{"id":45657,"date":"2026-03-09T07:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/?p=45657"},"modified":"2026-03-09T07:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:26:02","slug":"ports-rail-week-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/sectors\/services\/transportation-logistics\/ports-rail-week-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ports &amp; Rail Week 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ports &amp; Rail Week<\/strong> is a high-level, pan-African conference and exhibition that brings together key stakeholders from the maritime and rail sectors to explore innovations, infrastructure investment, and strategic partnerships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>24 &#8211; 25 November 2026<\/strong><br \/><strong>Durban, South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event focuses on enhancing performance, interconnectivity, and resilience across Africa\u2019s port and rail systems, spotlighting critical areas such as modernisation, integration, and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<h5>The event will spotlight critical areas such as:\u00a0<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Port and rail infrastructure upgrades and investment opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Seamless intermodal connectivity and corridor development<\/li>\n<li>Green transport solutions and climate-resilient infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>The role of digitalization, AI, and data-driven technologies<\/li>\n<li>Cargo handling efficiency and automation at terminals<\/li>\n<li>Public-private partnerships in infrastructure development<\/li>\n<li>Safety, security, and compliance in port and rail operations<\/li>\n<li>Mining and energy logistics solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portsrailweek.com\/events\/portsrailweek2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:82px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ports &#038; Rail Week is a high-level, pan-African conference and exhibition that brings together key stakeholders from the maritime and rail sectors to explore innovations, infrastructure investment, and strategic partnerships<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":45660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[561,58,457,41,9,96,38,6],"tags":[329,1392,154,331,1394,1604],"class_list":{"0":"post-45657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-focus","8":"category-construction-and-engineering","9":"category-events","10":"category-kwazulu-natal","11":"category-manufacturing","12":"category-resources","13":"category-south-africa","14":"category-transportation-logistics","15":"tag-port-development","16":"tag-port-infrastructure","17":"tag-ports","18":"tag-rail-development","19":"tag-rail-infrastructure","20":"tag-rail-transport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45657"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45661,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45657\/revisions\/45661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalafricanetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}