Sun, 19 Feb 2017 10:19:43 +0000 By SANDRA MACHIMA GOVERNMENT must expedite the construction of a pipeline for refined fuel, to bring to an end the perennial conflicts between local and foreign transporters, says the Energy Expert Johnstone Chikwanda. Mr Chikwanda said it was now clear that local transporters felt that foreign transporters had taken over their jobs. He said there had been a sharp increase in the number of local fuel transporters due to new entrants and fleet expansion by old transporters. He said the Energy Regulation Board 2016 list of licensed transporters stood at 586 which was sharp increase over the last ten years and that had seen fuel consumption in Zambia doubled in the last 10 years. The energy expert encouraged Zambia Railways and TAZARA to push for some shares in the new pipeline by diversifying and investing in some trucks for local transportation of fuel to compete with private local […]
Construction of refined fuel pipeline way forward, Chikwanda tells Govt
