Published: 12 November 2013

The $3 million Mabvuku fuel loading gantry project will be complete next year in April, a Sakunda Energy official has said.

Sakunda Energy was given the task to construct the loading gantry by the Energy and Power Development ministry.

Speaking after the Energy and Power Development ministry officials' tour of the Mabvuku, Msasa fuel depots, Sakunda managing director Mr Mberikwazvo Chitambo said that the project was supposed to be completed before the end of this year.

"The project was supposed to be completed before the end of the year but we are waiting for some of the material from South Africa. The roofing of the gantry will be completed by mid-next month so rains will not affect the progress we are doing here.

"This gantry has the capacity to load eight trucks which carry 40 000litres of fuel simultaneously.

"We are working with Hualong which is building this loading gantry but we had problems of having to pay half the amount as deposit. However they settled with us at $1 million," he said.

Mr Chitambo also said that the gantry has the capacity to tap fuel from the Mabvuku fuel storage facility and Msasa fuel depots.

He added that they will hand over the gantry immediately to the Government once it is completed.
- herald

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