South Africa Rail Freight Liberalisation: Grindrod’s Historic Trial Ushering in a New Era for SADC Corridors

The opening of South Africa’s rail network to the private sector has reached a critical milestone. Logistics group Grindrod recently completed its inaugural test run on the country’s North-East corridor using its own rolling stock. This makes Grindrod the first private operator to run a commercial train on the national rail infrastructure managed by state-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR).See more…