A maintenance dredging to the Port of Maputo quays is scheduled to begin in a months’ time, using TNPA’s brand new dredging vessel Italeni. This campaign will ensure that all quays are returned to their designed depth.
The contract for the dredging was signed on Wednesday, 3rd of September, at the Port of Durban, South Africa. The agreement to use Italeni, a 750 m3 grab hopper dredger, forms part of an MoU signed with TNPA in June last year, with both ports commiting to stŕenghting relationships.
The MoU with TNPA has resulted in the training of employees at TNPA’s Maritime School of Excellence, the acquisition and refurbishment of Ntwanano tugboat (on its way to Maputo), as well as the new dredger vessel- Italeni which will be heading to the Port of Maputo in two weeks’ time to assist with the dredging of the port.
“The signing of the Italenicontract is evidence that the Port of Maputo and the ports of South Africa are not in competition but are collaborating to realise the regional economic integration as the world is pinning its hope on the African continent for economic growth. These are benefits of a relationship that started a few years ago,” said Mr. Osório Lucas, Chief Executive Officer for the Maputo Port Development Company
