Port News

As it is usual in this festive season, MPDC will stop normal operations at 1500h of the 24th of December and will resume all operations on the 26th of December at 0700h. The same stoppages will be observed on the 31st of December at 1500h and returning on the 2nd of January at 0700h. MPDC […]

Born and raised in Durban, Gerhard Botha worked for SA Port Operations for more than 26 years. He first started as Industrial Relations Manager (1989), then Human Resources Manager (1993), Special Projects Manager (1997), and several other management positions until he was Operations Manager. In 2006, DP World invited him to go to Djibouti as

The Baroness Lynda Chalker visited the Port of Maputo on the 3rd of December, with the objective of getting to know the potential of the port, in order to attract foreign investment. Lady Chalker is Chairman of Africa Matters Limited, an independent consultancy which provides advice and assistance to companies initiating,developing or growing their activities

The Port of Maputo has been breaking some serious productivity records and the latest examples are the proof of this: on the 15th and 16th of November, M/V Zhon Shaw Hai ship called to the Port of Maputo, in a operation of loading of chrome ore concentrate with grabs system. In this operation, the team

One of main areas of MPDC’s Corporate Social Responsibility Programme is the investment in education. Besides an internal training programme, MPDC has been trying to select some external education projects which contribute for the country’s development. It was on this context that in November a laptop was donated to the Signal Language Training Center –

It started on the 15th of November and it goes up until the middle of March. For an updated schedule, please click on the “Cruise Schedule” button on our main page.

In the end of October 74 people from MPDC staff took part in training in ISPS Code. The ISPS Code results from the amendments done to the Maritime Conventions after the 09/11. After the theory session, the participants went to the ground to verify the current practices in the Port of Maputo and how far

Thirty-four (34) of MPDC’s employees are now able to provide medical first-aid. The training was given by Moz First Aid on the 12th-16th of September, in the company’s premises. The first-aid trainees are all representatives of their teams or team-leaders and are the first employees in the company to receive such a training. The Environment,

The Minister-President of Flanders, a region in Belgium, Kris Peeters visited Port Maputo no the 24th of August. In the visit committee were also included the representatives of Antwerp, Gent and Zeebrudge ports, as well as others delegates of the Flanders Government. The visit included a brief discussion session about the Port Maputo’s Master Plan

New regulation requires information on its freight 24 hours before it is sent. The big European shipping lineshave already warned their clients thatthey have to comply with the new European regulations otherwise they may face fines or find that their freight remains on land. In terms of the new law introduced on 1 January of

Port users must comply with new regulation, failing which their businesses shall be affected. Since the beginning of August 2011the campaign to disclose the new rules of access to the precinct of the Port of Maputo have been underway. The objective of the new security regulation is to limit the number of vehicles which circulate