Rail in South Africa : Breakthrough Technologies · Locomotive Fleet of 2 522 Wagon Fleet of 69 700...

Rail in South Africa : Breakthrough Technologies

16 October 2019Mr Lloyd Tobias : Acting Chief Executive : Transnet Freight Rail

1Strictly private and confidential

Fuelling Africa’s growth and development as the leading provider of innovative supply chain solutions

Linking economies; connecting people; growing Africa!

Transnet is the custodian of rail, ports and

pipelines

Total assets of R362.4bn and 52,294

employees (Sep ‘17)

Transnet SOC Ltd

Operating Divisions

Specialist Units

Transnet Property Transnet Group Capital Transnet Foundation

Vision

Mission

Snapshot

Transnet Group – An Integrated Logistics Service Provider

Transnet Freight Rail

Transnet Engineering

Transnet National Ports

Authority

Transnet Port Terminals

Transnet Pipelines

Transnet International

Holdings


Transnet Freight Rail – a core Operating Division within the Transnet integrated freight transport and logistics company

Transnet Freight Rail

Freight Rail transports ~30%of the nations freight ton kilometres annually

Owns and maintains a network of ~22 000 route km and ~30 000 TrackKm

Moved 215.1 million tons in the 2018/19 financial yearRecord 226.7mt in 2014/15

Locomotive Fleet of 2 522Wagon Fleet of 69 700

Serves ~450 key accounts

Transports ~4.5mtper week

Employs ~26 304 people

The largest Railway in Africa and the

Middle East


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Freight Rail maintains and operates a vast rail network providing connectivity – Export engines, National corridors and Rural access

Sishen

Saldanha

Cape Town

East London

Port Elizabeth

Mosselbaai

Klipplaat

Rosmead

Port Alfred

Cookhouse

Noupoort

Upington

Kakamas

Sakrivier

Calvinia

Hotazel

Aliwal North

Springfontein

Hofmeyer

Maclear

Queenstown

Blaney

Umtata

Port Shepstone

Musina

Durban

Louis Trichardt

Kimberley

Steelpoort

Komatipoort

Phalaborwa

ZebedielaVaalwater

Lephalale

Veertien Strome

Warden

Ladysmith

Virginia

Worcester

Witbank

Groenbult

Polokwane

Nakop

SWAZILAND

Kroonstad

Vryburg

LESOTHO

Knysna

Koffiefontein

Douglas

De Aar

Hutchinson

Beaufort West

Pudimoe

Mafikeng

Bethlehem

Oudtshoorn

Ermelo

Belmont

Alicedale

Klerksdorp

Kaapmuiden

Harding

Richards BayBloemfontein

Pietermaritzburg

Harrismith

Modimolle

Vereeniging

Ngqura

Namibia

PortervillePrince Alfred Hamlet

Vrede

Marble Hall

Nelspruit

Franklin

Makwassie

Vermaas

Ottosdal

Vryheid

Middelwit

Core Network

Closed Lines

Lifted Lines

Low volume active branch line

High volume active branch line

Mozambique

Zimbabwe

Botswana

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Heavy Haul Iron Ore line : Second longest heavy haul line in the

world – 861km

Heavy Haul Coal line : 563 km from Mpumalanga

Coalfields

Route Km 20 878

Track Km 30 400

Cape Gauge 1 067mm


Rail as a Catalyst to stimulate economic growth

Enable export in bulk by rail – raising forex for SA, stimulating mining

sector growth, investment, job creation

Shift and grow rail traffic efficiently and cost effectively - reduce the cost

of doing business and enable business by reducing the transport /

logistics portion of their costs

Reliable rail infrastructure and logistics system to:

• Enable manufacturing, beneficiation, industrialisation

• Create facilities / hubs close to the source of industrialisation for

consolidating freight to reduce transport distances and freight handling

• Stimulate Regional Integration

• Implementation of TFR / Transnet capital programmes contribute to

economic growth - stimulate local content; local supplier development

and Direct / Indirect Job creation

New business development - create jobs in the transport / logistics

industry


Stimulating Regional IntegrationTransnet International Holdings Priority Projects

Ghana:Establishing a long-term partnership with the GRCL to fund, rehabilitate and operate Ghana’s narrow gauge rail network.

Benin:Negotiating a joint operations between

Transnet and SOBEMAP on the North

quay in the Port of Cotonou.

Nigeria:TIH is in discussion with consortium partners to commission a bankability study for the rehabilitation and operation of Nigeria’s western and eastern narrow gauge rail lines.

Kenya:Responded to an unsolicited bid to operate 3 berths in the Port of Lamu, currently negotiations with Kenya Port Authority are underway.

Zambia:Establishing a long-term partnership with ZRL to revitalize Zambia’s railway infrastructure and operations.

Zimbabwe:Recapitalisation and renewal of key equipment, systems and railway infrastructure to restore NRZ’s operational capacity and efficiency.

Mozambique:Regionally integrating the Maputo Port Terminals into Transnet operations by acquiring a shareholding in the concession company.

