Transnet

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Transnet

Type	State owned enterprise SOE
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Johannesburg
Key people	Mr. F. Phaswana, Chairman Ms. M. Ramos, Group Chief Executive Mr. L. van Niekerk, COO Mr. C.F. Wells, CFO
Industry	Train transport Port management Logistics Pipeline management
Products	Transport management services
Revenue	~ R26 bn 2006
Employees	~
Website	http://www.transnet.co.za/

Transnet is a very big South African rail, port and pipeline company. It was formed as a limited company on April 1, 1990. A majority of the company's stock is owned by the Department of Public Enterprises, or DPE, of the South African government. The company was formed by restructuring into business units the operations of South African Railways and Harbours and other existing operations and products.

The business units of Transnet:

Freightdynamics - road freight, trucking, logistics
Metrorail - railway operator - suburban passenger commuter rail system
National Ports Authority - NPA - owns the country's main ports
Petronet - principal operator of South Africa's fuel pipelines
Propnet - property investment company
Protekon - transport infrastructure design
South African Port Operations (SAPO) - operates and maintains the country's main ports
Spoornet railway operator - freight and passenger service
- COALlink - coal
- GFB Commercial - general freight
- Luxrail - the Blue Train, the Spier, Rovos Rail
- Orex - iron ore
- Shosholoza Meyl - intercity passenger service
- Spoornet International Joint Ventures - international rail operations
Transtel - private telecommunications network, forming part of South Africa's second landline telephone operator
Transwerk - rolling stock maintenance