Malaysian firm to invest in locomotive assembly plant in Tanzania

A locomotive is offloaded from a ship at Dar es Salaam Port yesterday. It was one of three locomotives worth Sh22 billion  handed over to Tanzania Railways Corporation, which will use them to haul cargo between Dar es Salaam and the inland port of Isaka in Shinyanga Region. PHOTO | MICHAEL MATEMANGA

By  Alex Nelson Malanga

Business journalist

What you need to know:

  • SMH Rail has already secured 50 acres of land in Kibaha, Coast Region, for building locomotives, wagons and diesel–electric multiple units

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