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Deputy Transport Minister Manuela Rebelo on Tuesday inaugurated five new access lanes to the container terminal.
The central Mozambican port of Beira has more than tripled its capacity to handle containers, reports Wednesday’s issue of the Maputo daily “Noticias”.
Deputy Transport Minister Manuela Rebelo on Tuesday inaugurated five new access lanes to the container terminal.
The increased facility of movement to and from the terminal, and a three hectare increase in the size of the terminal will allow it to handle 700,000 containers a year, rather than the current figure of 200,000.
The Dutch company Cornelder, which manages Beira port, invested 6.2 million US dollars in the new access lanes, which are intended to increase the competitiveness of the port, and its capacity to attract traffic from other countries of the SADC (Southern African Development Community) region, such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Rebelo said it had always been the government’s dream to make Beira a competitive port, and to ensure a continual increase in traffic through the port. She urged Cornelder to continue its investments so as reduce the time taken in handling cargo, and to practice “competitive tariffs”.
The Corndelder managing director, Jan de Vries, said the new access infrastructure will increase the terminal’s capacity to receive containers, particularly at peak periods. Previously just one road led into the container terminal with one lane in each direction, which caused congestion.
The inauguration of the new roads in the port, de Vries, said coincides with work to deepen the port’s access channel. This dredging began in November and will continue until April 2018. The deeper access channel will allow ships of up to 60,000 tonnes to dock at Beira at any time of day or night.
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