ALGERIA's National Railway Investment Agency (Anesrif) has awarded a contract to supply and install signalling systems on the new 129km standard-gauge line from Mecheria to El Bayadh to a joint venture of Algerian State Railways (SNTF) and Siemens.
SPANISH signalling supplier Enyse has awarded Mermec, Italy, a contract to supply ETCS Level 1 wayside equipment as part of a project to upgrade and electrify the Thénia – Oued Aissi line east of Algiers.
TRANSNET Freight Rail (TFR) is preparing to invite tenders for 599 new dual-voltage electric locomotives for use by its general freight division.
AFRICAN Minerals has signed a leasing agreement with RRL Grindrod for a further 14 S30SCC Co-Co diesel locomotives for use in Sierra Leone, in addition to the 20 it already leases from the South African company.
NIGERIA's council of ministers has approved the decision to award China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) a $US 1.49bn contract for the modernisation of the 130km line from Lagos to Ibadan.
RIFT Valley Railways (RVR), the consortium operating Kenya and Uganda's railways, has announced a $US 62m investment plan to buy new wagons and to rehabilitate its existing fleet.
CASABLANCA transport authority Casa Transport has awarded the contract to operate and maintain the city's first light rail line to a consortium of RATP Dev, Caisse de Dépôt et Gestion du Maroc, and Transinvest.
TRANSNET, South Africa, revealed impressive results for the 2011-12 financial year on July 10, and pledged that even in the worst economic scenario, it will proceed with the bulk of its Rand 300bn ($US 26bn) capital investment programme.
ELECTRO-MOTIVE Diesel (EMD) and plant, automotive and handling product distributor Barloworld have formed Electro-Motive Diesel Africa, a joint venture which will assemble diesel locomotives in South Africa for the wider southern African market.
THE Zimbabwean government is stepping up efforts to resuscitate ailing state-owned companies, including National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), by seeking partnerships with leading South African public enterprises following four-day inter-governmental meetings which were hosted in Pretoria last week.
