Transnet train components: Partnership unlocks some critical spare parts, but there’s still some way to go

A Transnet SOC freight train sits on the roadside with its carriages fully loaded with coal in the rural area of ​​southern Leuganka, South Africa, October 2, 2023. The state-owned company’s coal shipments have fallen from a peak of more than 200 million tons in 2019 to an estimated 143 million tons in 2023. (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)