7月9日上午,在大连港杂货码头大连湾作业区,5台CKD8F型内燃机车相继被两个80吨级的船吊,平稳地吊运至南非籍“萨巴号”货轮甲板上。这艘巨轮承载着非洲人民的希望,即将驶向有“非洲宝石”之称的安哥拉共和国。这是享有“机车摇篮”美誉的中国北车集团大连机车车辆有限公司,首次向安哥拉出口内燃机车。1997年以来,大连机车公司研制的内燃机车曾三次进入非洲市场,分别出口坦赞、尼日利亚和刚果(金)。正是受到大连机车公司出口多个非洲国家的辐射影响, On the morning of July 9, five CKD8F diesel locomotives at Dalian Port General Cargo Terminal Dalian Bay Operation Area were successively lifted to South Africa’s “Saba” freighter deck by two 80-ton ship cranes in succession . This huge ship carries the hope of the African people and is about to head toward the Republic of Angola, which is called “African Gem.” This is CNR’s Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co., Ltd., enjoying the reputation of “locomotive cradle” for exporting diesel locomotives to Angola for the first time. Since 1997, the diesel locomotive developed by Dalian Locomotive Company has entered the African market three times, exporting Tanzania, Nigeria and Congo respectively. It is affected by the radiation effects of Dalian Locomotive Company exporting to several African countries,