The Minister of Transport and Logistics, João Matlombe, said on Wednesday (19) that the Mozambican government is determined to ensure that the performance, efficiency and competitiveness of the Port of Beira, in Sofala, located in central Mozambique, is improved. Speaking during a visit to the port infrastructure, he explained that the congestion of trucks in the...
Yesterday, Sunday (24), the Port of Beira received one of the largest cargo ships in the world, named "MSC SHANELLE", which is 300 meters long and has the capacity to carry 1,800 containers of various cargoes. According to the newspaper Notícias, this is the third time that a ship of this category has called at the Mozambican port, after the MSC...
This Tuesday (10), Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) dispatched its first fuel train to neighboring Malawi, via the Dona Ana-Vila Nova da Fronteira branch, in the central province of Tete. "The train left the Port of Beira with 48 tank trainers (24 platforms), and its final destination was the city of Marka,...
The governments of Mozambique and Zimbabwe intend to turn the Port of Beira into a logistics corridor for supplying fuel to the Interland countries. The intention was expressed yesterday, Thursday (29), in the city of Beira, by the President of the Republic during the inauguration of the Mozambique-Zimbabwe Pipeline Company's gas pipeline platforms. Quoted by...
The general cargo terminal at the Port of Beira, in Sofala province, central Mozambique, reached a historic milestone last July, with a monthly record of 442,000 tons handled (TEU), compared to 199,000 in the same period last year, representing a growth of 122%. The information was provided by...
The Port of Beira could reach an all-time containerized cargo handling record of 400,000 TEU's by the end of this year. This historic milestone, which is almost a given, according to Rádio Moçambique, will be achieved thanks to the new markets of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe, which have recently been conquered. A...
Cornelder de Moçambique, through its General Cargo Terminal, recently set a new productivity record for the shipment of granite blocks, achieving an average daily gross productivity of 6,357 tons, which exceeds the general average of 3,400 tons per day. The operation was carried out in 39 hours, between the 28...
The poor state of the roads that allow access to the interland countries from Sofala province is one of the main causes for the loss of cargo handled at the Port of Beira. According to the President of the Commercial Association of Beira (ACB), Félix Machado, this year more than 500,000 tons...
The company Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) will invest just over seven billion meticais in the rehabilitation and construction of the second oil terminal at the port of Beira, in Sofala. The information was provided by the chairman of the board of directors of CFM, Agostinho Langa. Langa, quoted by...
The Port of Beira, located in Sofala province and whose container and general cargo terminals are concessioned to Cornelder de Moçambique (CdM), recently received the MV Floriana VI, the largest ship in length ever to dock at its berth. The Swiss-flagged MV Floriana VI, which uses the...