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Barney Curtis of the Federation of East and Southern Africa Road Transport Associations discusses efforts to manage corridors in East and Southern Africa, best practices and lessons learned Feb. 21, 2013, at the second annual conference of the Borderless Alliance, "Borderless 2013: Connecting Markets."
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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
EAC5 members
COMESA20 members
SADC15 members
SACU5 membersComores Ethiopia
Djiboutti Libya?
Egypt Somalia
Eritrea Sudan
Burundi
Kenya
Rwanda
Uganda
Tanzania
DR Congo
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Seychelles
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Angola
Mozambique
SwazilandBotswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Country Membership to Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
March 2009
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
• Corridors determined by Tripartite. Were 10, in East and Southern Africa but now >17
• Grouped into clusters (East, Southern, North-South 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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PROJECT LED BY LAST MEETING POSITION
CUSTOMS
Legislative procedures Adoption of RKC All Sep-13 To be implemented with WCO-ESA
Integrated border management CBM/IBM SADC Dec-13 Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi in progress
Single administrative document N/A
Transit bond Bond and Connectivity
SADC Feb-13 On-going development with NSC countries
3RD PARTY INSURANCE Interface Yellow Card with other systems
SADC 8 March 2012, Jo’burg, SA Getting response from Member States
ROAD USER CHARGES
Harmonize rucs in the Tripartite region
SADC 28 July 2009, Gaborone, Botswana
Member States submitted new data
VEHICLE REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
Vehicle dimensions and equipment SADC 30/31 October 2008 Recommendations produced
Dangerous goods SADC 4/5 July 2011, Kampala, Uganda
Recommendations produced. Member States to respond on SA standards
Abnormal loads SADC 4/5 July 2011, Kampala, Uganda
Further information required from consultant and Member States
Vehicle fitness SADC 4/5 July 2011, Kampala, Uganda
Further deliberations by SADC
ONGOING TRADE FACILITATION PROJECTS
PROJECT LED BY LAST MEETING POSITION
LOAD LIMITS AND OVERLOADING CONTROL
SADC project SADC 30/31 October 2008 Recommendations produced
EAC project EAC 17-19 August 2011, Arusha, Tanzania
Recommendations with the EAC Parliament
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
SADC 11/12 December 2012, Durban, SA
Recommendation for quality, not quality. Member States to consider the options
SELF REGULATION
SADC 12 December 2012, Harare, Zimbabwe
Preparation for self-regulation pilot on the North-South Corridor
ROAD SAFETY
SADC 15 June 2011, Gaborone, Botswana
Preparations for the launch of the UN Decade of Action
SSATP 10 December 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Laying the groundwork for future interventions on road safety
DRIVER IMMIGRATION AND TRAINING
SADC 5 July 2011, Kampala, Uganda
Development of guidelines for professional driving permit
CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT
Eastern Corridors Cluster SADC 9 February 2012, Nampula, Mozambique
Adoption of the Southern Corridors Cluster
Southern Corridors Cluster SADC 30/31 March 2011, Walvis Bay, Namibia
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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533 ZIMRA Vic Falls requiring SA trailers being imported into Zambia, to be loaded on other trailers
534 Mozambique officials at Machipanda border discharged 4 fire extinguishers
535 536
12-Oct-12 Gavin Kelly [email protected] SA CBRTA is requiring two cross-border permits to take one load from SA to Namibia
548 30-Nov-12 Heather Carr-Hartley
[email protected] Botswana Vet. Services requires permit purchased from Gabs and original carried on truck
549 30-Nov-12 Willie du Toit [email protected] Matola council is requiring transporters to purchase a permit at a cost of approx. US$80 per trip
551 30-Nov-12 Les Robey [email protected] Zimbabwe is levying a toll fee for the Victoria Falls bridge
553 30-Nov-12 Saif Seif [email protected] ZAMESCO is forcing transporters to park in their yard at a cost of US$36 per day
561 19-Sep-12 TOA [email protected] Loads of copper from the North, are being hijacked in the Gauteng area
562 10-Dec-12 Paul Maiyo [email protected] Kenya National Highway Authority (KENHA) is enforcing axle load limits instead of GCM limit
563 11-Jan-13 Wayne Smith [email protected] Zim authorities harassing transporter because tail lights were not in the right position
565 15-Feb-12 Derrick Gardner, CARS
[email protected] Zambia has ruc for each town in Copperbelt. Transporters have to get for each one separately
566 13-Feb-13 Dave Thompson CTS
Botswana traffic enforcing 2.5m width and 4.1 m height
NTB DATE REPORTED BY E-MAIL DESCRIPTION
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 21st Feb 2013 Corridor Interventions, Accra, Ghana 19
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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