Sofala: $40M Project Inaugurated to Improve Fuel Transport to Zimbabwe

The Mozambique-Zimbabwe Pipeline Company (CPMZ) has invested a total of 40 million dollars in the construction of two new platforms that will allow it to increase fuel pumping capacity to Zimbabwe from the city of Beira, in Sofala province.

The projects, inaugurated on Thursday 29 August by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, have already been in operation since January and are responsible for increasing the amount of fuel transferred to the neighbouring country from two million to three million cubic metres a year.

‘The construction of the platforms is part of the first phase of the project to increase the pumping capacity of the CPMZ oil pipeline, and as part of this the old pumps have also been replaced by new ones with greater capacity,’ clarified a note shared with DE.

On the occasion, the head of state congratulated the company for its resilience and for contributing to the growth of Mozambique’s economy, pointing out that a secure fuel supply to Zimbabwe via the Beira-Feruka-Harare pipeline is guaranteed, and that opportunities have been created to facilitate access to other countries in the region.

‘This ceremony celebrates our determination to continue fighting for the development of our economies, making the most of all our resources, especially the geostrategic position in which Mozambique finds itself, placing the rail-port systems as an exit corridor to neighbouring countries,’ he said.

For his part, the CPMZ chairmans, António Laíce, explained that his organisation and the Zimbabwean government share the vision of the pipeline between Beira and Harare becoming the preferred transporter of refined products to the interior of southern Africa.

According to the official, the Beira corridor is of great importance, given the strategic position of the Port of Beira, as it will allow the development and expansion of energy resources to various points and strengthen cooperation [between the two countries].