Benefits for the region
The promoters of the terminal are two established Musina-based businesses: Lionshare Developments, a property developer; and Musina Associated Carriers, a transport and logistics company.
Barloworld Logistics and its joint venture partner, Barberry Rail, are strategic partners and are focussed on managing rail flows in and out of the terminal, working with Transnet Freight Rail to extract efficiencies from the rail system and lower the costs of logistics.
Transnet has been a key partner in the development through its market demand strategy (MDS), where Transnet Freight Rail actively works with terminal operators and partners - in this instance MIT - to design appropriate rail and intermodal solutions to migrate road volumes to rail and vice versa.
In addition, Transnet Freight Rail made the Musina Station available, under a lease agreement, to be incorporated in the MIT complex.