This Tuesday (10), Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) dispatched its first fuel train to neighboring Malawi, via the Dona Ana-Vila Nova da Fronteira branch, in the central province of Tete.

"The train departed from the Port of Beira with 48 tank trainers (24 platforms), its final destination being the town of Marka, located in the Malawian district of Nsanje, which borders Vila Nova da Fronteira on the Mozambican side," said the director of Communication and Image of the public company - CFM, Adélio Dias.

In a press release issued this Wednesday (11) Dias explains that the first fuel train to Malawi from the Port of Beira, in the coastal province of Sofala, also in the center of the country, is a clear indication that the Dona Ana-Vila Nova da Fronteira branch line is already being used for commercial purposes.

Last July, the line received the first commercial train carrying molasses, imported from Malawi, from the Port of Beira.

Recently rebuilt with the company's own funds, to the tune of 30 million dollars, the Dona Ana-Vila Nova da Fronteira Branch Line had only been used for trains transporting construction materials that are being used to rebuild the extension of the track on the Malawian side, whose operation consisted of CFM supporting the request from that neighboring country.

Previously, Malawian fuel imports from the Port of Beira were made by road, an inefficient and costly alternative.

The investment made by the CFM company for the reconstruction of the Dona Ana-Vila Nova da Fronteira branch is part of the response to the challenges of the logistics chain in the Southern Region of Africa in the context of SADC, and comes in compliance with the guidelines issued by the meeting between the presidents of Mozambique and Malawi, held in Songo at the end of 2020, whose laying of the foundation stone for the work on the Mozambican side was directed by the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, in May 2021.