TFR Associations
Transnet Freight Rail is a member of the following organisations:
The Southern African Railways Association (SARA) is a “Not for Profit” regional association of railways in the SADC region which was formed in 1996. Sara’s top mission is to create an environment whereby the railway industry is a top performer in the transport sector and makes rail the mode of choice. This will be achieved through bringing about fair competition, developing an equitable market driven surface transport (road and rail) industry, improved efficiency and effectiveness in the regional railways operations and to champion the cause of the regional railways.
The Association of American Railroads operates over a 140,000 mile network stretching across the far reaches of North America. They serve to make sure America’s freight railroads operate as the safest, most efficient, cost-effective and environmentally sound freight transport system in the world.
As the standard setting organization for North America's railroads, AAR is also focused on improving the safety and productivity of rail transportation
AAR members include the major freight railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as Amtrak, AAR ensures that the freight rail industry will continue to meet America’s transportation needs today and tomorrow.
The Union's objective is to seek the standardisation, expansion, coordination and improvement of railway services of the UAR members with a view to linking them to each other and to other means of transportation connecting the Africa region to the world.
The other objective is to establish and maintain relationships with other transport undertakings or associations and interested governments and institutions for the study of matters of interest to and the coordination and development of the activities of the members of the Union. The UAR is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC).
Link: http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2010/08/union-of-africa-railways/
The Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative is a non-profit organisation consisting of Infrastructure Investors, Service Providers and Stakeholders from Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland, who are focussed on the promotion and further development of the Maputo Development Corridor (MDC) as the region's primary logistics transportation route.
Their incorporation in South Africa as a Section 21 (non-profit) membership organisation (Reg. No. 2004/007466/08) put them in an advantage to facilitate inclusively between all stakeholders, public and private, across national borders, aiming to co-ordinate the views of Service Providers and Users of the Corridor, engaging primarily the governments of SA and Mozambique as well as Swaziland, to remove barriers along the Corridor, to inform the market of developments on the Corridor and to market the strategic benefits and opportunities of using it, thereby making the MDC the first choice for the regions importers and exporters alike.
MCLI is a group of infrastructure investors, service providers and users, focussed on the promotion and further development of the Maputo Corridor, as a contribution to the aims and objectives of the Maputo Development Corridor.
MCLI is incorporated in South Africa as a membership organisation. Members are drawn from South Africa and Mozambique and co-operate closely with organised business, engage with relevant authorities, and represent the combined views of all users of the Corridor and all parties involved in the provision of services in the Corridor.