Outline of Project Team
This proposal is prepared by Nick Porée and Associates (Pty) Ltd, a Durban based transport economic, and research consultancy, as Lead Contractor, in association with Transport Logistics Consultants, based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, which will operate as a sub-contractor. NP&A has been freight transport consultant to South African government municipalities and provinces, SADC, COMESA, Tripartite and several donor and investment agencies. NP&A has a history of successful coordination of expertise in the performance of many projects over the past 14 years. Nick Porée has a 40- year history of transport consulting in Southern Africa including practical transport operational research and policy research and recommendations in all modes of freight transport
The project team members have practical qualifications, corridor experience, recent involvement in the corridor surveys and data analysis and knowledge of the trade and transport systems in the Southern and East African region. The team has extensive experience in the survey of borders in East and Southern Africa as demonstrated by the CVs and List of relevant experience. Port evaluations have included various aspects of the ports of Durban, Maputo, Nacala, Walvis Bay, Matadi and and East African ports as well as Dar es Salaam, Mombasa, Tanga, Mtwara and the lake ports of Mwanza & Bukoba (Lake Victoria) and Kigoma & Kasanga (Lake Tanganyika).
Regional Experience
The following table gives an overview of relevant past projects performed in the Sub-Saharan and East African regions:
Project:
Time and Traffic Survey
Duration:
1 month - Feb 2020
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
Joban International
Angola
Role on the Assignment:
Performed Traffic survey at Luvo border in Angola and made recommendations for Cabinda and DRC corridor development
Project:
Implementation process for South African Road Freight Strategy
Duration:
12 months - 2019
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
RSA Dept of Transport
Role on the Assignment:
Worked with DOT committee to create Implementation Plan for introduction of Road Freight Strategy for South Africa.
Project:
Evaluation of Border flows, procedures and standard of operations
Duration:
3 months
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
COMESA
Chirundu -Zambia
Role on the Assignment:
Analysed traffic and examined all procedures, infrastructure and operations. Made recommendations for revised procedures, infrastructure alterations and development of monitoring and management system
Project:
Project to Upgrade Vehicle Testing System for Rwanda
Duration:
12 Months - 2019
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
Japan Int. Dev, Centre
Rwanda
Role on the Assignment:
Examined current and future vehicle population and testing capacity and made detailed recommendations to upgrade vehicle standards for 30-year horizon.
Project:
Cost and Efficiency Study of Tanzania Freight Corridors
Detailed analysis of regulatory, institutional and policy factors impacting on the cost and efficiency of Tanzanian Corridors
Duration:
2018 to February 2019
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
TanRoads, Tanzania
Role on the Assignment:
Subcontracted Freight transport economist and regulatory expert
Project:
Evaluation of the Potential for Creation of an Intermodal Logistics Hub at Harrismith and uMhlatuze Municipality ITP
Detailed analysis of the factors impacting on the potential viability of an intermodal logistics hub at Harrismith and analysis of freight potential at uMhlatuze
Duration:
2017
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
DOT
South Africa
Role on the Assignment:
Sub-contract - Delca Systems
Freight Transport and Logistics expert
Project:
Survey and Evaluation of the Development of OSBPs in the EAC Region
Current project with Field Research team in EAC: Traffic monitoring and analysis of all border activities
Duration:
2015-2019
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
TradeMark East Africa
Elegu, Moyale
Busia, Malaba
Mirama-Kagitumba
Taveta- Holili
Mutukula
Kobero-Kabanga
Tunduma
Role on the Assignment:
Lead consultant - TMEA
Planning and management of field research study of performance of OSBPs (field work sub-contracted to TLC)
Project:
Development of Road Freight Strategy for South Africa
Analysis of regulatory, operational, and institutional framework and recommend Road Freight Strategy to improve monitoring and management of road freight transport [ Approved by Cabinet]
Duration:
2017
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
Department of Transport
South Africa
Role on the Assignment:
Sole Consultant
Transport Economist and freight logistics expert
Project:
Review of National Freight Logistics Strategy Review of the NFLS (2005) and recommendation of complete overhaul of transport regulation and institutional structures (all modes)
Duration:
2016
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
Department of Transport
South Africa
Role on the Assignment:
Sole Consultant
Transport Economist and freight logistics expert
Project:
Durban Port Logistics and Corridor Study
Research and analysis of Maritime and landside logistics volumes, projections and constraints.
