[miningmx.com] — TRANSNET on Thursday marked the shipping of the last 98 of 200 wagons and spare parts as part of an order by Rio Tinto – designed, engineered and manufactured in Transnet Rail Engineering’s facility in Uitenhage.
The wagons, which were built for global mining giant Rio Tinto, would be carrying coal from the company’s coking coal mine at Moatize in Mozambique’s Tete province to the port of Beira.
“Transnet Rail Engineering…achieved its self imposed production target rate of 50 wagons per month, fully enabling the shipment of the first 102 wagons by December 2011,” read a company statement. “This took place amidst tandem orders from other customers and required maximum commitment, productivity and efficiency from every member of the Uitenhage production team.
“Overall, this contract shows very clearly that Transnet Rail Engineering, and particularly the Wagon Plant at Uitenhage, can compete with the best rolling stock manufacturers in the world.”
