Posted on 22 January 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica), together with Malawi’s ministry of transport and public infrastructure, are to appoint consultants to undertake a feasibility study on reinstating the long-inoperable connection from Mozambique’s Sena line to the railways of Malawi. There have been no trains on this line since 1983, when the Mozambique civil war began. The [...] [...more]
Posted on 24 December 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica), together with Malawi’s ministry of transport and public infrastructure, are to appoint consultants to undertake a feasibility study on reinstating the long-inoperable connection from Mozambique’s Sena line to the railways of Malawi. There have been no trains on this line since 1983, when the Mozambique civil war began. The [...] [...more]
Posted on 25 September 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
During May 2009, the Malawian government applied to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a United States government foreign aid agency, for financial assistance in rehabilitating the country’s rail network. A nine-member MCC team visited Malawi in July 2009, to conduct a thorough appraisal of this and other projects for which help was requested. MCC is [...] [...more]
Posted on 28 August 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
Central East African Railways (Cear), the concessionaire operating the railways of Malawi, reports good traffic levels in recent months. Cear chief executive Henry Chimwaza told Thom Khanje of the Malawi Daily Times that appreciable amounts of imported fuel, wheat and fertiliser are being moved inland from the Mozambiquan port of Nacala, and in the other [...] [...more]
Posted on 14 May 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
The extension from Malawi’s railhead at Mchinji to Chipata (formerly Fort Jameson) in Zambia was conceived originally in 1982 as a bilateral, two-year project between Zambia and Malawi. The Malawian government, with the assistance of the Canadian government, completed their portion in 1984, but Zambia laid only 3.5km of the 27km on their side of [...] [...more]
Posted on 05 March 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
Central East African Railways (CEAR) marketing and commercial director Wilfred Ali reports a substantial increase in freight traffic figures for 2008, compared with 2007. The improvement includes fuel, containerised sugar exports, cement, cotton lint and fertiliser. The development is notable in that Malawi previously imported more than it railed out. In addition, fuel transport by [...] [...more]
Posted on 24 October 2008 by Railways Africa Editor
According to the Malawian “Daily Times” of 20 October, board chairman Rui Fonseca of Caminhos de ferro do Moçambique (CFM – the state railway & harbours) has offered to rebuild the railway south from Blantyre to Vila Nova de Fronteira on the Malawi/Mozambique border. He said the offer had been made several weeks ago, but [...] [...more]
Posted on 28 June 2008 by Railways Africa Editor
Central East African Railways (CEAR), concessionaire of Malawi Railways, plans to bring in six additional locomotives –raising the fleet total ot 22 – and will also augment the present 14 passenger coaches. This will make it possible to extend commuter service at Blantyre and Lilongwe, CEAR commercial and management director Wilfred Ali told the press [...] [...more]
Posted on 19 June 2008 by Railways Africa Editor
On 17 June 2008, the centenary of the arrival of the first train at Blantyre on 1 March 1908 was commemorated by celebrations attended by President Bingu Mutharika. He inspected a photograph exhibition at Limbe station before proceeding to the Ferries football ground in Blantyre where the festivitis took place. Originally established in 1902 as [...] [...more]
Posted on 28 March 2008 by Railways Africa Editor
The Malawi government says it has secured funding from the People’s Republic of China for a multibillion-dollar transport infrastructure development plan, which includes restoration of the long defunct railway to Beira in Mozambique. This work will be undertaken in conjunction with the Malawi Railways concessionaire, Central East African Railways (CEAR). The section from Chiromo to [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 August 2007 by Railways Africa Editor
Together with his Malawian counterpart Mbingu wa Mutharika, Zambian President Mwanawasa officially relaunched work on the Mchinji rail extension to Chipata in Zambia on 25 August. The joint project between the two governments was begun originally in 1982, the objective being to provide Zambia with access to the Mozambiquan port of Nacala via Malawi. With [...] [...more]
Posted on 24 August 2007 by Railways Africa Editor
Malawian minister of transport, public works and housing Henry Mussa says work to rehabilitate the railway from Malawi to Beira is to begin shortly. The cost on the Malawi section is estimated at about $US40 million and loan funds have been arranged from what he described as “cooperating partners”. Work on the Mozambiquan side is [...] [...more]
