Meeting the South African government’s target of moving 250-million tons of freight yearly on rail by 2030 will be achieved only if there is a significant recovery in general freight volumes, which in turn requires a large rise in container volumes, a leading macrologistician argues. GAIN Group director Professor Jan Havenga calculates that to close the gap between the volumes currently being achieved of about 160-million tons and the target that has been set will require “nearly half” of those volumes being met through containers.
