New wagons made in SA will allow Swaziland to rail in more fuel
NEW wagons delivered to Swaziland Railways by Transnet will increase railed fuel imports by 30% in the landlocked country, which has no refinery.Swaziland Railways CEO Stephenson Ngubane said the company ran short of wagons for fuel imports from Durban, and lost business to road transport.Mr Ngubane was speaking at the handover of the wagons from Transnet Engineering at its Germiston depot yesterday.Swaziland Railways is a state-owned company that provides import and export transport services in the country.Transnet Engineering delivered on Wednesday 45 of the 90 wagons it has been manufacturing for Swaziland Railways. The other 45 will be delivered next month. Fifty of the wagons are tank wagons and 40 are container wagons.The tank wagons delivered to Swaziland Railways would be used to transport diesel and petrol from refineries in Durban to Swaziland, said Mr Ngubane.He said Swaziland’s wagon capacity allowed it to accept 50% of the fuel offered to it by oil companies. The new wa...
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