THE Tanzania-Zambia
Railway Authority (TAZARA) has delivered over one million litres of gas
oil to New Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia, with the...
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.
By comparison, such
a bulky consignment could have involved more than 40 trucks and 14 or
more days to deliver by road transportation.
Announcing the
successful delivery, the Managing Director of TAZARA, Bruno Ching'andu
expressed delight for the opportunity to demonstrate the Authority's
capability in transporting petroleum and other bulky products.
"We 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.
"We are thankful to
both the Governments of Zambia and Tanzania for placing confidence in
our ability. We are also thankful for the two Governments' 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," Eng. Ching'andu said.
TAZARA, in
conjunction with ZRL, signed a contract with Delta Energy last year, to
transport five to six million litres (5,000- 6,000 metric tons) of
petroleum from Tanzania to Zambia every month.
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.
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