CPMZ launches major expansion of strategic Southern African fuel corridor
The presidents of Mozambique and Zimbabwe have launched an expansion project for the Beira-Harare fuel pipeline. The project aims to increase capacity by 67% by 2027 to improve energy security across Southern Africa.
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Infrastructure development is a key driver for regional economic integration and energy independence in developing markets.
The President of Mozambique, H.E. Daniel Chapo and the President of Zimbabwe, H.E. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, have broken ground on a major expansion of the Beira-Harare fuel corridor that will increase pipeline capacity by 67% and strengthen energy security across Southern Africa.
The CPMZ project will increase the CPMZ pipeline’s annual transport capacity from 3 million to 5 million cubic metres by the end of 2027, supporting growing fuel demand in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and wider regional markets.
The expansion will add capacity to transport approximately two billion additional litres of fuel annually into Southern Africa’s interior, strengthening a critical supply route connecting the Port of Beira with Zimbabwe and supporting access to diesel, petrol and jet fuel across regional markets, including Zambia, Malawi, Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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