Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) will build capacity to move five million tonnes per annum from 2018 to meet projections of additional freight traffic demand in the country.
The Zambian National Transportation Master Plan final report – released this week – projects that Zambia’s market share of freight traffic in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is expected to grow to 12 million tonnes per year by 2018 – up two million tonnes from the 10 million recorded in 2014.
The report further highlights that an investment of US$379 million is needed to invest in more rolling stock – wagons and locomotives. The funding will reportedly be sourced through public private partnerships (PPP).
