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FESARTA AND ROAD FESARTA AND ROAD TRANSPORT IN EAST AND TRANSPORT IN EAST AND
SOUTHERN AFRICASOUTHERN AFRICA
BARNEY CURTISBARNEY CURTISFESARTAFESARTA
(Federation of East and Southern African (Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations)Road Transport Associations)
REC-TCC, Cotonou, 16REC-TCC, Cotonou, 16thth October 2012 October 2012
OBJECTIVE OF OBJECTIVE OF PRESENTATIONPRESENTATION
To give FESARTA’s understanding of the To give FESARTA’s understanding of the issues affecting road transport in East and issues affecting road transport in East and Southern Africa, what is being done and Southern Africa, what is being done and the successes achieved so farthe successes achieved so far
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CONTENTSCONTENTS
What is FESARTAWhat is FESARTA
Challenges to efficient goods movementChallenges to efficient goods movement
Corridors and major problem issuesCorridors and major problem issues
Facilitation instrumentsFacilitation instruments
Interventions and successesInterventions and successes
Road vs railRoad vs rail
ConclusionConclusion
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FESARTAFESARTAFederation of East and Southern African Road Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport AssociationsTransport Associations
Registered Section 21 company in SA Registered Section 21 company in SA
Members are NRTAs from SA to UgandaMembers are NRTAs from SA to Uganda
Chairman is from KTA in KenyaChairman is from KTA in Kenya
Works with 3S Media for events & capacityWorks with 3S Media for events & capacity
Two primary objectives:Two primary objectives:– Work with RECs etc to lower cost of transportWork with RECs etc to lower cost of transport– Provide services to its member NRTAsProvide services to its member NRTAs
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CHALLENGESCHALLENGES
Overlapping of memberships by countries Overlapping of memberships by countries causes confusion in recommendations to causes confusion in recommendations to Member StatesMember States
Tripartite Alliance formed to alleviate this. Tripartite Alliance formed to alleviate this. Not yet one REC, but should become itNot yet one REC, but should become it
To get agreement on regional To get agreement on regional harmonization and standardizationharmonization and standardization
To get implementation at national levelTo get implementation at national level
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EAC5 members
COMESA20 Members
SADC15 members
SACU5 membersComores Ethiopia
Djiboutti Libya?Egypt SomaliaEritrea Sudan
BurundiKenyaRwandaUganda
Tanzania
DR CongoMadagascar1. MalawiMauritiusSeychellesZambiaZimbabwe
AngolaMozambique
Swaziland BotswanaLesothoNamibiaSouth Africa
Country Membership to Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
TRANSPORT CORRIDORSTRANSPORT CORRIDORS
COMESA/EAC/SADC Tripartite identified COMESA/EAC/SADC Tripartite identified 18 corridors in E & S Africa18 corridors in E & S Africa
Grouped into clusters (East, Southern, Grouped into clusters (East, Southern, North-South and Western); to avoid too North-South and Western); to avoid too many meetings and duplication of effortmany meetings and duplication of effort
Eastern and Southern African Eastern and Southern African TradeMarks tasked to implement TradeMarks tasked to implement interventions along corridors, esp. N-SCinterventions along corridors, esp. N-SC
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Mombasa
Dar es Salaam
Nacala
Beira
Maputo
0 500 1000km
Road Transport Corridors of East and Southern Africa
Walvis Bay
Lobito
Luanda
Saldanha
Cape Town
Port Elizabeth
East London
Durban
Maputo
Beira
Johannesburg
Kampala
Bujumbura
Kigali
Kolwezi
Lubumbashi
Kitwe
LusakaKafue
Harare
Pretoria
Nairobi
Mombasa
Dar es Salaam
Nacala
Blantyre
Kinshasa
Mbeya
Lilongwe
Tete
Kariba
Lake Malawi
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Windhoek
Kapiri Mposhi
Coega
Livingstone
Francistown
Maseru
Dodoma
Pretoria
1
2
3,7
4
5
6
7
7
7
3,7
7
3,7,9
8
9
10
3,7
1 Northern2 Central3 Dar es Salaam4 Nacala5 Beira6 Maputo7 North-South8 Trans Kalahari9 Trans Kaprivi10 Trans Cunene
7,9
7
6
7
7
7
2,3,7
1,2
5
7Bulawayo
