Economic Regulation covers all aspects of regulating the ports industry and includes tariffs, access, economic transformation, efficiency and planning.
4 April 2018 | Benchmarking and Research
This is the sixth update of the GPCS reviews tariffs for 2017, and it continues to confirm the overall results of previous iterations of this study. Furthermore, the impact of regulatory intervention in the port sector is becoming increasingly clear as the overall structure of the South African port pricing system has, on a relative level, changed since the inception... Read More
29 March 2018 | Tariff Methodology
In 2017/18 the Ports Regulator of South Africa (the Regulator) published a Multi -Year Tariff Methodology, applicable to the 2018/19 – 2020/21 tariff periods. The Methodology, whilst following the basic Required Revenue principles, introduced an efficiency incentive in the form of Weighted Efficiency Gains from Operation (WEGO)... Download the Record of Decision [PDF, 504 KB]
29 March 2018 | Tariff Methodology
The Regulator has published a draft methodology and discussion paper entitled “A Methodology for the Valuation of Port Assets” on the 23rd of February 2018 for public consultation setting out the considerations in the treatment of the National Ports Authority’s Regulatory Asset Base (RAB) going forward... Download the Methodology for the Valuation of the Regulatory Asset Base [PDF, 510 KB]
23 March 2018 | Tariff Applications
The Ports Regulator of South Africa has received and approved the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) Tariff Book for the 2018/19 tariff year... Download the 2018/19 Tariff Book [PDF, 490 KB]
23 February 2018 | Tariff Methodology
The Ports Regulator of South Africa has published a Discussion Paper and Methodology Rules for the Valuation of the National Ports Authority’s Regulatory Asset Base. Interested parties’ / port users are hereby invited to submit written comments to the Ports Regulator of South Africa. Comments should reach the Ports Regulator by close of business on 22 March 2018... Read More
1 December 2017 | Press Statement
On 1 August 2017, the National Ports Authority (NPA) applied to the Ports Regulator of South Africa for approval of the tariffs for services and facilities offered by the NPA of an average of 8.45% increase for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019... Read More
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