We are the major transporters of mineral ores and refined copper, manganese, cobalt and other minerals out of Zambia and the DRC, but also conversely we serve as a key conduit for all kinds of bulk imports from all over the world including fuels, hardware, coke/coal, timber/wood, fertilizers and other critical inputs into the mines and agricultural farmlands of Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania and the DRC, as well as Rwanda and Burundi through the Port of Mpulungu on Lake Tanganyika.
Freight Logistics
Freight Services
TAZARA operates two types of freight trains i.e. through traffic and local traffic trains. Through traffic trains convey cargo originating from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to New Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia and vice versa. Local traffic trains convey intermediate cargo and may or may not cross the border. TAZARA also provides block train services and mixed train services which are designed to meet particular needs and requirements of the clients.
Regional Connections
The TAZARA railway line is designed with a 1067mm-gauge, which allows through traffic operations with other Southern African railways, such as Spoornet of South Africa, Botswana Railways, National Railways of Zimbabwe, Zambia Railways Limited Namibia Railways, Mozambique Railways and Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Du Congo Sarl (SNCC) of the DRC. Essentially, all railway networks in the Southern part of Africa can be accessed by TAZARA. With a designed capacity of five (5) million tonnes of freight per annum, TAZARA has been handling traffic for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as well as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), thereby providing a vital regional link amongst Southern, Eastern and Central African regions with the rest of the world through the port of Dar es Salaam.
Cargo Terminus
TAZARA has modern cargo terminus, complete with gantry cranes and other handling facilities at New Kapiri Mposhi, Kasama, Makambako and Dar es Salaam stations. These facilities provide a quick and efficient means for exporters and importers from different regions of Africa to load and offload cargo onto and from TAZARA wagons. New Kapiri Mposhi handles cargo to and from the Southern and Central African regions, whilst Kasama covers the Great Lakes region. Similarly, Mbeya and Makambako cater for cargo from Malawi and some parts of the Great Lakes. With such spread of the TAZARA terminus, cargo is easily relayed from region to region. In addition, there is a privately owned trans-shipment facility at Kidatu that handles the transfer of cargo from the wider gauge (1,067mm) wagons of TAZARA onto the narrower gauge (1,000mm) wagons of the Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL) facilitating interconnectivity amongst Southern, Central and East Africa.
Types of Freight and Vehicles
Locomotive ya dizeli ya CK6 ni injini ya dizeli-hydraulic iliyotengenezwa kwa ajili ya TAZARA na CSR Chengdu Co, Ltd ya China. Treni hiyo ni injini ya injini ya dizeli yenye uwezo wa 977kW yenye uzani wa adhesive wa 80t, mpangilio wa gurudumu la B-B na kasi ya juu ya huduma ya 65Km/h. Inafaa kwa huduma za shunting na uhamishaji tu.
Gari la 3000 Horsepower GE U30C Diesel Electric Locomotive linatengenezwa na General Electric ya Marekani. Ni treni ya kutegemewa sana ambayo inafaa kwa eneo la milimani la sehemu ya Kusini mwa Tanzania.
Copper carrying wagons
Locomotive ya dizeli ya SDD20 ni Locomotive ya 3000 Horsepower iliyotengenezwa na kuwasilishwa kwa TAZARA mwaka wa 2012 na CSR Qishuyan ya Uchina. Mzigo wake wa ekseli ni 20t. Ina injini ya dizeli ya 7FDL 12 yenye sindano ya mafuta ya kielektroniki, alternator kuu ya 5GTA43A, motor traction ya 5GE761A23, bogi ya radial nyembamba yenye ekseli tatu.
Fuel carrying wagons
Mabehewa ya upande wa chini yanaweza kubeba aina zote za mashine pamoja na kontena
Mabehewa yaliyofunikwa kwa kila aina ya bidhaa
Kontena la kubeba mabehewa
From Sea to Rail
TAZARA has modern cargo terminus, complete with gantry cranes and other handling facilities at New Kapiri Mposhi, Kasama, Makambako and Dar es Salaam stations.
These facilities provide a quick and efficient means for exporters and importers from different regions of Africa to load and offload cargo onto and from TAZARA wagons. New Kapiri Mposhi handles cargo to and from the Southern and Central African regions, whilst Kasama covers the Great Lakes region. Similarly, Mbeya and Makambako cater for cargo from Malawi and some parts of the Great Lakes.
With such spread of the TAZARA terminus, cargo is easily relayed from region to region. In addition, there is a privately owned trans-shipment facility at Kidatu that handles the transfer of cargo from the wider gauge (1,067mm) wagons of TAZARA onto the narrower gauge (1,000mm) wagons of the Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL) facilitating inter-connectivity amongst the regions of Southern, Central and East Africa
Tariff Book 2012
The third edition of the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) Official Tariff Book contains Regulations, Conditions and Charges worked out in accordance with the provisions of the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority Act, 1995.
This edition effective, 1stJanuary 2012 is for the guidance of employees charged with the responsibility of ensuring that TAZARA offers a world class railway transport service within and between East, Central and Southern Africa as promulgated in its Vision and Mission statements
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