TANGA, Oct. 12 -- THE East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) partners have successfully overcome major challenges that once threatened the multi-billion-dollar project, keeping it on track for completion by July next year, according to TPDC Board Chairman Ambassador Ombeni Sefue.

Briefing journalists after an inspection tour of the Chongoleani Terminal in Tanga City, Ambassador Sefue said the project had successfully weathered a sustained campaign by activists who had sought to discourage international financial institutions from supporting it.

He explained that the antiEACOP campaign, which targeted global financiers with claims of environmental risks, aimed to block funding and delay implementation of the project.

“I can assur...