Cold Box crosses into Zambia
By Justine Akakulubelwa
The FIFTY-metre Oxygen Plant Container, weighing one-hundred-seventy-one tonnes, destined for Kansanshi Mine in Solwezi, is now in Zambia.
The giant cargo which is being moved by a sixty-three-metre-long truck, from Walvis Bay in Namibia to Solwezi, left Sesheke district this morning and is expected in Livingstone tomorrow.
The Zambia Revenue Authority – ZRA- says the shipment and expedient release of the giant ‘Cold Box’ at Katima Mulilo Border Post is a hallmark of the benefits of pre-clearance in trade facilitation.
ZRA Corporate Communications Manager, OLIVER NZALA, told ZNBC News that with pre-clearance, importers and exporters can reduce the time spent at the border.
Mr. NZALA, has urged stakeholders to use the pre-clearance process by presenting necessary declarations and supporting documents, prior to the arrival of goods at the borders, to facilitate the expedient release of goods.
Meanwhile, Road Development Agency Supervisor for Vehicle Load Management, JEFF MWITUMWA, says the Zambian roads are ready to facilitate the movement of the 171 tonnes heavy load, being moved by Vanguard Heavy Lift.
And, VANGUARD Heavy Lift Field Manager, JUAN JOHNSON, says his team is expected to take between fifteen to twenty days moving the giant cargo from Katima-Mulilo Border Post in Sesheke to Solwezi district.
Hundreds of excited Sesheke residents, yesterday thronged the no-man’s land between the Namibian and Zambian Border Posts to have a glimpse of the abnormal load, which crossed to the Zambian side at around 1440hrs.
