Mozambique: Government approves Ressano Garcia International Road Freight Terminal concession contract under PPP

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Mozambique: Government approves Ressano Garcia International Road Freight Terminal concession contract under PPP

9:56 CAT | 30 Oct 2025

Mozambique has concessioned the construction and operation, for ten years and under a public-private partnership, of the Ressano Garcia International Road Freight Terminal, the country’s main commercial border crossing with South Africa, it was announced on Tuesday.

According to the government, the Council of Ministers at Tuesday’s meeting reviewed and approved the decree approving the terms of the concession contract for the management of the terminal.

The newly-approved decree establishes “the legal basis that allows the concession” of the infrastructure.

The concession will work “under a public-private partnership, to a private operator, for the construction, operation, maintenance, management, and return to the state of the infrastructures of the Ressano Garcia International Road Freight Terminal, for the commercial operation of cross-border public services for a period of ten years”, explained cabinet spokesperson Inocêncio Impissa.

He added that, based on the approved terms, the concessionaire – whose name has not been disclosed – “must, within a maximum period of 18 months, carry out modernisation actions of the existing Ressano Garcia International Road Terminal at Kilometre 4” – the one used by heavy goods vehicles – as well as the “construction of the tourist border from scratch with capacity to accommodate the services of all public stakeholders in the migration process, one-third of which as social contribution from the concessionaire”.

The concessionaire must also carry out “improvements in the traffic system in the border area, including an increase in the number of traffic lanes and the construction of a viaduct for the access bypass” to the Ressano Garcia International Freight Terminal, as well as the creation of a new exit from the terminal “to improve flow and efficiency in truck management”.

South Africa is the foremost supplier of products to Mozambique, and is one of the main destinations of Mozambican exports. In addition, it uses the country’s ports, especially Maputo, to export various products, including minerals.

Source: Lusa