Duration:
2015
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
eThekwini Municipality
South Africa
Role on the Assignment:
Sub-contracted to RH-DSV
Transport Economist and freight logistics expert
Project:
SADC Definition of IT Support System
NP&A prepared system structure and content for IT team to define the terms of operator registration system and the peripheral systems as well the terms of the MCBRTA (presented by the SADC to Tripartite States in Addis Ababa 2016)
Duration:
2015
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
SADC: EU
Role on the Assignment:
Sole Consultant
Transport Economist and freight logistics expert
Created detailed description of system structure and model content for operator registration system and the draft terms of the Multilateral Cross-border Transport Agreement for the Tripartite region.
Project:
SADC Description of Quality Based Regulation
Definition of quality standards and description of harmonised transport regulations, for the SADC-Tripartite region.
Duration:
2014
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
SADC: TMSA
South Africa
Role on the Assignment:
Sole Consultant
Transport Economist and freight logistics expert
Defined the requirements for a modern transport regulatory, institutional and management system for national transport authorities
Project:
SADC Development of System for Harmonised Liberalisation of Cross-border Road Transport
SADC Regional evaluation of bilateral agreements and recommendation of changes to transport regulatory framework.
Duration:
2013
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
SADC: TMSA
South Africa
Botswana
Lesotho
Swaziland
Zambia
Malawi
Tanzania
Kenya
Role on the Assignment:
Sole Consultant
Transport Economist and freight logistics expert
Analaysedand evalauated the bilateral agreements in SADC region and made recommendations to change the entire system.
Project:
Survey and Evaluation of the Border Post Activities and Procedures
Survey of border to identify extent of border trade
Duration:
2012
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
Imani Development
Namibia
Oshikango
Project:
Analysis of Regulatory and Institutional Restraints on Nacala Corridor
Corridor from Nacala to Lusaka identification of regulatory impediments to development of the corridor.
Duration:
2012
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
World Bank
Mozambique
Malawi
Zambia
Role on the Assignment:
Project performed in consortium with TLC
Analysed traffic data from authorities, visited Nacala and Malawi to meet authorities, port,agents and transporters
Project:
Evaluation of the Chirundu border post [before and after the OSBP
Before and after repeat studies
Duration:
2009-2012
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
SSATP
Zambia
Role on the Assignment:
TLC was sole contractor : Time and Trafic surveys to establish impacts of OSBP development
Project:
SADC Evaluation of Bilateral Agreements and SADC Protocol
Including SADC Regional discussions and research
Duration:
2012
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
SADC: TMSA
South Africa
Mozambique
Zambia, Malawi
Role on the Assignment:
Nominated consultant examined all available bilaterals, analysed terms and impacts and made recommendations
Project:
SADC Trade in Services in Transport Study
Study of trade in transport services in ESA region with recommendations to align with International standards.
Duration:
2012
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
SADC: GIZ
South Africa and SADC Region
Role on the Assignment:
Sub-contract to GIZ
Sole Consultant
Transport Economist
Provided overview of current Trade in Services in Transport for all countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
Project:
Survey and Evaluation of 7 Border Posts; Activities and Procedures
Survey of 7 South African borders to establish obstacles and cost of delays.
Duration:
2010
Name of Client & Country of Assignment:
RSA Department of Transport
South Africa
Role on the Assignment:
Lead Consultant in consortium Transport Economist and transport logistics expert