Three Chinese companies, including China Gezhouba Group Company Limited, has been awarded tenders to upgrade the railway line between Walvis Bay and Kranzberg, according to Works and Transport Ministry Executive Director Willem Goeiemann.
Xinhua had been briefed that a joint venture between two Chinese companies Qingjian Group and Unik Construnction Engineering won the tender for the section between Arandis and Kranzberg.
The Walvis Bay to Kranzberg rail project is being funded through part of a loan secured by the Namibian government from the African Development Bank.
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