Reduced freight handling in the rail sector on the Nacala Logistics and Northern Development Corridors is expected to lead to a slight slowdown in traffic by about 1.9%.

However, the government estimates growth at 2.9% in the maritime sector, 13.8% in road, 3.2% in air and 1.8% in pipeline. These projections may be driven by consolidation of maritime cabotage services, recovery in economic activities and the revision of air cargo security charges (TSA) to encourage the cargo transportation segment.

The newspaper Notícias avers that the Rail Transport sector will slow down to about 12%, due to the reduction in the flow of goods in transit and commodity prices in the international market that tend to decrease.

On the other hand, the Road sector is expected to grow by about 8.2% by the entry into operation of new buses across the country, with an impact on the reduction of waiting time at stops, frequency and passenger safety.

Output is also expected to increase by about 6.8% with passenger movement, justified by the resumption of unrestricted transport activities.

In the Air Transport sector, the growth of 2.2% should be justified by the increase in domestic and regional traffic, encouraged by the resumption of domestic flights in the normal schedule and the possible resumption of tourist activity and flow.

The volume of service provision in the Communications sector is expected to perform positively by growing by 7.5%. This will be supported by the use of postal and mobile telephony services, which are expected to grow by 21.1% and 8%, respectively.