Gaborone
Mbabane
MAJOR PROBLEMS ALONG MAJOR PROBLEMS ALONG THE CORRIDORSTHE CORRIDORS
Inefficiencies, documentation and Inefficiencies, documentation and procedures means high border delaysprocedures means high border delays
Arbitrary and high costs, lack of Arbitrary and high costs, lack of transparency with infrastructure upgrades transparency with infrastructure upgrades
Lack of harmonization and standardization Lack of harmonization and standardization (Load limits, road user charges, 3(Load limits, road user charges, 3rdrd party party insurances, documentation, etc)insurances, documentation, etc)
Road and border infrastructure in need of Road and border infrastructure in need of upgradingupgrading
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17th April 201217th April 2012E & SA Trucking, CSCMP, E & SA Trucking, CSCMP,
JohannesburgJohannesburg 1010
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JohannesburgJohannesburg 1111
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JohannesburgJohannesburg 1212
MAJOR PROBLEMS ALONG MAJOR PROBLEMS ALONG THE CORRIDORSTHE CORRIDORS
Restricted market access by transporters Restricted market access by transporters to different countries – Cabotage and to different countries – Cabotage and Third Country RuleThird Country Rule
Immigration restrictions and visa Immigration restrictions and visa difficulties for driversdifficulties for drivers
Inaccurate weighbridge readings due to Inaccurate weighbridge readings due to old infrastructure and/or inefficient old infrastructure and/or inefficient operationsoperations
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FACILITATION INSTRUMENTSFACILITATION INSTRUMENTSThree SADC Protocols (don’t really have “teeth”)Three SADC Protocols (don’t really have “teeth”)– Transport, Communications and MeteorololgyTransport, Communications and Meteorololgy– Trade (customs, rules of origin, etc)Trade (customs, rules of origin, etc)– Trade in Services (business in countries)Trade in Services (business in countries)
EAC has supra-national Acts (eg customs)EAC has supra-national Acts (eg customs)
SADC RIDMPSADC RIDMP
Tripartite Trade and Transport Facilitation ProgrammeTripartite Trade and Transport Facilitation Programme
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INTERVENTIONSINTERVENTIONS
Tripartite Panel of Experts - harmonization Tripartite Panel of Experts - harmonization of insurance, market access, road user of insurance, market access, road user charges, truck stops, driver training, charges, truck stops, driver training, abnormal loads, dangerous goods, etcabnormal loads, dangerous goods, etc
Operation of a Tripartite Non-Tariff Barrier Operation of a Tripartite Non-Tariff Barrier system to indentify and solve problemssystem to indentify and solve problems
Corridor Monitoring with TMSA and Corridor Monitoring with TMSA and vehicle tracking systemsvehicle tracking systems
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CORRIDOR MONITORINGCORRIDOR MONITORINGFESARTA set up system with C-Track and FESARTA set up system with C-Track and trucking companytrucking company
Established “polygons” at focal points to Established “polygons” at focal points to ensure capture of parking and queuesensure capture of parking and queues
Did not have enough vehicles on systemDid not have enough vehicles on system
Expensive when out of cellphone rangeExpensive when out of cellphone range
Took too long to extract useful trip timesTook too long to extract useful trip times
TMSA now using Global track and TLC, with TMSA now using Global track and TLC, with many trucking companiesmany trucking companies
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NON-TARIFF BARRIER NON-TARIFF BARRIER SYSTEMSYSTEM
System housed in each of the three RECsSystem housed in each of the three RECs
Complaints registered by anyone, against Complaints registered by anyone, against governments or others, that compromise governments or others, that compromise efficient transport along the corridors efficient transport along the corridors
+- 500 active complaints on the system , +- 500 active complaints on the system , 80% from SADC region80% from SADC region
