Sitarail, a subsidiary of Bolloré Transport & Logistics, took delivery at the Port of Abidjan of a new CFA2bn (US$3m) tamping-levelling-lining machine for maintenance on the railway between Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso.
The next-generation equipment helps to position rails correctly and to detect infrastructure failures in order to restore the best possible track parameters.
Quintin Gerard, managing director of Sitarail, said: “The acquisiton of this new ultra-modern tamper is a strategic investment that is part of the modernisation of our maintenance tools, with the aim of improving the safety of our rail transport equipment.
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