GENERAL FREIGHT CAPACITY EXPANSION TO 53.7mtpa BY 2044
<p>The Richards Bay Expansion Programme (RBEP) was resurrected in 2016 for the development of a Long Term Infrastructure Blueprint (LTIB). The LTIB will provide a roadmap of incremental expansion of the Transnet operated terminals in the Port of Richards Bay (PORB) to capture the growth in general purpose bulk and break bulk commodities of 53.7 mtpa by 2044. In September 2017, the brief of the RBEP was amended to incorporate immediate and medium term capacity constraints of the supply chain to the PORB to enable reinstatement of nameplate capacities. The RBEP has been phased into increase capacity via Operational Improvement (Tranche 1); Reinstatement of Nameplate Capacity (Tranche 2) and Expansion (Tranches 3-5)</p>