{"id":842,"date":"2025-05-04T09:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T09:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmz.co.mz\/operacoes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T19:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:00:19","slug":"operations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpmz.co.mz\/en\/what-we-do\/operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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40 years complying with the highest international standards.<\/h2>\n \n
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CPMZ\u2019s operations are focused on the management and upkeep of the pipeline that links the port of Beira to Feruka in Zimbabwe and ensure optimum safety and reliability conditions. Its excellent performance is based on a successful combination: state-of-the-art technology, robust infrastructure and highly qualified teams.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We strive for ongoing improvement in the quality of the service we provide and ongoing monitoring of the best practices applied in this industry. CPMZ renovated the pipeline completely between 2008 and 2014 and, since 2018, it has been working on a project to gradually increase the number of cubic metres it can transport.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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World-class technology<\/h2>\n
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We receive the fuel directly at the port of Beira and, by means of pumping operations backed by a strict control system, we transport the product to Feruka, in Zimbabwe, through a 294-kilometre pipeline of 10 inches in diameter. Besides the pipeline, CPMZ\u2019s assets include pumping stations at Beira and Maforga (Manica) and administrative facilities in Beira and Maputo, as well as a reception terminal at Feruka, in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

Along the entire fuel transport line, the pumps and equipment used by CPMZ meet the highest engineering standards. It has a complex fuel pumping infrastructure with equipment and systems based on cutting-edge technologies, a world industry benchmark in hydrocarbon processing and transport facilities.<\/p>\n

We guarantee real-time monitoring of the pipeline and everything that happens in the pumping stations by using an advanced control system for pumping operations. Our system has three technological aspects:<\/p>\n

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  1. Extremely reliable hardware.
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  2. Software based on SCADA<\/strong> (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) technologies, internationally recognised for their ability to transform industrial system monitoring data into intelligent information to support decision-making, effective control and critical event management.
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  3. Modern telemetry system. <\/strong>Our high-tech operations are carried out by an experienced and highly qualified team. Circa 30% of CPMZ\u2019s employees are technical staff. This high level of technical know-how bolsters our in-house ability to make repairs and deal with other maintenance needs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In this mix of experience and innovation, CPMZ\u2019s history is testimony to the reliability of our operations which are designed to cope with unforeseen events. The quality of the assets, remote monitoring of the entire pipeline and teams that are always ready minimise the risk of failures and guarantee an immediate response in different scenarios. After Cyclone Idai destroyed much of the Beira area in 2019, CPMZ was able to resume operations in just 10 days.<\/p>\n

    Our operations are fully certified at the environmental and energy level, in accordance with the applicable legal requirements.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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    Serial pumping<\/h2>\n
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    CPMZ has been working on a new serial pumping project since 2022 in cooperation with PZL, the company that operates the Feruka-Harare pipeline. The goal is to establish an interconnection between the CPMZ pipeline (Beira-Feruka) and the PZL pipeline (Feruka-Harare) as if they were one single infrastructure.<\/p>\n

    The new Beira-Harare arrangement will make it possible to have greater flexibility for transport operations by responding more efficiently to different needs: the fuel injected at the port of Beira can be unloaded directly in Harare, directly in Feruka, or have a mixed-distribution model (part of the product stays in the Feruka tanks and part is transported to Harare).<\/p>\n

    Just like the installed capacity expansion project, the serial pumping project will help realise CPMZ\u2019s strategic vision and improve the supply from Beira to the hinterland via Harare.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Mr. Ken Frederick Scheepers, ex-General Manager and Board member of CPMZ, and Mr. John Neville, ex-Operations Manager<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Soil compacting in the pipeline trench after repair operations<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Workers at the CPMZ terminal in Feruka (Mutare, Zimbabwe)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Welded pipe about to be placed in the trench (Baixa do P\u00fangu\u00e8, 2015)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Routine training for pipeline welders at Maforga<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Pumping command and monitoring console at the CPMZ terminal in Feruka<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Workers removing the pipeline cleaning PIG on the reception ramp of the Maforga platform<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Instrument calibration in the outflow section of the Maforga station<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Beira station workers at the northern entrance to the pumping platform<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Maforga station workers at the southern entrance to the pumping platform<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Beira station manifold<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Distributed control system panel at the Feruka terminal, in Zimbabwe<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n