THE RAIL equalisation structure - balancing Gauteng-Port Elizabeth rates with those of Durban - was extended for an extra month so that the change in rates coincided with the first phase of Spoornet's rate restructuring process (FTW June 16, 2000), according to Spoornet's Mike Asefovitz, spokesman for senior business manager, Christelle Rentsch.
The new rates have now been sent to the various intermodal operators with whom we do business - effective from July 1, he told FTW.
And, he added, Spoornet has accommodated the equalisation structure in the new rates on the PE run.
We have done deals with our intermodal customers, Asefovitz said, and the rate increases, we feel, are at a level that industry can bear.
Reacting to the complaint from other users that the customer base actually extended far beyond the intermodals - and that others should be consulted in the implementation of such changes - Asefovitz told FTW: We must bear in mind that the customers have chosen the various intermodals to represent them.
We therefore deal directly with them.
But Asefovitz also insists that Spoornet is talking to other customers as individual groups - referring to the motor industry as one example.
The result for users is that incentive prices will be offered on this route, he added.
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