THE Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has delivered over one million litres of gas oil to New Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia, with the first train of 24 fuel-tank wagons of gas oil from Dar es Salaam port, under a transportation agreement signed last year with Delta Energy Zambia Limited.<\/p>\n
It took only four days to move the 1.1 million litres of gas oil from Dar port to New Kapiri Mposhi, with Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) taking over and handling the final leg of delivery to Indeni in Ndola, according to a statement issued yesterday.<\/p>\n
By comparison, such a bulky consignment could have involved more than 40 trucks and 14 or more days to deliver by road transportation.<\/p>\n
Announcing the successful delivery, the Managing Director of TAZARA, Bruno Ching\u2019andu expressed delight for the opportunity to demonstrate the Authority\u2019s capability in transporting petroleum and other bulky products.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have unparalleled competitive advantage in the transportation of liquid and other bulky products and the decision by the Government of Zambia to allow the railways to move this product from the Port of Dar es Salaam gives us an opportunity to demonstrate our strong capability to deliver safely, speedily and at reasonable cost and we intend to do just that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thankful to both the Governments of Zambia and Tanzania for placing confidence in our ability. We are also thankful for the two Governments\u2019 relentless efforts to ensure that we are continuously uplifting the performance of the Authority so that in the near future we can stand on our own feet and operate as a sustainable business entity,\u201d Eng. Ching\u2019andu said.<\/p>\n
TAZARA, in conjunction with ZRL, signed a contract with Delta Energy last year, to transport five to six million litres (5,000\u2013 6,000 metric tons) of petroleum from Tanzania to Zambia every month.<\/p>\n
The new contract comes in the wake of the regulation passed in Zambia under Statutory Instrument No.7 of 2018, requiring 30 per cent of selected bulky commodities to be transported by rail as opposed to road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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