Congo railway news
News about railway and urban rail infrastructure, operations, policy, projects and the supply industry in Congo.
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NewsDB joint venture to build Congolese iron ore line
CONGO: Mining group Sapro has finalised an agreement with the Thelo DB joint venture for the construction and operation of a 412 km heavy haul railway to connect its Mayoko iron ore mine with the deepwater port of Pointe-Noire on the Atlantic coast.
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NewsRail cranes for Congo
CONGO: CRRC Qiqihar has supplied two railway cranes to Chemin de fer Congo-Océan, which will use them for both lifting heavy freight and accident recovery. The cranes were custom designed for the 1067 mm gauge railway, with a compact design to remain within the loading gauge, The ...
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NewsEMD delivers Congo-Océan locomotives
CONGO: Minister for Transport, Civil Aviation & Shipping Rodolphe Adada visited Electro-Motive Diesel’s plant at Muncie in the USA at the end of January to inspect 10 Type GT38AC locomotives which Delegation Générale des Grands Travaux has ordered for use on the Chemin de Fer Congo-Océan network. The 1 067 ...
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NewsChinese firm to modernise Chemin de Fer Congo-Océan
CONGO: Minister of Transport & Civil Aviation Rodolphe Adada and China Railway Construction Corp signed an agreement to study rehabilitation of the 1 067 mm gauge Chemin de Fer Congo-Océan network on December 21. Both the Pointe Noire - Brazzaville main line and the Mont Bélo - ...
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NewsMining firms to have access to Chemin de fer Congo-Océan
CONGO: The government has confirmed that it will allow Australian mine developer Equatorial Resources to use the 1 067 mm gauge Chemin de fer Congo-Océan to export iron ore from its proposed Mayoko-Moussondji mine. The Ministry of Transport has agreed that CFCO and Pointe-Noire port authority PAPN ...