Transnet pleads for parts as China shuns it | The state-owned rail operator has gone public as it seeks any service provider who could assist in supplying spare parts for some of the trains it bought during the controversial 1 064 locomotives deal
The multibillion-rand locomotive tender was found to have been inflated from R38 billion to R54.5 billion.State-owned rail operator Transnet has gone public as it seeks any service provider who could assist in supplying spare parts for some of the trains the company bought during the controversial 1 064 locomotives deal.
Transnet spokesperson Mary Papayya said that, in an effort to normalise freight operations in South Africa, Transnet Freight Rail had issued an open competitive tender, inviting eligible original equipment manufacturers to step in to rehabilitate the nonoperational Chinese-manufactured locomotives awaiting critical spare parts. This follows on the impasse with CRRC E-Loco Supply ...
Papayya said Transnet Freight had been severely constrained by the severe shortage of operational locomotives as a result of unfortunate protracted negotiations to reach a lawful settlement with original equipment manufacturers in relation to the 1 064 locomotive contract.
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