The government has commissioned a railway siding depot at Chambeshi’s Sunline Zambia logistics company in Kalulushi District on the Copperbelt.
The railway siding depot will see the company transport fifteen thousand metric tonnes of coal a month.
The Chambeshi railway siding depot is meant to supplement government efforts to improve the railway sector and decongest the roads by transporting heavy cargo material through the railway system.
Transport and Logistics Minister FRANK TAYALI said that the Chambeshi railway siding project is a testament of the government good economic policies that have led to the Chinese company’s investment of about three million US dollars into the project.
Speaking at the official opening ceremony of the railway siding depot, Mr Tayali said that the new dawn government is dedicated to improving the railway sector in Zambia.
And Sunline International Logistics company chairman JOHNNY JIANG has commended the government for creating good economic policies which have allowed the company to invest in Zambian economy.