Secretário de Estado da província de Manica, Fernando Bemane (terceiro da direita para a esquerda)
Manica (Mozambique), 14 Jun (AIM) – The Mozambique Zimbabwe Pipeline Company (CPMZ), a public-private partnership which operates the fuel pipeline linking the central Mozambican port of Beira to Feruka in Zimbabwe, intends to increase, over the coming years, its fuel pumping capacity from the current three million cubic meters a year to five million.
Studies are currently underway to build two fuel pumping stations in Nhamatanda district, in Sofala province, and in Messica, in Manica. The work is expected to take two years.
According to Donaldo Uaracula, an engineer behind the project, who was speaking during a visit to the company by the Secretary of State for Manica province, Fernando Bemane, the study is already in its final stages, but he did not mention how much would be spent on the project.
“Before we had two million cubic metres and with the rehabilitation that has been done, which is also in the final stages, we’ve gone up to three million cubic metres. After the construction of two new pumping systems, we will increase our capacity to five million cubic metres of fuel” Uaracula said.
He added that the work is being carried out by qualified national and foreign technicians, with the aim of creating the capacities and conditions to respond to any request in the future.
“We now work with a total of nine fuel supply companies. Zimbabwe is still our main customer”, he said.
Bemane congratulated the company for contributing to the economy of the province and the country in general.
“This company employs around 120 workers, all Mozambicans. This is very satisfying for us. We’ve heard that it’s a growing project and we ask it to continue to invest in development. We know it also has a social responsibility aspect. The company is building a lot of infrastructure for the population, such as hospitals, schools and providing more drinking water. These gains make us very happy. We have seen that the population is satisfied with the presence of this company along the Beira corridor”, Bemane said.
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