CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

BARNEY CURTIS FESARTA (Federation of East and Southern African Road Transport Associations) W A Trade Hub, Accra, 21st Feb 2013

CHALLENGES
Overlapping Mandates Immature Tripartite Lack of Coordination Slow Implementation Insufficient bankable projects

Country Membership to Regional Economic Communities (RECs)

March 2009

EAC
5 members

COMESA
20 members

Burundi Kenya Rwanda Uganda

Tanzania

SADC
15 members

Angola Mozambique

Comores Ethiopia Djiboutti Libya? Egypt Somalia Eritrea Sudan

DR Congo Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Seychelles Zambia Zimbabwe

SACU
5 members

Swaziland

Botswana Lesotho Namibia South Africa

TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
Corridors determined by Tripartite. Were 10, in East and Southern Africa but now >17 Grouped into clusters (East, Southern, NorthSouth and Western), to avoid too many meetings Interventions to be corridor-based The TradeMarks (Eastern and Southern) play a major role in solving problems
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Selected Transport Corridors of Sub-Saharan Africa

CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT
Only three operational corridor management institutions Set up differently Governments with constitution, with MOU and private sector Having limited success in solving problems
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MAJOR PROBLEMS ALONG THE CORRIDORS

Inefficiencies and extra costs to intraregional trade Lack of harmonization and standardization Road and border infrastructure in need of upgrading

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MAJOR PROBLEMS ALONG THE CORRIDORS

Erroneous weighbridge readings due to poor infrastructure and/or operations Market access by transporters to different countries Third Country Rule Immigration restrictions and visa difficulties for drivers

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FACILITATION INSTRUMENTS
Three SADC Protocols
Transport, Communications and Meteorololgy Trade (customs, rules of origin, etc) Trade in Services

EAC supra-national Acts SADC Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan (RIDMP) Comprehensive Tripartite Trade and Transport Facilitation Programme
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INTERVENTIONS
Developing MOUs between countries Corridor Monitoring (TMSA, SSATP, JICA). Need information before intervention Tripartite experts groups working on 3rd party, transport liberalization, rucs, customs,road safety, abnormals, DGs,etc Setting up corridor management bodies Self regulation to improve compliance and public/private sector relations
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INTERVENTIONS
Operating a Tripartite Non-Tariff Barrier system One-stop border posts being planned and implemented at most major borders except Beitbridge. Politics Feasibility studies being done (Kazungula bridge, 2nd Tete bridge, Lusaka bypass) Integrated Border Management and Single Window processes to improve border efficiencies
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ONGOING TRADE FACILITATION PROJECTS

PROJECT CUSTOMS Legislative procedures Integrated border management Single administrative document Adoption of RKC CBM/IBM N/A Bond and Connectivity All Sep-13 To be implemented with WCO-ESA Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi in progress On-going development with NSC countries LED BY LAST MEETING POSITION

SADC Dec-13

Transit bond
3RD PARTY INSURANCE

SADC Feb-13

Interface Yellow Card SADC 8 March 2012, Joburg, SA with other systems ROAD USER CHARGES Harmonize rucs in the 28 July 2009, Gaborone, SADC Tripartite region Botswana VEHICLE REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS Vehicle dimensions and equipment Dangerous goods Abnormal loads Vehicle fitness SADC 30/31 October 2008 SADC SADC SADC 4/5 July 2011, Kampala, Uganda 4/5 July 2011, Kampala, Uganda 4/5 July 2011, Kampala, Uganda

Getting response from Member States

Member States submitted new data

Recommendations produced Recommendations produced. Member States to respond on SA standards Further information required from consultant and Member States Further deliberations by SADC

PROJECT LOAD LIMITS AND OVERLOADING CONTROL SADC project EAC project MARKET LIBERALIZATION

LED BY

LAST MEETING

POSITION

SADC EAC

30/31 October 2008

Recommendations produced

17-19 August 2011, Arusha, Tanzania

Recommendations with the EAC Parliament

SADC SELF REGULATION SADC

11/12 December 2012, Recommendation for quality, not quality. Durban, SA Member States to consider the options 12 December 2012, Harare, Zimbabwe 15 June 2011, Gaborone, Botswana Preparation for self-regulation pilot on the North-South Corridor Preparations for the launch of the UN Decade of Action

