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RICHARDS BAY COAL TERMINAL (RBCT)

www.rbct.co.za

AWARD-WINNING TERMINAL safe workplace. This milestone was achieved at a time
when RBCT commissioned two shiploaders, a massive
Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) is a world class coal export machine project. Achieving this milestone is testament
terminal situated in the Port of Richards Bay. The to a proactive safety culture that prevails in our work
terminal was opened in 1976 with an original capacity of environment. This achievement is a combination of our
12-million tons per annum (mt/a). collaborative safety efforts; it specifically points to the
The terminal provides South Africa’s Coal Exporting genuine care the employees and contractors have for
Parties (CEPs) with a world-class logistics service that each other.
facilitates the export of coal. We have made impressive gains with the imple-
RBCT is positioned at one of the world’s deep-sea ports mentation of the leading indicators, such as the COBRA
and handles large ships and large volumes of coal. (Behaviour Based Safety) process, near misreporting,
The 276-hectare site currently boasts a quay that is hazard identification, risk assessments and an overall
2.2km long with six berths and four ship loaders, with a interaction amongst the workforce on safety issues.
stockyard capacity of 8.2-million tons. As testament to our ongoing safety awareness, RBCT
RBCT shares a strong cooperative relationship with also won the 2017 Business Excellence Safety Award
South Africa’s national utility, Transnet, which provides for the second year in a row. This award reaffirms
the railway services linking the coal mines to the port, RBCT’s diligence in upholding safety standards.
and the shipping coordination of more than 900 ships Production Records Achieved
per annum. The tonnage received in 2017 increased from 72.58Mt
All RBCT’s operations and administrative functions are in 2016 to 75.60Mt (4% higher). The 2017 tonnage is
conducted in Richards Bay. the highest tonnage delivered by Transnet Freight Rail
Safety Achievements (TFR) within a calendar year. The Train Turnaround Time
(TTT) was four hours three minutes in 2017 against the
On 23 December 2017, RBCT achieved a significant RBCT internal target of three hours 54 minutes.
milestone in safety performance when two-million LTI-
free man-hours were recorded. We are exceptionally TTT is a value-chain contracted duration for offloading
proud of this significant safety achievement and and handing back of trains to TFR. The value chain
attribute it to our continued pursuit of the goal of a TTT is reflected in the signed Service Level Agreement

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