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Monday, September 14, 2015
Engen increased its supply capacity to southern African countries with the launch of the Beira Terminal in Mozambique. The new terminal is aimed at strategically boosting security of supply and strengthening the supply chain in the region. The official launch of the terminal was held on September 4.
The 24,000 sq meter Beira Terminal will supply petrol, diesel and lubricants to the main hubs in Mozambique, as well as to other countries in Southern African where Engen has operations, including Zimbabwe.
“We’ve tested railway capabilities from Beira to Bulawayo in Zimbabwe and to Francis town in Botswana, which was very successful. In essence this means that we can take some pressure off of our Durban Refinery and supply Botswana and Zimbabwe directly from our new depot,” says Drikus Kotze, General Manager of Engen’s International Business Division.
The depot’s strategic value is to ensure the company meets its growth and future market share targets and to establish another supply corridor into Southern Africa.
Teodomiro Sarmento, Managing Director of Engen Mozambique said “Having sufficient capacity in the region will reduce our dependency on third parties, lessen our cost of supply through pipeline, and improve efficiencies.”
Sarmento says further investments are planned in future to increase the depot capacity in line with market demand.
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