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Mozambique: Rehabilitation of Beira Zimbabwe line resumes – Notícias
2:53 CAT | 19 Feb 2021
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Rehabilitation of the Beira-Zimbabwe railway line resumed on Wednesday. The replacement of rails on the line connecting the city of Beira in Sofala to the village of Machipanda in Manica represents an investment estimated at US$200 million.
The launch ceremony in Dondo district was chaired by Miguel Matabel, chairman of Mozambique Ports and Railways (CFM), who explained that the old rails were able to support only 40 kilograms per metre, while the new ones will support 45, improving production and productivity.
The work will consist of joining rail sections to make a line in conformance with international standards, where trains with heavier weight can pass.
“We have been using wagons of 60 tonnes gross tonnage, but now we will start using 80-tonne wagons. This phase of the work is crucial,” he said, adding that execution currently stood at 30 percent.
Matabel said Covid-19 had held work up, with the company still waiting for equipment that should have arrived from Europe and Asia in March of last year. Even so, he guaranteed that the rehabilitation of the line, which started at the end of last year, would be completed in 2022.
“We ask that people look at the project as belonging to all Mozambicans, and not stealing railway materials, thereby jeopardising development,” he requested.
Source: Notícias
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