Supporting Export Competitiveness through Port and Rail Network Reforms : A Case Study of South Africa
Transport and logistics infrastructure is a critical determinant of the competitiveness of a country's producers and exporters. Well-functioning transport and logistics infrastructure relies not just on hardware, but critically on the operatin...
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RAIL DIVISION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TRANSPORT SECTOR ROAD USER CHARGING TRANSPORTATION LAW RAIL NETWORK PASSENGERS CROSSINGS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES RAIL PROJECT TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORTATION COSTS ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS REGIONAL RAIL SERVICES TRANSPORT MODE TREND RAIL SYSTEMS STRICTER ENFORCEMENT RAIL SERVICE JOURNEY TRANSPORTATION REFORMS RAILWAY ASSOCIATION TOLL ROAD COSTS IMPACT OF TRANSPORT COSTS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD PRICING REFORMS TYPE OF TRANSPORT AIR INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGING BORDER TRAFFIC TRANSPORT SERVICES ARTERIES TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT SECTOR RAIL JOURNEY REGIONAL TRANSPORT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL TRANSPORT TRANSPORT OPERATORS FREIGHT TRAFFIC IMPACT OF TRANSPORT RAIL LINKS VEHICLE MILES FREIGHT FLOWS RAIL CORRIDORS PORT AUTHORITY TRANSPORT PLANNING FIXED COSTS RAIL TRACK JOURNEYS EXTERNALITIES RAILWAY LINE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT TRIPS GOODS VEHICLES RAIL COSTS BORDER INSPECTIONS ROAD‐CONGESTION RAIL ACCESS RAIL TRAFFIC RAIL MODE LOCOMOTIVE FUEL TAXES EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE SUBSIDIES GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE AIR FREIGHT TRANSPORT NETWORK CONGESTION TRANSPORTATION INSPECTION POLICIES DOMESTIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION COSTS PRIVATE RAIL OPERATORS TRANSPARENCY TRUCKS ROAD USE RAIL POLICY HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES BORDER‐CROSSING TRANSPORT COSTS PSP TRAINS RAIL FREIGHT NETWORK URBAN SYSTEMS EMISSIONS STANDARDS FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES RAIL SECTOR ROLLING STOCK RAILWAY RAILWAY COMPANIES AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR BLOCK TRAINS ROAD USER ROADS PORT FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADING CROSSING FLEETS MARITIME TRANSPORT TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE RAIL CAPACITY ROAD DAMAGE PRIVATE RAILWAYS TRAFFIC LAWS HIGH TRANSPORT FREIGHT SECTOR RAIL FUEL RAILWAY OPERATORS CAPITAL INVESTMENT DIESEL ROAD TRANSPORT FREIGHT TRAINS FREIGHT TRANSPORT OPERATIONS ROAD TRAFFIC TRANSPORT AGENCIES RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE FREIGHT SERVICES BORDER‐CROSSINGS PROFIT MARGINS RAIL OPERATIONS AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL RAIL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VEHICLES RAIL LINES FREIGHT TRANSPORT INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLANNING TRUCK TRANSPORT FREIGHT SERVICE EMISSIONS ROAD PRICING ROAD SERVICES CARRIERS SUBSIDY RAIL‐PROJECT TRAFFIC ROUTES RAIL INDUSTRY HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVERS SPEEDS VEHICLE FREIGHT MOVEMENT ROAD TOLLS COSTS PORT AUTHORITIES RAILWAY SECTOR ROAD NETWORK TRANSPORT RAILWAY SYSTEM TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES MODE OF TRANSPORT RAILWAY NETWORK RAIL OPERATORS ROAD USERS MODES OF TRANSPORT DOMESTIC TRANSPORT TRUE CROSS SUBSIDIES RAIL OPERATOR RAIL‐ PROJECT EFFICIENT TRANSPORT TRAVEL TIMES FUEL CONSUMPTION ROUTE TRANSPORT POLICY FREIGHT COSTS RAIL NETWORK TAXES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ROAD HAULAGE PASSENGER TRAINS RAIL FREIGHT RAIL SERVICES TRAVEL TRANSIT BORDER CROSSING FREIGHT TERMINALS INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS POLICE CONGESTION COSTS RAIL CUSTOMERS EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL SYSTEM PORT SERVICES RAIL ROUTE MOTORWAYS REGIONAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE BRIDGE TRAFFIC VOLUMES FREIGHT RAIL RAILWAYS RAIL COMPANIES INLAND TRANSPORT VEHICLE KILOMETERS ACCIDENTS CROSS‐SUBSIDIES PASSENGER RAIL TRANSPORT OFFICIALS INVESTMENTS FREIGHT MARKET RAIL CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS PORT ACCESS URBAN ROADS TRANSPORT COSTS SAFETY SURFACE FREIGHT PASSENGER TRANSPORT FINANCIAL INCENTIVES BOTTLENECKS |
