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Overview

Chinese Government Provides 4 Locomotives to TAZARA

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,629,808
Commitment Year•2001Country of Activity•Africa, regionalDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Africa, regionalSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2001

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)

Receiving agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA)

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)

Loan desecription

Chinese Government Provides 4 Locomotives to TAZARA

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In March of 2001, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) signed an agreement with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). The agreement stated that TAZARA would receive four shunting locomotives from China. The contract was worth RMB 16.5 million and was signed by Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Works, Salim Msoma, and Vice Director of the Foreign Aid Department of CCECC, Huang Chuanzhi, on behalf of the Chinese Government.