GE South Africa Technologies Limited, a part of General Electric Co. (GE) Tuesday signed a contract with Transnet SOC Ltd. for the supply of 43 new Model C30ACi locomotives for South Africa.
"GE is honored to build on its long standing partnership with Transnet with this new order for GE locomotives to South Africa," said Lorenzo Simonelli, President and CEO of GE Transportation.
GE Transportation will provide locomotive kits for 43 locomotives to GESAT in South Africa, and GE South Africa Technologies will work with Transnet Rail Engineering for local assembly. The kits will be manufactured at GE Transportation's manufacturing plants in Erie and Grove City, Penn., and assembled in South Africa, the company said.
The assembly kits for local production will ship in batches starting in the second quarter 2012. The 43 locomotives are scheduled to be delivered by June 2013 and will enter revenue service shortly thereafter.
The new contract brings the total number of GE locomotives ordered to 143 since December 2009.
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