Posted on 21 September 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
A South Korean consortium is to undertake feasibility studies and produce a national railway master plan for Cameroon, in terms of a 13-month contract signed on 10 September between the ministry of the economy, planning, and regional development (MINEPAT) on one hand, and the Korea Port Engineering Corporation, Chung-Suk Engineering company Limited, the Korea Transport [...] [...more]
Posted on 08 September 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
Ten people died and hundreds were reported injured in a passenger train crash near the Cameroon capital Yaoundé on 29 August. On the previous day, a train with 13 wagons carrying gas derailed to the south of the city, bursting into flames and killing two people. When news of the incidents reached President Paul Biya, [...] [...more]
Posted on 05 February 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
Rehabilitation of the Kumba-Mutengene road in Cameroon, formerly known for its potholes, enables people to travel faster and comfortably, but it has affected patronage of the 29km Kumba-Mbanga railway. The three-coach train known as “Mi Voyageur”, intended to carry about 132 seated people per trip, is said to have been transporting up to 3,000 on [...] [...more]
Posted on 23 January 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
From the sar-L site: “May I introduce myself, I am Mbema Y Franklin, a former worker with the Cameroon Railway Company Camrail. Sorry for intruding, but I am looking for a job in the railways somewhere. I am well qualified and have good experience in the electro-mechanical side of things. Perhaps one of you might know [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 September 2008 by Railways Africa Editor
“A proper transport network has always proved a vital force in integrating states in a common sub region,” Israel Ambe Ayongwa (of Bamenda, Cameroon) told the BBC “Have your say” programme on 4 September. “Take the example of the Central African sub-region where moving from one state to the other is a tall order thanks [...] [...more]
Posted on 10 May 2008 by Railways Africa Editor
Sundance Resources Ltd have continued resource definition and feasibility studies on the Mbalam iron ore project in Cameroon. Work focused on drilling of the Mbarga deposit, including commissioning of four additional drill rigs on site; initial resource modelling of the deposit; completion of a scoping study on beneficiation options for itabirite mineralisation; continuation of studies [...] [...more]
Posted on 18 October 2007 by Railways Africa Editor
“Her name is Mi Voyageur. She is a three-wagon train plying the Kumba-Mbanga-Douala railway.” This is the introduction to an October article in The Post, published in Buea, Cameroon, by Olive Ejang Tebug Ngoh. Each wagon was meant to carry seated passengers and 44 standing, she writes, but now the train transports over 1,000 people [...] [...more]
Posted on 17 August 2006 by Railways Africa Editor
Sundance Resources Ltd of Australia is considering the development of an iron ore mine at Mbalam on Cameroon’s southern border. The project, estimated to cost $US2.46 billion, would involve building a port capable of accommodating ships of 250,000t, and a 400km connecting railway (estimate $US1,000m). The estimate includes the cost of 10 locomotives and about [...] [...more]
Posted on 10 August 2006 by Railways Africa Editor
The French firm Socofer is to supply five 500kW engine and cooling circuit kits to Camrail, operator of the 667km metre-gauge railway in Cameroon, for repowering the line’s ZE500 diesel multiple unit sets. The contract is worth €1.36m (about R12m). The equipment resembles that supplied to French national railways (SNCF) for use in X2100 and [...] [...more]
Posted on 20 June 2006 by Railways Africa Editor
The developing of an iron ore mine at Mbalam in Cameroon, currently being looked at by Sundance Resources Ltd of Australia, would probably mean building a port capable of accommodating ships of 250,000 tonnes, and would involve constructing a connecting railway. All in, the project is estimated to cost $US2.46 billion. A connection could be [...] [...more]
