Transnet, SA's state-owned freight rail and port operator, has struggled to haul bulk commodities including coal due to the shortage of locomotives and spares, as well as cable theft and vandalism of its infrastructure.

SA's main coal export terminal expects to export 50 million tons of the fossil fuel in 2024, RBCT Chief Executive Officer Alan Waller told a media briefing.

Shipments through RBCT declined from 50.35 million tons in2022 and a recent peak of 76.47 million tons in 2017. Theterminal has capacity to export 91 million tons of coal.

--Reuters--