Transnet Engineering’s African Strategy

[John Ashworth]

Transnet Engineering’s African Strategy (video)

In this interview with Transnet Engineering’s (TE), CEO - Ralph Mills, we talk about their African strategy, which looks beyond just once off tender opportunities. Their focus is on the maintenance and refurbishment of older rolling stock, which will ease the capital burden associated with buying new. We touch on the development progress to date for the standard gauge bogie. Progress on the Trans Africa Locomotive (TAL) project and the lessons learnt, which will add value to the rebuild programme of older rolling stock to “as new” condition. Alternative propulsion systems are on the agenda and Ralph provides a brief outline of their intentions...