RECs and FESARTA negotiate with RECs and FESARTA negotiate with relevant member states to solve the road relevant member states to solve the road transport complaintstransport complaints
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INTERVENTIONSINTERVENTIONSSelf regulation to improve compliance and Self regulation to improve compliance and relationship between authorities and relationship between authorities and transporterstransporters
Working with RECs to produce a better Working with RECs to produce a better network of truck stops and wellness network of truck stops and wellness centrescentres
FESARTA has a working relationship with FESARTA has a working relationship with TradeMark Southern AfricaTradeMark Southern Africa
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INTERVENTIONSINTERVENTIONS
TMSA/FESARTA proposed work plan:TMSA/FESARTA proposed work plan:– Have transporters’ case studies of operational Have transporters’ case studies of operational
issues at borders & along corridorsissues at borders & along corridors– Through stickers on vehicles, market Non-Through stickers on vehicles, market Non-
Tariff Barrier systemTariff Barrier system– Developing Self-Regulation system for N-SCDeveloping Self-Regulation system for N-SC– Pursue harmonization and implementation of Pursue harmonization and implementation of
loads and dimensions limitsloads and dimensions limits– Stakeholder meeting March 2013 to reviewStakeholder meeting March 2013 to review
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SUCCESSESSUCCESSESHelped standardize load limits through an Helped standardize load limits through an EAC project. Now in EAC parliamentEAC project. Now in EAC parliament
Published the East and Southern African Published the East and Southern African Road Transport Corridor HandbookRoad Transport Corridor Handbook
Together with the NTB system, have Together with the NTB system, have resolved some non-tariff barriersresolved some non-tariff barriers
Held a successful Truckers’ Forum, (to be Held a successful Truckers’ Forum, (to be the annual Road Transport Forum)the annual Road Transport Forum)
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TRUCKERS’ (ROAD TRUCKERS’ (ROAD TRANSPORT) FORUMTRANSPORT) FORUM
Continuing transporters’ problems along Continuing transporters’ problems along corridors were not being solvedcorridors were not being solved
Meetings/conferences do not achieve thisMeetings/conferences do not achieve this
Problems and potential solutions tabled Problems and potential solutions tabled and agreed at regional Truckers’ Forum in and agreed at regional Truckers’ Forum in Johannesburg in Mar 2012Johannesburg in Mar 2012
Solutions being implemented as part of the Solutions being implemented as part of the TMSA/FESARTA work planTMSA/FESARTA work plan
Reviewal at 2013 Road Transport ForumReviewal at 2013 Road Transport Forum16th October 201216th October 2012
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ROAD VS RAILROAD VS RAIL+- 90% of goods moved by road along the +- 90% of goods moved by road along the corridors in East Africa. Less in SAcorridors in East Africa. Less in SA
Governments well aware and determined Governments well aware and determined to shift the balanceto shift the balance
Transporters know more must be moved Transporters know more must be moved by rail, but, markets must dictate else by rail, but, markets must dictate else costs will rise. Ie rail must attract goodscosts will rise. Ie rail must attract goods
RECs and TradeMarks working on RECs and TradeMarks working on solutionssolutions
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CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION
There is growing commitment to trade There is growing commitment to trade facilitation in East and Southern Africafacilitation in East and Southern Africa
There is increased activity by the RECs There is increased activity by the RECs
The COMESA/EAC/Tripartite alliance is The COMESA/EAC/Tripartite alliance is becoming an effective programmebecoming an effective programme
FESARTA continues to play an important FESARTA continues to play an important role in trade facilitation in East and role in trade facilitation in East and Southern AfricaSouthern Africa
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