Tambo Springs Logistic Gateway to change the face of Gauteng
The Department of Roads and Transport in Gauteng plans to construct a road network linking the Tambo Springs development directly to the N3 and other locations via a new link road and an interchange.
Last Thursday Transnet SOC Ltd and Southern Palace Joint Venture Consortium announced a historic public and private sector partnership for a 20-year concession for the construction of the Tambo Springs Intermodal Terminal in Gauteng.
The project is a result of a partnership between the public and private sector and includes the Tambo Springs Development Company as the land owner and master developer.
The Ekurhuleni metro will provide major bulk services for the development.
At an estimated investment of R2.5-billion, the Tambo Springs Intermodal Terminal is also aligned to government’s Strategic Infrastructure Project 2 (SIP2) which centres around the Durban-Free State-Gauteng Corridor and also forms part of the Gauteng Integrated Transport master plan.
The planned Tambo Springs Intermodal Terminal will be developed as part of a next generation logistics gateway, combining direct terminal handling facilities as well as back-of-terminal property development and related value added logistics services and activities.
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This development covers 607 hectares and will comprise a range of property development components that have a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship with the terminal, such as transportation, processing, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, commercial and retail functions.
The Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway is strategically located on the southern border of the Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metropolis and within the road freight and rail corridor between Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Ngqura.
Once completed, the inland terminal will have easy access to major road and rail networks, linking strategic sea ports, the OR Tambo International Airport and industries in the province.
The Department of Roads and Transport in Gauteng plans to construct a road network linking the Tambo Springs development directly to the N3 and other locations via a new link road and an interchange.
As South Africa’s economic hub, Gauteng handles approximately 60 per cent of the country’s import and export goods.
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A development of such magnitude will ease road traffic by diverting road cargo to rail networks linked to the country’s sea ports.
Container movement to and from Gauteng is expected to grow to four million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit (TEUs) per annum by 2021, from three million TEUs currently.
The new terminal will ease the strain on the existing inland container terminal, City Deep.
The development of the Tambo Springs Intermodal Terminal will ensure the current and future container volume traffic is efficiently and appropriately serviced by rail, thus alleviating the existing and projected pressure on the N3 road infrastructure.
Transnet’s chief business development officer, Gert de Beer, says: “The Tambo Springs inland terminal has been on the government’s plans for a number of years now.
“Witnessing it coming to fruition is indeed a historical moment for many South Africans.
“Once completed, the in-land terminal will completely change the face of Gauteng.”
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A total of 191 000 permanent and construction jobs will be created during the construction of the intermodal facility.
The breakdown is as follows:
• Eighty-one thousand jobs will be created during the construction of the terminal.
• One hundred and ten thousand permanent jobs will be in transport, manufacturing and logistics operations.
The Tambo Springs Intermodal Terminal will consist of two intermodal platforms equipped with six transtainer cranes on Burbak rails, among other developments.
It is expected to be fully operational between 2022/23 with 189 600 TEU estimated during that period.
The estimated investment in the development equates to a 0.81 per cent annual increase in Gauteng’s Gross Geographic Product (GGP) over 15 years, or a 12 per cent increase to the initial GGP bases.
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