CAPEX

required

6Strictly private and confidential*Engagements cover selling of services, rolling stock supply, rail, port and pipeline

Pipeline of Exploratory Opportunities to promote IntraRegional trade

Opportunity Analysis

Viability Analysis

Investment Case

Project SetupProject

ImplementationCountry ExitOperation

2

7

45 6

1

3

Port of Lamu

BeniSA 1

BeniSA 2

Nigeria Railways

Ghana Railways

Zambia Railways

Zimbabwe Railways

Maputo Terminals

Malaysia Port

Zimbabwe Railways (Interim Solution)

Zambia Railways (Interim Solution)

Techo-banine Port

Exploratory opportunities*• Indonesia• Guinea• Liberia (RS

lease & ops)• Angola (sale

RS)• Botswana (RS

lease)• Panama

(advisory)• Saudi Arabia

(sale RS)• Senegal (BOT)

Long term 24 months 12 monthsExploratory

GabCon

Eastern DRC Logistics

Supply Chain Solutions (NSC)


The digital era is changing our World – embrace challenges & opportunities

Transnet views these trends as opportunities to improve sustainability – and is actively pursuing a range of opportunities in these areas

Digitisation of operations

• Exploitation of digital capabilities to offer value added services to Transnet’s existing customer base and to lower Transnet’s operating costs

• In many instances, significant investment is required to commercialize digital opportunities

• Uber for Containers

The ‘Uberization’ of freight

• Implementation of a new business built on offering ‘asset light’ products and services (such as: Volume aggregators using 3rd party assets for shipments)

• Incorporation of novel technologies required and new skills and capabilities

• IRIS• ACTES

Diversification into logistics value added services

• Develop and rollout new value added services to existing customer base and beyond - customs clearing, warehousing

• Ensuring customer take-up on the back of high quality base service

• Arcelor Mittal partnership with Barloworld Logistics & Grindrod

Opportunities Challenges and key initiativesKey trends

Industry consolidation

• Reduced number of small/niche players in SA’s logistics sector

• Possibilities for Transnet to acquire small/niche players

• Integration of such small/niche players into Transnet’s business model

• Identification of missing capabilities and potential partners in key segments


Toward a Scheduled Railway with Digital Capability

Development and deployment of technology and

automation

- Safely increase number of trains on a track and better manage

how closely they operate together, improving both network

velocity and fluidity

- Overcome asset under-utilisation and reduce downtime

- Cost effective maintenance of Rolling Stock and Network

Infrastructure

- Optimise labour productivity and cost; reduce human error

- Service delivery to customers – Online / B2B Order Capturing;

enhance customer value propositions

- Advance the development of Intermodal, Road to Rail and

Supply Chain Solutions

- Development of information that is an asset that defines

processes, management models and available service

Digital Railway - Integrated Rolling Stock & Network Maintenance, Operations and

Information


Technologies for Rolling Stock & Track Condition Monitoring

• Potential Benefits – Real time monitoring, Predictive Maintenance & Detection and prediction

of bridge structural instability

• Enabling Technology – Vibration, strain &

temperature sensors

• Currently in use

Digital Structural Health

Monitoring of

Olifants River Bridge

• Potential Benefits – Detection and prediction of bridge

structural instability

• Enabling Technology – Vibration, strain &

temperature sensors

• Currently in use

Real Time Structural

Health Monitoring of

Overvaal Tunnel


Technologies for Rolling Stock & Track Condition Monitoring

• Potential Benefits – Detection of obstructions and railway parameters ahead of trains to

ensure safe passage

• Enabling Technology – Machine vision technology

• In Research phase

Survey & Inspection

Device – SID – CSIR

Railway

Research initiative

• Technologies deployed on the line reflect operational complexity & risk of running extremely

long trains:

• Acoustic bearing detectors, wheel profile measuring devices, dragging

equipment detectors, weigh-in-motion bridges, hotbox detectors, hot wheel

detectors, speed monitoring, wheel impact monitors, rail/ concrete and

ambient temperature measures, and

• Continuously welded rail management system

• Ultrasonic Broken Rail Detectors

Wayside Monitoring for

Condition-based

Maintenance


Deployed Technologies & Technical Advancement powering World Class Trains

• Distribution of power over the entire length of the train

• Reduce in-train forces

• Improves train dynamics, braking and stopping distances

• Fuel and maintenance savings

• Allows the running of longer trains with one crew - cost competitive

• Most powerful locomotive in TFR with continuous tractive effort of 480 kN

• GPRS and touch-screen cab displays

• Monitoring of all trip and technical data for automatic downloading via wayside readers

Radio

Distributed

Power

15 E Locomotives

Fleet Modernisation

New Loco Acquisitions

Capabilities of New Transnet Freight Rail Loco Acquisitions

• Real Time Alarms - Monitoring and Safety such as over speeding

• Fault recording for condition monitoring

• Utilisation in terms of kilos and power consumption both electric and diesel

• Camera records for BOI

• Self diagnostics for ease of maintenance


• Potential Benefits – Eliminate yard dwell time and reduce train turn around time

• Enabling Technology – Dual voltage locomotives and On-the-fly traction change technology.

