Port News

After a training initiative which started in November 2012, an additional 16 young tallies (3 women, and 13 men) joined the MPDC family during the month of October. This represents an investment of the company in human capital development, whereby over an eight months, almost 100 youngsters with a minimum schooling level of 12th grade, […]

On 18 August 2013, MPDC achieved a milestone for the highest volume of Iron Ore being loaded onto a vessel with 56 266  tons. The previous record was 54 973 tons loaded in in April this year. During this  operation, there was another highlight: the 1 000th train for 2013 was offloaded carrying cargo from

Recently graduated students from the Industrial and IT Institute Armando Emílio Guebuza – Mozal, have integrated a training program at MPDC’s Plant & Equipment Department. This program aims to respond to the need for ongoing maintenance of the new Liebherr pay loaders acquired by MPDC in the beginning of the year. This is not the first

During the third week of June, the car terminal was “flooded” with vehicles, more precisely 5000 units. The current park became too small to fit them, so the vehicles had to be positioned alongside the quay until embarkment. The car terminal has had an enormous growth in the past 6 months. With the Phase 2 Expansion almost in

A landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on the 3rd of June between Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and the Maputo Ports Development Company (MPDC) that will pave the way for co-operation between the two port authorities. “The MoU opens up collaboration on matters of common interest in areas of infrastructure development, engineering, training and marine

Under the contract signed between the Maputo Port Development Company and P&O Maritime, the company to which the management and operation of the Maritime Service wasoutsourced, including pilotage tugs and mooring,a new pilot’s boat has arrived at the Maputo Port. The vessel was inaugurated by His Excellency the Minister of Transport and Communications, Paulo Francisco

New Port Safety Standards, complying with the Fatal Risk Standards,  will be enforced with effect from 1 May 2013 in all the Port of Maputo operational area. The port’s operational area commences from Gate 1 (Bairro Luis Cabral) up to the boom near the Port Directors building. The following standards will be applied withing this area: Mandatory

Six of the twelve Liebherr pay loaders ordered last year are already part of the fleet of operating equipment at the Port of Maputo. The new equipment will allow reducing truck unloading time, improving vessel productivity (causing no disruption between the stocks and the ship) as well as improved inventory management. “The loaders are our

In order to reduce truck congestion along the N4 and at the port’s Gate Number 1, MPDC has initiated a series of works that will allow a faster truck turn-around. A project for widening the trucks access to the port is currently under way: in addition to the present two lanes (one for entering and

The Port of Maputo handled last year, 15 million tons of cargo, over three million compared to 2011, opening more business opportunities for national companies of around 266 million meticais. This value refers to business conducted only in the last four months of the year, when MPDC opened a total of 12 tenders under its strategic development

The new Customs Transit Legislation has been approved and published in the Official Gazzete. The new legislation will benefit most of the Port of Maputo’s hinterland clients, as about 80% of the total cargoes handled are transit cargoes. The main changes are that bonds are now calculated based on the 35 % of Customs revenues risk,