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RAIL DIVISION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TRANSPORT SECTOR ROAD USER CHARGING TRANSPORTATION LAW RAIL NETWORK PASSENGERS CROSSINGS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES RAIL PROJECT TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORTATION COSTS ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS REGIONAL RAIL SERVICES TRANSPORT MODE TREND RAIL SYSTEMS STRICTER ENFORCEMENT RAIL SERVICE JOURNEY TRANSPORTATION REFORMS RAILWAY ASSOCIATION TOLL ROAD COSTS IMPACT OF TRANSPORT COSTS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD PRICING REFORMS TYPE OF TRANSPORT AIR INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGING BORDER TRAFFIC TRANSPORT SERVICES ARTERIES TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT SECTOR RAIL JOURNEY REGIONAL TRANSPORT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL TRANSPORT TRANSPORT OPERATORS FREIGHT TRAFFIC IMPACT OF TRANSPORT RAIL LINKS VEHICLE MILES FREIGHT FLOWS RAIL CORRIDORS PORT AUTHORITY TRANSPORT PLANNING FIXED COSTS RAIL TRACK JOURNEYS EXTERNALITIES RAILWAY LINE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT TRIPS GOODS VEHICLES RAIL COSTS BORDER INSPECTIONS ROAD‐CONGESTION RAIL ACCESS RAIL TRAFFIC RAIL MODE LOCOMOTIVE FUEL TAXES EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE SUBSIDIES GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE AIR FREIGHT TRANSPORT NETWORK CONGESTION TRANSPORTATION INSPECTION POLICIES DOMESTIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION COSTS PRIVATE RAIL OPERATORS TRANSPARENCY TRUCKS ROAD USE RAIL POLICY HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES BORDER‐CROSSING TRANSPORT COSTS PSP TRAINS RAIL FREIGHT NETWORK URBAN SYSTEMS EMISSIONS STANDARDS FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES RAIL SECTOR ROLLING STOCK RAILWAY RAILWAY COMPANIES AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR BLOCK TRAINS ROAD USER ROADS PORT FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADING CROSSING FLEETS MARITIME TRANSPORT TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE RAIL CAPACITY ROAD DAMAGE PRIVATE RAILWAYS TRAFFIC LAWS HIGH TRANSPORT FREIGHT SECTOR RAIL FUEL RAILWAY OPERATORS CAPITAL INVESTMENT DIESEL ROAD TRANSPORT FREIGHT TRAINS FREIGHT TRANSPORT OPERATIONS ROAD TRAFFIC TRANSPORT AGENCIES RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE FREIGHT SERVICES BORDER‐CROSSINGS PROFIT MARGINS RAIL OPERATIONS AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL RAIL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VEHICLES RAIL LINES FREIGHT TRANSPORT INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLANNING TRUCK TRANSPORT FREIGHT SERVICE EMISSIONS ROAD PRICING ROAD SERVICES CARRIERS SUBSIDY RAIL‐PROJECT TRAFFIC ROUTES RAIL INDUSTRY HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVERS SPEEDS VEHICLE FREIGHT MOVEMENT ROAD TOLLS COSTS PORT AUTHORITIES RAILWAY SECTOR ROAD NETWORK TRANSPORT RAILWAY SYSTEM TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES MODE OF TRANSPORT RAILWAY NETWORK RAIL OPERATORS ROAD USERS MODES OF TRANSPORT DOMESTIC TRANSPORT TRUE CROSS SUBSIDIES RAIL OPERATOR RAIL‐ PROJECT EFFICIENT TRANSPORT TRAVEL TIMES FUEL CONSUMPTION ROUTE TRANSPORT POLICY FREIGHT COSTS RAIL NETWORK TAXES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ROAD HAULAGE PASSENGER TRAINS RAIL FREIGHT RAIL SERVICES TRAVEL TRANSIT BORDER CROSSING FREIGHT TERMINALS INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS POLICE CONGESTION COSTS RAIL CUSTOMERS EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL SYSTEM PORT SERVICES RAIL ROUTE MOTORWAYS REGIONAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE BRIDGE TRAFFIC VOLUMES FREIGHT RAIL RAILWAYS RAIL COMPANIES INLAND TRANSPORT VEHICLE KILOMETERS ACCIDENTS CROSS‐SUBSIDIES PASSENGER RAIL TRANSPORT OFFICIALS INVESTMENTS FREIGHT MARKET RAIL CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS PORT ACCESS URBAN ROADS TRANSPORT COSTS SAFETY SURFACE FREIGHT PASSENGER TRANSPORT FINANCIAL INCENTIVES BOTTLENECKS Pieterse, Duncan Farole, Thomas Odendaal, Martin Steenkamp, Andre Supporting Export Competitiveness through Port and Rail Network Reforms : A Case Study of South Africa |
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Africa South Africa |
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Transport and logistics infrastructure
is a critical determinant of the competitiveness of a
country's producers and exporters. Well-functioning transport
and logistics infrastructure relies not just on hardware,