• In full implementation

Technologies for Efficient Assets and Traffic Management Systems

• Potential Benefits – Increased efficiency of powertrain and reduced energy cost over the life of

the locomotive; Reduced carbon footprint of locomotive assets

• Enabling Technology – Permanent Magnet Traction Motors; Sealed Magnetic

• Gear Drives; Pseudo Direct Drives

• In Research phase1

2

1

Motoring

Motoring

WE

SS

Charging of WESS

Advanced Traction

Power technology

& Wayside Energy

Storage Systems

Ermelo Yard

Electrification


Train Length : 4 km

Lead Consist

Remote 1

Remote 2

Remote 3:

End of Train

Key Characteristics:• 9E electric locomotives• 34 class GE 2500 HP• 15E electric locomotives – 5 MW• 5 600 CR13/14 wagons - payload 100 tons• Radio Distributed Power• Gross Train mass 41000 ton• 6 locomotives per train• 3 x 114 wagon rakes

Latest technological, technical and operations breakthroughinitiatives - Iron Ore Longest Production Train in the World


Extending technologies to Export Manganese Trains

Current initiative – 375 wagon Manganese Export Train;Benefits Achieved –• Increase wagon blocks from 104 to 125 wagons

(HEP)• Increase train length from 312 to 375 wagon (RDP)• Capacity increase 1.4 million tons per annum• Cost estimates = R0 Capex• Use Existing ResourcesEnabling Technology – Radio Distributed Power,Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes.Status of the project – Test train (Proof of concept) successful, full implementation underway

End of train

4 km


Traffic Management Systems – Automatic Train Operations

4. Remote control

5. Automatic Train Operation

Description

- Cruise control

selection by driver

Enablers

- DP cruise control train

technology

- Semi-automated train

authorisation system

3. Auto cruise control

Description

- Cruise control selected

automatically

- Real time network

congestion and condition

feedback to train

performance, e.g. speed

restrictions

Enablers


technology

- High speed

telecommunication network

- GPS

Description

- Yard to Mainline

controlled by remote

driver

- Allows drivers to connect

from afar and manage

operations in all condition

Enablers


technology

- High speed

telecommunication network

- Resource condition

feedback loop to remote

driver

- Infrastructure condition

feedback loop to driver

- Development of a reliable

interfaces

Description

- Train speed profile managed by

on-board computer, from yard

to yard

- Adaptive to line topography

- Trains Run According to the

Designed Train Handling Profile;

- Optimized energy consumption

and network velocity

- Automated Loading and

Offloading;

- Automated Train Authorization

System;

- Train driver will oversee the

train performance, diagnose

technical challenges and act on

emergencies

- Train Remote control officer

Enablers

- Dynamic Train Planning;

- Advanced remote train

management and control

- DP cruise control train technology

- High speed telecommunication

network

- Resource condition feedback loop to

train control computer

- Infrastructure condition feedback

loop to train control computer

1. Cruise control (Head-End)

Description

- Cruise control

selection by driver -

Enablers

- Cruise control train

technology

- Semi-automated train

authorisation system

4.0Current initiative – Automatic train operations

Potential Benefits – Increase throughput, energy efficiency;

Status of the project – In execution

2. Cruise control (DP)


• Potential Benefits – Reduce tonnage loss due to poor train planning

• Better utilisation of Rolling stock assets and network capacity due to improved levels of planning

• Recovery from incidents will improve as a result of dynamic re-planning

• Improvements in Rolling Stock turnaround time as a result of integrated asset distribution

management

• Enabling Technology – Machine vision technology

• In implementation

Planning, Internet of Things and Big Data

• Potential Benefits – Real-time condition monitoring

and data analysis; One database

• Enabling Technology – Data analytics,

Cloud computing

• In implementation

IoT Asset Condition

Monitoring

Capacity Planning &

Simulation; Production

Planning & Execution

Monitoring &

Deviation Management

Solution


Building a railway for the future – plan a Digital Railway

Installed (fibre optic) infrastructure for voice & data transmission

- Position / localisation- Speed - Navigation

Global System Mobile Communication (GSM or GSM-R)GSM

Connectivity : Network; Rolling Stock; Yards; Facilities

Transmission

- Automatic train control; Train monitoring; Route knowledge data; Crew Planning & Rostering; Automatic train operations

Traffic

Management Systems

Big Data; Trends; Predictive analysis IT

Sensor Technology for wagons - Wheel impact; Skew / balanced

loading; Wheel / wheel profile detectors

Track sensor technology- Condition of track (eg rail breaks) - Outside condition (weather, obstructions)

Condition

Monitoring

X

Acoustic sensors/ hot box detectors

Signaling

Signaling technology –Network & LocosSafe headway between trains

X

XX

XXX

XX

X

XX

XXX

XX

Integrated Inspections

Smart trains


Conclusion

Technologies to improve customer

satisfaction - predictable, efficient, cost

effective and competitive

Improve regional integration –

connecting to Africa through the rail

network system

Remain the lead in Heavy Haul railway

operations in Africa and the World

4th Industrial Revolution ecosystem is

essential to current and future plans for

Rail in Africa

Thank You

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