Road & Rail in South Africa - Industry and Country Analysis

MarketLine, August 2011, Pages: 52

Project Synopsis:
Road & Rail in South Africa – Industry and Country Analysis provides five forces Industry analysis, along with PESTLE country analysis of South Africa. This report concludes with profiles of the leading companies in the South African market.

Project Description:
Includes market value/volume, geographical segmentation, and five forces (buyer power, supplier power, new entrants, substitutes, and rivalry) analysis of the Road & Rail Industry in South Africa. The PESTLE analysis section analyzes the current challenges, future prospects and risks across political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental areas of the country.

Scope:
- Contains data on market value, volume and/or segmentation for Road & Rail in South Africa

- Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis

- analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of South Africa

- The leading companies are identified with supporting key financial metrics (where available)

Market Definition:
The road & rail freight industry consists of revenues generated from freight transportation by road and rail. Units of volumes are measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK). Both road and rail freight volumes include both domestic and international freight, which for the purposes of this report are counted in the country of origin.
The road freight sector is defined as consisting of revenues generated from freight transportation by road. Units of volumes are measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK). Volumes include both domestic and international freight, which for the purposes of this report are counted in the country of origin.
The rail freight sector is defined as consisting of revenues generated from freight transportation by rail. Units of volume are measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK). Rail freight volumes include both domestic and international freight, which for the purposes of this report are counted in the country of origin.

Highlights:
The South African road & rail industry is expected to have total revenue of $22.9 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.6% for the period spanning 2006-2010.

Industry consumption volumes are expected to increase with a CAGR of 2.8% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 378.7.7 billion freight tone kilometres (FTKs) in 2010.

The performance of the industry is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.9% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $29.2 billion by the end of 2015.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
INTRODUCTION 3
Market definition 3
Research highlights 3
ROAD & RAIL IN SOUTH AFRICA: MARKET OVERVIEW 8
Market analysis 8
Market Value, 2006–10 9
Market value forecast, 2010–15 10
Market Volume, 2006–10 11
Market volume forecast, 2010–15 12
Market Segmentation by Category 13
ROAD & RAIL IN SOUTH AFRICA: FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 14
Summary 14
Buyer power 16
Supplier power 17
New entrants 18
Substitutes 19
Rivalry 20
SOUTH AFRICA: PESTLE ANALYSIS 21
Summary 21
Political analysis 22
Economic analysis 27
Social analysis 32
Technology analysis 36
Legal analysis 39
Environmental analysis 43
ROAD & RAIL IN SOUTH AFRICA: LEADING COMPANIES 47
Unitrans Holdings 47
Transnet 48
Santova Logistics 49
APPENDIX 50
Methodology 50
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 52
Premium Reports 52
Summary Reports 52
Datamonitor consulting 52

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: South Africa road & rail industry value: $ billion, 2006–10(e) 9
Table 2: South Africa road & rail industry value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 10
Table 3: South Africa road & rail industry volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10(e) 11
Table 4: South Africa road & rail industry volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 12
Table 5: South Africa road & rail industry segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010(e) 13
Table 6: Analysis of South Africa’s political landscape 22
Table 7: Analysis of the South African economy 27
Table 8: Analysis of the South African social system 32
Table 9: Analysis of South Africa's technology landscape 36
Table 10: Analysis of South Africa's legal landscape 39
Table 11: Analysis of South Africa's environmental landscape 43
Table 12: Unitrans Holdings: key facts 47
Table 13: Transnet: key facts 48
Table 14: Santova Logistics: key facts 49

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: South Africa road & rail industry value: $ billion, 2006–10(e) 9
Figure 2: South Africa road & rail industry value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 10
Figure 3: South Africa road & rail industry volume: billion FTKs, 2006–10(e) 11
Figure 4: South Africa road & rail industry volume forecast: billion FTKs, 2010–15 12
Figure 5: South Africa road & rail industry segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010(e) 13
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the road & rail industry in South Africa, 2010 14
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the road & rail industry in South Africa, 2010 16
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the road & rail industry in South Africa, 2010 17
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the road & rail industry in South Africa, 2010 18
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the road & rail industry in South Africa, 2010 19
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the road & rail industry in South Africa, 2010 20

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