Ports of Mozambique, Maputo

The Subject “Ports of Mozambique” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Logistics Courses: Transport in Africa, Maritime Transport.

Course: Business in East Africa.

Masters: Transport in Africa, Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: African Business, Global Logistics, World Trade.

Languages: or Portos de Mozambique Ports du Mozambique Puertos de Mozambique.

Ports of Mozambique.

The largest ports of Mozambique are:

1. Port of Maputo;
2. Port of Nacala;
3. Port of Beira.

Mozambican corridors:

1. Maputo Development Corridor;
2. Nacala Road Corridor Project.

Port of Maputo (Mozambique).

1. The Port of Maputo is located on the West side of Maputo Bay (Indian Ocean);
2. Concession to the Maputo Port Development Company;
3. Distances from the Port of Maputo:
   1. 120 kilometers to the South African border (Ressano Garcia);
   2. 80 kilometers from Eswatini (Namaacha).
4. Two areas. Access Channel (Maputo Bay). Northern Channel (Canal do Norte);
5. Eleven Terminals: Maputo cargo terminals, Matola Bulk Terminals, Aço Terminal (bulk minerals);
6. Main Import/Export products of the Port of Maputo: bulk minerals (chrome ore, iron ore, nickel), sugar, vehicles, coal, and vegetable oils;
7. Managementof the Port of Maputo: Ports and Railways Company of Mozambique (Rail Transport in Africa).

Maputo Development Corridor

1. Access to nine landlocked regions of South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga);
2. Gauteng (South Africa)
   1. The largest gold producing region in the World (40% of the South African GDP);
   2. One of the most industrial areas of South Africa.
3. Access to Pretoria (Capital of South Africa), and Witwatersrand (Ekurhuleni), Johannesburg Mogale City;
4. Access to Phalabourwa (petrochemical complex);
5. From Limpopo (mining production), access to Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe;
6. Mpumalanga: 76% of the coal mining of South Africa. Electricity;
7. Multimodal corridor: port, road, and rail.

Port of Nacala

1. The Port of Nacala is one of the largest natural deepwater port in the region;
2. Transshipment Port;
3. Four cargo berths;
4. One container berth;
5. General cargo terminal;
6. Liquid bulk terminal;
7. 8 warehouses (21,000 m²);
8. Access to the Northern regions of Mozambique;
9. Access to Malawi by Nacala Railway (931 kilometers); the Port of Nacala is the closest port of Malawi;
10. Nacala Road Corridor Project (NRCP);
11. Access to Zambia (inland Port of Chipata).

Port of Beira

1. Located at the Pungwe Estuary (Indian Ocean);
2. Depth: 8-10 meters;
3. Warehouses: 15,000 m²;
4. Multi-Purpose Container Terminal (645 meters);
5. Beira Grain Terminal;
6. Project: port expansion. Coal facilities. General cargo terminals.

Access to landlocked markets of Southern and Eastern Africa

1. Harare (Zimbabwe): 559 kilometers and Bulawayo: 726 kilometers;
2. Beira-Machipanda Railway (Zimbabwe) (318 kilometers);
3. Blantyre (Malawi): 812 kilometers and Lilongwe (950 kilometers);
4. Lusaka (Zambia): 1054 kilometers and Kitwe (1,370 kilometers);
5. Access to Lubumbashi (the Democratic Republic of the Congo): 1,600 kilometers.

The Port of Maputo belongs to the East African Economic Area (African Civilization).

African Regional Economic Communities related to the Port of Maputo:

1. SADC (Southern African Development Community);
2. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement.

Trans-African Roads.

1. Beira-Lobito Corridor;
2. North-South Corridor.

More information about Mozambique (EENI African Business Portal).

1. Transport and logistics in Mozambique;
2. Nampula;
3. Quelimane.

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