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Maputo likely to handle 14-m tonnes of cargo this year

The cargo handled at the port of Maputo may total 14 million tonnes (mt) this year according to projections from the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC), the port's manager, reports macauhub.

Osório Lucas, the interim chief executive of MPDC said that in the last eight years the port had seen the cargo it handles triple, from 4- mt in 2003 to 11.8-mt in 2011.

Cited by daily newspaper Notícias, Lucas said that the approved expansion plan outlined that the volume of cargo handled at the port would reach 40-mt in the next five to six years.

This projection is based on an expected increase in bulk and general cargo from 2-mt at the moment to 8-mt per year as well as a rise in the amounts exported via the Coal Terminal, from 6-mt now to 30-mt per year, 20-mt of which will be coal and 10-mt will be magnetite.

The port of Maputo includes the container terminals managed by DP World; the vehicle and coal terminals managed by Grindrod; the sugar terminal managed by Maputo Sugar Terminal (Stam); the citrus fruit terminal operated by Fresh Produce Terminals (FTP) Moçambique; and the grain, aluminium and fuel terminals (all in Matola) managed by state company Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM).


Source: ftwOnline