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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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17th April 201217th April 2012E & SA Trucking, CSCMP, E & SA Trucking, CSCMP,

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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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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



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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THANK YOU

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