‘Embrace intermodalism’

If South Africa is
to address its high
transport costs, it needs
to embrace intermodal
logistics, Gebisa
Ledwaba, rail projects
executive at Imperial
Logistics told FTW.
“It’s the only real
solution,” he said, “and
moving from consensus
to action is long
overdue.
“Rail corridor traffic
has declined by almost
20% over the past
15 years, whereas in
the same period road
corridor traffic more
than doubled.
“Africa has significant
opportunities to leverage
co-modality as the key
for an optimum logistics
system.”