Mozambique government extends Maputo concession
NewsA contract extension of 25 years from 2033, and new investment aim to make Maputo an even stronger competitor to South African ports....
New Mozambican investments
NewsState-owned Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) has announced plans to invest US$200M in port and rail projects over the next th...
Illegal logging a huge problem
NewsA joint report by the United Nations and the African Union has revealed the scale of illicit goods shipped out of African ports...
Record year for Maputo
NewsThe port of Maputo handled a record 15 Mt of cargo last year, just 2 Mt short of official port capacity...
Fruit bound for Maputo
NewsThe Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative has launched a campaign to promote the use of the port of Maputo as an export option for South Afri...
Cooperation for Southern Africa
NewsRather than compete directly with other ports in Southern Africa, Transnet has announced that it will seek to conclude cooperation agreement...
Maputo extension for DPW
NewsDP World has reached an agreement with the government of Mozambique to extend is terminal operating concession at the port of Maputo until 2...
Focus on car terminals in Southern Africa
NewsMaputo could soon challenge Durban as the gateway for RSA new car traffic....
New scanners for Mozambique
NewsThe government of Mozambique has announced that new container scanners will be commissioned at the ports of Beira and Nacala before the end ...
Maputo’s private warning…
NewsAfter spending almost a decade preparing and floating tenders to enable private sector consortia to take control of most of the country’s ...
Turkey’s first purpose-built car terminal
NewsAutoport, operated by Autoport terminal Operators SA, part of leading Turkish shipping, transport and port operating company Arkas group, is...
Getting to grips with capacity problem
NewsSouth Africa is investing heavily in ports and related transport infrastructure....
A box scanner for every port?
NewsAs ports/terminals and land borders contemplate the ongoing threat of “container terrorism” and tackle increased levels of freight trans...
Scanners for Mozambique
NewsMozambique’s minister of finance, Manuel Chang, has revealed that scanners are to be installed at all the country’s international ports ...
New priorities in Southern Africa
NewsSouth African Port Operations (SAPO) has announced that it is content with improved efficiency at the nation’s ports and that it will now ...