Service Component: Optimization (Bulk)
Case Study: M&B Pressure Investments
Mandate: Due to the many road upgrade programmes, an urgent need for higher tonnages of road-surfacing stone from Limpopo quarries was and is being required.
Challenges: Capacity constraints with regard to both locomotives and wagons on the side of Transnet Freight Rail. Thus LQ needed to move greater tonnages utilising fewer resources.
Solution: To execute more train trips per week using existing resources. The results are illustrated below in Figure 1 Tonnages moved 2007 to 2010.
Figure 1: Tonnages moved 2007-2010 |
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2007/2008 |
2008/2009 |
2009/2010 |
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Tonnages moved |
156 050 |
213 180 |
319 078 |
Wagons used |
120 wagons |
80 wagons |
80 wagons |
Tonnage moved per wagon |
1 300 |
2 665 |
3 988 |
Trip Plan |
3 times per week |
5 times per week |
6 times per week |
Train number |
T8849 |
T8849 |
T8849 |
