Second oil pipeline for Zim

private players.
“We will be building a second pipeline from Savana, Mozambique, which is 50km north of Beira, running all the way to Msasa,” he said.
“We are already putting together a consortium with the Mozambican government and private players.
“ Hopefully, construction will begin by early next year.”
Minister Mangoma said once the consortium was in place, it would then determine the amount of money required to finance the project. He said Cabinet had already approved the project.
“The new pipeline will carry               10 million litres of fuel per day,” he said.
Zimbabwe now imports fuel through the 287km-long Feruka pipeline, which stretches from Beira in Mozambique to Feruka oil refinery outside Mutare.
Government controls 21km of the Feruka pipeline, while Mozambique. through its company Companhiado Pipeline Mozambique-Zimbabwe, controls the rest.
The existing oil pipeline has a carrying capacity of 130 million litres per month.
But fuel importers have been shunning the pipeline, opting instead for road transport due to a number of problems.
This is what  prompted Government to introduce a US$0,04 per litre road fuel levy meant to induce importers to use the pipeline. — New Ziana.