Port News

A consortium between dredging companies Rohde-Nielsen and Emodraga has been appointed to execute a maintenance dredge of the channel starting towards the end of July with works expected to take 4 to 6 weeks. The channel will be re-certified at 11.0m below chart datum after completion and surveying. Only until completion of the maintenance dredge, […]

The Port of Maputo hosted a blood donation action on the 14th of June coordinated by the US Embassy in Maputo and the US naval ship Swift which visited Maputo on a seven day stay. Other actions organized by the US Marines were the distribution of medicines to Zimbabwe, goods to two orphanages in Maputo

Dredging works were concluded on the 27th of May in the bulk cargo berth, or berth 15. With an extension of 185 meters, the berth was dredged in order to reach -12 meters C.D. The objective was to dredge the berth to its last capital dredging depth, thus solving the problems some ships had when

MPDC has recently defined it’s 5 year strategy which targets a volume growth to 30 million tons until 2016. To attain this objective and also to maximize efficiency, the company has redefined its structure, including the creation of new positions which were not covered in the previous organizational chart. To garantee the sustainability of this

It was held on the 19th of April, in Indy Village Congress SPA, in Maputo, the second edition of the Port Maputo’s annual conference, with the theme “Port Maputo’s Expansion Plans, Logistics Solutions and the Port’s connectivity to international markets”. About 300 people attended the conference, amongst clients, port users, navigation and shipping agents, government

As a way to solve some navigation problems in the access channel to the Port of Maputo, MPDC has collaborated with INAHINA’s technicians in order to update the nautical chart. The updated nautical chart was presented to the shipping agents on the 16th of January 2012. The new chart is already for sale at the

Noting rising fuel prices and traffic congestion at Durban harbour that will be exacerbated in the near future by port construction, the Citrus Growers’ Association (CGA) of SA is again urging its growers in northern areas to use Maputo. However, to utilise Maputo, citrus product movers will have to leave the comfort zone of containerised

Grindrod Limited and the Vitol Group, one of the world’s largest energy trading businesses, have entered into an agreement effective 1 January 2012. Vitol will acquire from Grindrod a 35% interest in the company which owns the Maputo coal terminal concession for a consideration of US$67.7 million. Grindrod was awarded the concession to operate this

The volume of cargo handled by the Limpopo railway line could reach 700,000 tonnes by the end of this year, according to projections by Mozambique’s publicly-owned rail and port company, CFM. These projections are based on current trends in the Zimbabwean economy, which show signs of improvement, coupled with growing regional interest in Maputo port