By PETER SICHALILOCAL petroleum transporters have capacity to move more than 50 percent of imported fuel, Petroleum Transporters Association of Zambia (PTAZ) spokesperson Benson Tembo has said. Mr Tembo said the local fuel transporter sector has grown over the past few years and has enough capacity to deliver. He was comenting on assertions by an energy expert, Mr Johnson Chikwanda that the decision to implement the policy that allows local transporters to move 50 percent volume of imported fuel should be treated with caution, Mr Tembo said the local petroleum transport sector currently has about 980 tankers that have been doing cross border haulage of fuel.He said contrary to Mr Chikwanda’s assertion, Zambian transporters have both capacity and expertise to transport all the imported fuel. Mr Tembo said it was unfortunate that Mr Chikwanda doubts the capacity of local transporters by suggesting that the policy should not be rushed. Mr Tembo said the policy was enacted in […]
‘LOCAL TANKERS CAPABLE OF MOVING 50PC FUEL’