but critically on the operating environment that emerges
from the interaction between private sector operators;
national policies and regulatory regimes; and, in many
countries, state-owned owners and operators of core
infrastructure. This paper looks at the case of South
Africa, where constraints in access, pricing, reliability,
and network interfaces, particularly in the port and rail
network, are eroding the competitiveness of South African
exporters. The paper draws on interviews with a wide range
of exporters along with secondary research to examine South
Africa's port and rail network, and explores the underlying
factors contributing to these constraints, including chronic
underinvestment, an inadequate regulatory environment,
insufficient private sector participation, and weak regional
integration. The paper concludes with a review of the
reforms needed to deliver a more broadly accessible and
competitive rail and port sector based on international case
examples. It highlights the need for institutional reforms
to promote competitive pricing; private sector participation
to increase investment and improve service delivery;
information and coordination to address market failures and
improve access; and cooperation to improve intermodal,
interregional, and institutional interfaces. |
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Working Paper |
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Pieterse, Duncan Farole, Thomas Odendaal, Martin Steenkamp, Andre |
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Pieterse, Duncan Farole, Thomas Odendaal, Martin Steenkamp, Andre |
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Pieterse, Duncan |
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Supporting Export Competitiveness through Port and Rail Network Reforms : A Case Study of South Africa |
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Supporting Export Competitiveness through Port and Rail Network Reforms : A Case Study of South Africa |
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Supporting Export Competitiveness through Port and Rail Network Reforms : A Case Study of South Africa |
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Supporting Export Competitiveness through Port and Rail Network Reforms : A Case Study of South Africa |
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Supporting Export Competitiveness through Port and Rail Network Reforms : A Case Study of South Africa |
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supporting export competitiveness through port and rail network reforms : a case study of south africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/25762653/supporting-export-competitiveness-through-port-rail-network-reforms-case-study-south-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23632 |
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okr-10986-236322021-04-23T14:04:16Z Supporting Export Competitiveness through Port and Rail Network Reforms : A Case Study of South Africa Pieterse, Duncan Farole, Thomas Odendaal, Martin Steenkamp, Andre RAIL DIVISION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TRANSPORT SECTOR ROAD USER CHARGING TRANSPORTATION LAW RAIL NETWORK PASSENGERS CROSSINGS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES RAIL PROJECT TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORTATION COSTS ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS REGIONAL RAIL SERVICES TRANSPORT MODE TREND RAIL SYSTEMS STRICTER ENFORCEMENT RAIL SERVICE JOURNEY TRANSPORTATION REFORMS RAILWAY ASSOCIATION TOLL ROAD COSTS IMPACT OF TRANSPORT COSTS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD PRICING REFORMS TYPE OF TRANSPORT AIR INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGING BORDER TRAFFIC TRANSPORT SERVICES ARTERIES TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT SECTOR RAIL JOURNEY REGIONAL TRANSPORT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL TRANSPORT TRANSPORT OPERATORS FREIGHT TRAFFIC IMPACT OF TRANSPORT RAIL LINKS VEHICLE MILES FREIGHT FLOWS RAIL CORRIDORS PORT AUTHORITY TRANSPORT PLANNING FIXED COSTS RAIL TRACK JOURNEYS EXTERNALITIES RAILWAY LINE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT TRIPS GOODS VEHICLES RAIL COSTS BORDER INSPECTIONS ROAD‐CONGESTION RAIL ACCESS RAIL TRAFFIC RAIL MODE LOCOMOTIVE FUEL TAXES EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE SUBSIDIES GRANTS INFRASTRUCTURE AIR FREIGHT TRANSPORT NETWORK CONGESTION TRANSPORTATION INSPECTION POLICIES DOMESTIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION COSTS PRIVATE RAIL OPERATORS TRANSPARENCY TRUCKS ROAD USE RAIL POLICY HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES BORDER‐CROSSING TRANSPORT COSTS PSP TRAINS RAIL FREIGHT NETWORK URBAN SYSTEMS EMISSIONS STANDARDS FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ROAD TRANSPORT SERVICES RAIL SECTOR ROLLING STOCK RAILWAY RAILWAY COMPANIES AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR BLOCK TRAINS ROAD USER ROADS PORT FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADING CROSSING FLEETS MARITIME TRANSPORT TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE RAIL CAPACITY ROAD DAMAGE PRIVATE RAILWAYS TRAFFIC LAWS HIGH TRANSPORT FREIGHT SECTOR RAIL FUEL RAILWAY OPERATORS CAPITAL INVESTMENT DIESEL ROAD TRANSPORT FREIGHT TRAINS FREIGHT TRANSPORT OPERATIONS ROAD TRAFFIC TRANSPORT AGENCIES RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE FREIGHT SERVICES BORDER‐CROSSINGS PROFIT MARGINS RAIL OPERATIONS AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL RAIL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VEHICLES RAIL LINES FREIGHT TRANSPORT INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLANNING TRUCK TRANSPORT FREIGHT SERVICE EMISSIONS ROAD PRICING ROAD SERVICES CARRIERS SUBSIDY RAIL‐PROJECT TRAFFIC ROUTES RAIL INDUSTRY HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVERS SPEEDS VEHICLE FREIGHT MOVEMENT ROAD TOLLS COSTS PORT AUTHORITIES RAILWAY SECTOR ROAD NETWORK TRANSPORT RAILWAY SYSTEM TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES MODE OF TRANSPORT RAILWAY NETWORK RAIL OPERATORS ROAD USERS MODES OF TRANSPORT DOMESTIC TRANSPORT TRUE CROSS SUBSIDIES RAIL OPERATOR RAIL‐ PROJECT EFFICIENT TRANSPORT TRAVEL TIMES FUEL CONSUMPTION ROUTE TRANSPORT POLICY FREIGHT COSTS RAIL NETWORK TAXES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ROAD HAULAGE PASSENGER TRAINS RAIL FREIGHT RAIL SERVICES TRAVEL TRANSIT BORDER CROSSING FREIGHT TERMINALS INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS POLICE CONGESTION COSTS RAIL CUSTOMERS EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL SYSTEM PORT SERVICES RAIL ROUTE MOTORWAYS REGIONAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS PORT INFRASTRUCTURE BRIDGE TRAFFIC VOLUMES FREIGHT RAIL RAILWAYS RAIL COMPANIES INLAND TRANSPORT VEHICLE KILOMETERS ACCIDENTS CROSS‐SUBSIDIES PASSENGER RAIL TRANSPORT OFFICIALS INVESTMENTS FREIGHT MARKET RAIL CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS PORT ACCESS URBAN ROADS TRANSPORT COSTS SAFETY SURFACE FREIGHT PASSENGER TRANSPORT FINANCIAL INCENTIVES BOTTLENECKS Transport and logistics infrastructure is a critical determinant of the competitiveness of a country's producers and exporters. Well-functioning transport and logistics infrastructure relies not just on hardware, but critically on the operating environment that emerges from the interaction between private sector operators; national policies and regulatory regimes; and, in many countries, state-owned owners and operators of core infrastructure. This paper looks at the case of South Africa, where constraints in access, pricing, reliability, and network interfaces, particularly in the port and rail network, are eroding the competitiveness of South African exporters. The paper draws on interviews with a wide range of exporters along with secondary research to examine South Africa's port and rail network, and explores the underlying factors contributing to these constraints, including chronic underinvestment, an inadequate regulatory environment, insufficient private sector participation, and weak regional integration. The paper concludes with a review of the reforms needed to deliver a more broadly accessible and competitive rail and port sector based on international case examples. It highlights the need for institutional reforms to promote competitive pricing; private sector participation to increase investment and improve service delivery; information and coordination to address market failures and improve access; and cooperation to improve intermodal, interregional, and institutional interfaces. 2016-01-12T22:40:08Z 2016-01-12T22:40:08Z 2016-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/25762653/supporting-export-competitiveness-through-port-rail-network-reforms-case-study-south-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23632 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7532 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa South Africa |