Freight Trends Global

Zambia Eyes TAZARA and Lobito Rail Upgrades to Move 3 Million Tonnes of Copper Zambia will need significant investment in railway infrastructure to support its ambitious production and export targets, Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has said. Musokotwane said the country could not rely on road transport alone to move the volumes of agricultural and mineral commodities it plans to produce. Zambia is targeting annual production of 10

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Zimbabwe Targets US$115M Afreximbank Loan for 10 Locomotives and 315 Rail Wagons Zimbabwe’s state-owned National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is negotiating a US$115 million financing facility with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to expand its freight capacity and rehabilitate parts of its railway network. The proposed facility would fund the acquisition of 10 locomotives and 315 wagons, as well as repairs to sections of NRZ’s rail infrastructure, according to Mutapa

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Lobito Atlantic Railway targets 800,000 tonnes of cargo in 2027 after US$300 million investment Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) is targeting a doubling of international cargo volumes to about 800,000 tonnes in 2027 as new investment strengthens the rail infrastructure connecting Angola with the mineral-producing regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The railway operator expects to move about 400,000 tonnes of international cargo in 2026, with volumes projected to

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