Posted on 01 March 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Brazil’s prominent Vale corporation is pushing ahead with a $US1.3 billion project to develop the Moatize coal mine in Mozambique and expects to start production of coking coal for export late in 2011. At the recent Coaltrans South Africa conference held in Sandton, South Africa, Vale’s finance general manager Fabio Bechara was quoted saying that [...] [...more]
Posted on 12 February 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
More than 200 stakeholders from the public and private sectors participated in a workshop organised at Nelspruit, South Africa, on 4 and 5 February by the Maputo corridor operational efficiency working group. “Critical” issues covered included the operational efficiency of the corridor, particularly with regard to the border post, customs issues and the servicing of [...] [...more]
Posted on 05 February 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
On Saturday 30 January 2010, the first train to arrive at Moatize in the western Mozambican province of Tete in more than two decades was met by an impressive contingent: members of the central committee of the ruling Frelimo resident locally, Frelimo members of parliament, members of the provincial and district governments, and a large [...] [...more]
Posted on 15 January 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Reconstruction work on the 574km Sena line from the central Mozambican port of Beira had reached a point only 24km from the Moatize coal basin in the western province of Tete by the end of December 2009. The Maputo daily “Noticias” quoted Tete provincial transport director Paz Catruza saying that, despite a slight delay [...] [...more]
Posted on 24 December 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
The deadline for concluding reconstruction of the 574km Sena railway, linking the central Mozambican port of Beira to the Moatize coal basin in Tete province, has been extended yet again, from December 2009 to the end of January 2010. According to Director of the Sena Line Reconstruction Brigade Candido Jone, quoted in the Maputo daily “Noticias”, [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 November 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
The Southern African Railways Association (Sara) held its 29th board meeting in Maputo on 20 November, bringing together railway managers from across Southern Africa. Air Commodore (retd) M T Karakadzai, general manager of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), who chairs Sara, told reporters the meeting discussed such matters as capacity requirements and standardisation. He recognised [...] [...more]
Posted on 01 November 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
The AIM news agency quotes Mozambiquan transport minister Paulo Zucula on two new rail lines planned by the government. Both will link the centre of the country to the northern line that runs from the port of Nacala to Malawi. One line, which will connect the mines at Moatize to the Malawian railway south of Blantyre, [...] [...more]
Posted on 26 October 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
Some 2,000km of new railway may be in operation in Mozambique within 14 years, according to a report in the newspaper Notícias. The project forms part of the Strategy for Integrated Development of the Transport System, estimated to cost over $US11 billion, which was approved by the Council of Ministers during the first week of [...] [...more]
Posted on 16 October 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
On 10 October, chief mechanical engineer Indian Southern Railway V Carmelus officiated at a send-off of three locomotives refurbished and modified at the Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC) in Chennai. The units are destined for Ircon’s rail construction work in Mozambique. To date, GOC’s diesel and periodical overhauling (POH) shop has refurbished and exported 119 [...] [...more]
Posted on 09 October 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
Mozambique plans to build a new $US500 million railway to connect the coal mines at Moatize with the existing route to the port of Nacala. The project will entail linking the existing Sena line (Moatize-Beira) either by way of a new railway entirely within Mozambique or one following a considerably shorter route across Malawi. According [...] [...more]
