Maputo, 12 Sep (AIM) – Mozambique’s publicly owned Ports and Rail Company (CFM) has dispatched its first fuel train to neighboring Malawi, via the Dona Ana-Vila Nova da Fronteira branch line, in the central province of Tete.
According to the CFM statement, “the train left the central Port of Beira with 48 fuel tanks (24 platforms), and its final destination was the town of Marka, located in the Malawian district of Nsanje, which borders Vila Nova da Fronteira on the Mozambican side.”
The document, citing Adélio Dias, the director of Communication and Image of company, explains that the completion of the first fuel train to Malawi from Beira, is a clear indication that the Dona Ana-Vila Nova da Fronteira branch line is already being used for commercial purposes.
Last July, the line received its first commercial train carrying molasses, an import from Malawi, from Beira.
Recently rebuilt with the company’s own funds, to the tune of 30 million US dollars, the Dona Ana-Vila Nova da Fronteira Branch Line had previously only been used for transporting construction materials that are being used to rebuild the extension of the track on the Malawian side.
Prior to re-opening the branch line. Malawian fuel imports from Beira were made by road, an inefficient and costly alternative.
“The investment made by the CFM to rebuild the Dona Ana-Vila Nova da Fronteira line is part of the response to the challenges of the logistics chain in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), and comes in fulfillment of the guidelines issued at the meeting between the presidents of Mozambique and Malawi, held in Songo at the end of 2020”, reads the note.
(AIM)
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