Türkiye exports first domestic diesel-electric locomotive to Africa
Türkiye has exported its first domestically produced diesel-electric shunting locomotive, the DE 10000, to Tanzania, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has said.
The locomotive, manufactured with a 90 percent local-content rate at TÜRASAŞ’s Eskişehir plant, left Derince Port by ship on July 29.
It will travel about 3,946 nautical miles, or 7,308 kilometers, before arriving at Dar es Salaam Port and entering service in Tanzania’s railway fleet.
“We sent our DE 10000 shunting locomotive to Tanzania. A product of domestic engineering, it has set off to meet the rails in Africa,” Uraloğlu said.
