OUR PLAN - Transnet

THE IMPACT OF MDS
ON JOB CREATION
MDS IS EXPECTED TO SUSTAIN 588 000
ECONOMY-WIDE JOBS AT ITS PEAK WITH A LARGE
FOCUS ON SKILLS AND CAPACITY BUILDING
SEVEN-YEAR
CAPITAL
INVESTMENT
BY REGION
THE IMPACT OF
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
WILL BE FELT NATIONWIDE
SEVEN-YEAR CAPITAL INVESTMENT BY MAJOR PROJECT
R BILLION
R7.7bn
The amount to be spent
on training over
the next seven years.
An additional 15 000
direct jobs
Increased intake in schools
of excellence
R4.7 billion will be spent on
bursaries and grants
317 technicians will be in
training by 2018/19
A step-up in recruitment in
critical skills and expanded
annual intake
EXPORT COAL LINE – expand rail capacity to 97.5mtpa
EXPORT IRON-ORE LINE – expand rail capacity to 82.5mtpa
GENERAL FREIGHT – expand rail capacity to 170.2mtpa
MARITIME CONTAINERS – expand capacity at Ports to
9.4 million TEUs per annum
BULK SECTOR – increase Port capacity to 232mtpa
(capacity at Port Terminals increases to 120.8mtpa)
BREAK-BULK SECTOR – sustain Port capacity at 29mtpa
(capacity at Port Terminals is maintained at 15mtpa)
PIPELINES – NMPP investment to increase Pipeline capacity
to 8.7 billion litres per annum
31.6
18.3
151.1
24.1
25.5
*These figures account for infrastructure projects only and not the entire R300 billion set aside for the MDS.
2.9
7.5
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