Mozambican authorities revamp port logistics service – AIM

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Mozambican authorities revamp port logistics service – AIM

7:53 CAT | 02 Nov 2020

Malawian Minister of Transport and Public Works, Mohamed Mia (left) with Mozambique’s Transport Minister, Janfar Abdulai. [ Photo: Ministério dos Transportes e Comunicações]

The Mozambican authorities are carrying out a wide range of interventions intended to revamp the logistics service for the import and export of commodities to and from Malawi, which uses the Nacala and Beira corridors, in northern and central Mozambique, for much of its international trade.

Malawi uses these corridors to import basic food supplies, fertilisers, fuel, building materials among other commodities, but also to send its exports, such as tobacco, onto the international market.

Aiming to improve bilateral relations, the Malawian Minister of Transport and Public Works, Mohamed Mia, last week paid a visit to Nacala and Beira ports to assess, on the ground, their operating procedures. The visit comes as a follow up of the decisions taken recently at the meeting between the presidents of the two countries, Filipe Nyusi and Lazarus Chakwera.

The Malawians have expressed concern regarding the warehousing capacity for their commodities as well as the delays in the berthing of cargo ships. However, Mozambique’s Transport Minister, Janfar Abdulai, assured the visiting delegation that these concerns have been overcome.

Malawi wants to increase by 67 per cent its use of the Nacala corridor, a move that poses a great challenge to the Nacala port management but, according to a report in the Maputo daily “Noticias”, work is underway to improve the output and efficiency in the port’s operations.

Abdm — *Photo: Ministério dos Transportes e Comunicações*

“We see this visit as an opportunity to review the progress and challenges the two countries face in the field of transport, in particular on the necessary speed for importing and exporting to and from Malawi,” Abdulai said.

The port of Nacala has received 300 million US dollars of investment that will expand and improve cargo handling capacity.

Reforms are also underway in the customs clearance of commodities in transit to Malawi from the ports of Nacala and Beira. Abdulai assured the Malawian delegation that the work to expand and improve port and railway infrastructure will continue in order to give them capacity to answer the increasing demand from the cargo transport sector.

Source: AIM