SOUTH AFRICA’S TRANSNET OFFICIALS ARRIVE IN ZAMBIA FOR DISCUSSIONS OVER LANDMARK PROJECTS
A team of officials from South Africa’s Transnet arrive in Zambia tomorrow (Monday) to open discussions with Government over three groundbreaking projects, which include the proposed multi-purpose fuel pipeline from Ndola to Lusaka.
Transnet is looking to enter an agreement on how it could pass on some of its fuel tankers to Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL), resolving challenges it was facing with ZRL in implementing the North-South Corridor project, and consider the proposed 360 kilometre fuel pipeline.
In a media release from First Secretary for Press in Pretoria Nicky Shabolyo, the company has moved from transporting its fuel stocks through rail following the completion of a 20 billion Rand fuel pipeline between Johannesburg and Durban and would like to pass on the excess tankers to ZRL.
Mr. Shabolyo says the North-South Corridor project is part of Transnet’s initiatives aimed at implementing an efficient transportation system which is expected to integrate South Africa with the rest of the continent through the creation of competitive corridor supply chains.
He says the projects were first revealed last month when Transnet officials met Zambia’s High Commissioner-Designate to South Africa, Emmanuel Mwamba.
Mr. Shabolyo says the delegation which will be in Zambia from 16th -18th November, 2015, will be led by Executive Manager for International Business Ms. Nyameka Madikizela; Manager for Strategy and Marketing Mr. Imran Karim; Chief Engineer Mr. Gert Ludick; Ms. Sue Govender, in charge of Capital Projects, and Ms. Lynette Mangozhe, from the Engineering department.
The delegation will meet officials at the Ministry of Works and Supply, Ministry of Energy and ZRL.
Transnet is a South African state-owned company with experience in rail transportation, port management as well as pipeline technology and transportation.
Transnet is looking to enter an agreement on how it could pass on some of its fuel tankers to Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL), resolving challenges it was facing with ZRL in implementing the North-South Corridor project, and consider the proposed 360 kilometre fuel pipeline.
In a media release from First Secretary for Press in Pretoria Nicky Shabolyo, the company has moved from transporting its fuel stocks through rail following the completion of a 20 billion Rand fuel pipeline between Johannesburg and Durban and would like to pass on the excess tankers to ZRL.
Mr. Shabolyo says the North-South Corridor project is part of Transnet’s initiatives aimed at implementing an efficient transportation system which is expected to integrate South Africa with the rest of the continent through the creation of competitive corridor supply chains.
He says the projects were first revealed last month when Transnet officials met Zambia’s High Commissioner-Designate to South Africa, Emmanuel Mwamba.
Mr. Shabolyo says the delegation which will be in Zambia from 16th -18th November, 2015, will be led by Executive Manager for International Business Ms. Nyameka Madikizela; Manager for Strategy and Marketing Mr. Imran Karim; Chief Engineer Mr. Gert Ludick; Ms. Sue Govender, in charge of Capital Projects, and Ms. Lynette Mangozhe, from the Engineering department.
The delegation will meet officials at the Ministry of Works and Supply, Ministry of Energy and ZRL.
Transnet is a South African state-owned company with experience in rail transportation, port management as well as pipeline technology and transportation.