Mozambique: New logistics terminal in Maputo province eases pressure on borders

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Mozambique: New logistics terminal in Maputo province eases pressure on borders

3:14 CAT | 15 Apr 2025

Photo: Domingo

The company Corredor Logístico de Maputo (CLM) has invested US$50 million in a logistics terminal already in operation, with a view to boosting the handling of goods in transit and the short-term storage of essential food products for the national market.

Its warehouses have a capacity of over 50,000 tons, built over 30 hectares, with an additional 10,000 square metres of open area for goods that can be stored outside.

Domingo has learned that this terminal is relieving customs clearance pressure on the border posts of Namaacha, Goba and Ressano Garcia in Maputo province, reducing the logistical costs of transporting goods.

According to CLM Chairman of the Board of Directors (PCA), Clávio Macuácua, integrated services including the Mozambique Tax Authority (AT), Kudumba MC-Net, the National Migration Service (SENAMI), customs brokers and freight forwarders have been installed at the location to make cargo handling more flexible.

Macuácua also said that this investment aims to stimulate the creation of a dry port to boost logistics corridors and cabotage services to help transport cargo at affordable prices, potentially reducing the cost of living by around 40%, since the final price of any product is dictated by logistics costs.

He added that “in the coming days, construction work will begin on 22,000 square metres of warehouse space to meet market needs, since there is a lot of cargo that does not pass through the Port of Maputo because there are no customs facilities for goods in transit”.

In turn, Minister of Transport and Logistics João Matlombe, who visited the terminal on Friday, said that the additional capacity will boost the flow of goods in transit and relieve pressure on border posts, where trucks can wait for more than five hours for customs procedures.

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Minister Matlombe also said that the most important thing for customs clearance is the simplification and ease that must be created for transporters. “Trucks will enter and leave with everything resolved at a single point, because if they had to pass through several sections, obviously, they would have to wait longer, which has a high cost in logistics.”

According to the Minister, the warehouses are located at an easily accessible point and trucks can enter and leave without creating congestion. “We believe that the dry port will not directly impact the normal flow of day-to-day traffic in the city and province of Maputo.”

Regarding the ‘One-Stop’ project at the Ressano Garcia border post between Mozambique and South Africa, Matlombe said that efforts were being made by the governments of both countries to sign the concession agreement, stressing that the operationalisation of this initiative will increase the volume of cargo transported and promote industrialisation in the Maputo Corridor.

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The Minister added that the ‘one-stop border’ would respond to national and regional demand for modern infrastructure, allowing the country to further exploit its geostrategic position.

“The One-Stop border system involves reducing the time spent on complying with bureaucratic aspects when entering and leaving the two countries. Our expectation is that, from the next six months onwards, we will be able to integrate the systems,” he said.

Source: Jornal Domingo