Port News

The Minister of Transports and Communication, Carlos Mesquita, has visited the Port of Maputo on the 11th of May 2015. His first official work visit to the Port had the objective of seeing the expansion and rehabilitation works done at the port in the last two years, as well as getting an insight on the […]

MPDC, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH), offered on May 7, 150 desks to the Primary School 5º Bairro in Chokwe, Gaza province. The 150 double-seater school desks are part of a batch of 2,000 desks offered by MPDC and other partners of the port to MINEDH, in order to

The process to select the company to dredge the Maputo Port access channel is underway. The dredging of the channel from its current -11 meter vessel draft to allow for sailing vessels with drafts of up to 14.2 meters is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2015 after a contractor has been selected.

MPDC (Maputo Port Development Company) has just commissioned two Liebherr mobile harbor cranes with a view of improving efficiency and productivity levels in cargo handling. The two LHM550 cranes have a 144-ton lift capacity and will allow an increase in productivity that can go up to 300%. The cranes, currently in production, will arrive at

The Port of Maputo will host, on the 22nd and 23rd of January, the 9th Indian Ocean Ports & Logistics Conference and Exhibition at the Girassol Indy Congress Hotel & SPA. This international trade event designed to promote transportation and logistics in the Indian Ocean region, comprises two days of a world class exhibition and a

As part of a fundraiser for the construction of a school for CERCI, National Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of Maladjusted Citizens, a non-profit organization that operates a school for children and young adults with developmental disabilities, MPDC (Maputo Port Development Company) and CFM (Mozambique Ports and Railways National Company) promoted a gala Opera

MSC Opera, a cruise ship with a Length of 251 m (823 ft) and capacity to accommodate 1712 passengers in 856 cabins, has opened today, 18th November,   the cruise season 2014/2015.   Although short – it is a 10 hours visit to Maputo – the tourists have the opportunity to explore a bit of our downtown.   

Maintenance dredging to the Port of Maputo quays will begin on Friday, 24th October, using TNPA’s brand new dredging vessel Italeni. This campaign will ensure that all quays are returned to their designed depth and the dredger is expected to remove approximately 25,000cum of dredged material. The contract for the dredging was signed last month

The Port of Maputo has acquired two mechanical sweeper trucks for sweeping of the main road and operational areas of the port including the quayside. These sweeper trucks, that were acquired from the Dutch company Ravo, aim to replace the old trucks that were not suitable for this kind of operation. The Ravo trucks are

The Port of Maputo is attending a capacity building work program led by the southern Africa and islands hydrographic commission (SAIHC) in partnership with the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The course will give the participants an understanding of the requirements, principals and conduction of hydrographic surveying for national purposes. The course has duration of two

A large-scale vessel from the Mediterranean Shipping Company, called E.R. Yantian, arrived  on 1st October at the port of Maputo, this becoming the biggest vessel to ever call this port. This container vessel has 45000 gross tones, a capacity of 4300 TEUs and a length of 260.1 meters. The vessel is coming from the Port