ROAD SAFETY
SADC SSATP DRIVER IMMIGRATION AND TRAINING SADC CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT Eastern Corridors Cluster SADC 5 July 2011, Kampala, Development of guidelines for Uganda professional driving permit

10 December 2012, Laying the groundwork for future Addis Ababa, Ethiopia interventions on road safety

9 February 2012, Nampula, Mozambique

30/31 March 2011, Walvis Bay, Namibia

Adoption of the Southern Corridors Cluster

Southern Corridors Cluster

SADC

General matters agreed by Ministers

NON-TARIFF BARRIER SYSTEM

System housed in each of the three RECs Complaints registered by anyone, against governments or others, that compromise efficient transport along the corridors Over 500 complaints , 80% from SADC region RECs and FESARTA negotiate with relevant member states to solve the road transport complaints SMS sticker system about to be launched
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NTB DATE REPORTED BY

533 534 535 12-Oct-12 536 548 30-Nov-12 549 30-Nov-12 551 30-Nov-12 553 30-Nov-12 561 19-Sep-12 562 10-Dec-12 563 11-Jan-13 565 15-Feb-12

E-MAIL

DESCRIPTION

566 13-Feb-13

ZIMRA Vic Falls requiring SA trailers being imported into Zambia, to be loaded on other trailers Mozambique officials at Machipanda border discharged 4 fire extinguishers SA CBRTA is requiring two cross-border permits to Gavin Kelly gkelly@rfa.co.za take one load from SA to Namibia Heather CarrBotswana Vet. Services requires permit purchased chobe@mega.bw Hartley from Gabs and original carried on truck Matola council is requiring transporters to purchase Willie du Toit md@intracom.com.na a permit at a cost of approx. US$80 per trip Zimbabwe is levying a toll fee for the Victoria Falls Les Robey ceo@toa.co.zw bridge ZAMESCO is forcing transporters to park in their yard Saif Seif seif@superdoll-tz.com at a cost of US$36 per day Loads of copper from the North, are being hijacked TOA ceo@toa.co.zw in the Gauteng area Kenya National Highway Authority (KENHA) is Paul Maiyo pmaiyo@siginon.com enforcing axle load limits instead of GCM limit Zim authorities harassing transporter because tail Wayne Smith irs@icon.co.za lights were not in the right position Derrick Zambia has ruc for each town in Copperbelt. agnes@carstransport.co.za Gardner, CARS Transporters have to get for each one separately Dave Thompson dthompson@ops.ctsBotswana traffic enforcing 2.5m width and 4.1 m CTS east.co.za height

SUCCESSES
SADC produced Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan MOUs between countries on corridors (Nacala, Beira, North-South, etc) Costs to upgrade major routes produced. Project Preparation and Implementation Unit (PPIU), to help produce bankable projects 36% time saving, 65% traffic increase over two years at Chirundu OSBP
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SUCCESS: EAC LOAD CONTROL PROJECT

Project held to harmonize overloading control and load in the region Ministers of 5 member states agreed on most of the recommendations: 56 tons gcm, 22 metres overall length, 10 tons single axle, 18 tons tandem unit, 24 tons tridem axle unit Bill tabled in EAC Parliament Other RECs to ratify and make recommendations to member states
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SUCCESS: ROAD TRANSORT FORUM

Road transport industry intervention because problems along corridors not being solved Problems and potential solutions tabled at a regional Truckers Forum in Jhb in 2012 Solutions agreed and linked to the NTB system and Tripartite Action Plan (CTTTFP) Next Forum, Johannesburg, 17th-18th. Solutions to be specific, detailed, actionable Loads, borders, charges, safety, self-regulation
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SUCCESS: EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA ROAD TRANSPORT CORRIDOR HANDBOOK

Started with newsletter for Dar es Salaam Corridor. FESARTA decided for all corridors Set up Joint Venture with Fleetwatch publications. Produced first edition in 2011 Keeping information updated but need funding to publish next edition What about including WA corridors, with funding from WA Trade Hub?
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