Freight Demand Model
The Western Cape Freight Demand Model™ is a complete set of origin and destination freight movements , per commodity and per transport mode (road, rail, and pipeline) for freight moving to, from, and within the Western Cape.
Did you know?
The total freight with an origin or destination in the Western Cape amounted to 143.8m tonnes in 2022.
General Freight Business (GFB) transport is dominated by road, with:
- 99.1% market share on the N1 corridor
- 99.7% market share on the N2 corridor
- 86.6% market share on the N7 corridor
Click here to view the distribution of these market shares along each corridor.
In 2022, the main road freight transport cost drivers were fuel (R33.3 billion; 44.2% of total cost), maintenance and repairs (R10.3 billion), and driver wages (R6.9 billion).
WC Freight Demand Model Report 2022
Western Cape Freight Strategy
The importance of freight in any economy cannot be overstated, making the development of effective strategies that much more important. The WCG has developed a Provincial Freight Strategy that seeks to achieve a freight and logistics system that is characterised by efficiency, safety, sustainability, cost optimisation and enables economic development.