day and it refers to the following internet site, Transnet. We invite you to read the newspaper clipping in PDF: Transnet tender.    

Date: 6 June 2013 Location: The Netherlands Namibia’s Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) will visit the Netherlands on 6 June 2013. The purpose of their visit is to link Southern Africa and the Netherlands through the port of the Walvis Bay. To facilitate in this goal, SANEC will host a roundtable on this topic. The

After Transnet’s bureaucratic red tape recently strangled a multi-million rand private sector project for an oil and gas hub at Saldanha Bay, government has now singled out the port as an ideal location for such a cluster. The special study underlying the plan for the government’s proposed special economic zones (SEZs) – results of which

The annual African Ports Evolution Forum attracts over 300 high-level delegates from 14 countries. This gathering stimulates Africa’s economic growth through increased investments in ports infrastructure. Port & Corridor Cooperation members are offered a 10% discount on registration to attend the show. 26 – 28 Augusi 2013 Cape Town Convention Centre, South Africa This event is a

New analysis of a business plan for the establishment of an industrial development zone (IDZ) at Saldanha Bay has found that such an industrial zone would create jobs, have significant economic impact and prove economically robust. Source: www.engineeringnews.co.za The project was expected to create an estimated 6 000 jobs – 2 600 of them direct –