Ford South Africa anticipates it will have 79 trucks a day transporting its vehicles from its Silverton plant to the Durban port by 2025 🚘
SA is set to see more vehicle transporter trucks on its roads due to Transnet's rail woes, according to Ford SA. Picture: Ford SA website
However, Hill said the rail link is not fully operational and Ford is currently transporting almost all of the Ranger units it is producing for the export market by road. Moneyweb has approached Transnet for comment, but it was yet to be received at the time of publication.Hill said Ford SA has also been very actively engaging with government about the high-capacity southern rail corridor to Gqeberha and to make this corridor a presidential priority.
Hill said the recent flooding in KwaZulu-Natal has once again highlighted the vulnerability of the country relying on this corridor and the Durban port.Hill said the lack of progress with the southern rail corridor is extremely disappointing, adding that Transnet had informed them that the capital investment for the project is the stumbling block.
The Ford Motor Company also has two plants in Thailand, two completely knocked down operations in Vietnam and Cambodia, and assembly of the model will commence in 2023 in plants in the US and Argentina.
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