Mozambique: Northern Development Corridor surpasses freight transport target by 41%

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Mozambique: Northern Development Corridor surpasses freight transport target by 41%

12:55 CAT | 29 May 2018

A comissão política da Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo) apelou hoje à calma dos militantes e remeteu para sábado, na cidade da Beira, o anúncio das cerimónias fúnebres do líder do partido, Afonso Dhlakama, Beira, Moçambique, 4 de amio de 2018. "A comissão política nacional apela a todos os membros, simpatizantes e sociedade em geral [para terem] muita calma e coragem. Amanhã [sábado] anunciaremos o programa das exéquias fúnebres" e respetivas datas, referiu Ossufo Momade, chefe do departamento de defesa da Renamo. RICARDO FRANCO/LUSA

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Nearly 100,000 tons of miscellaneous cargo were transported in the first three months of 2018 by the Northern Development Corridor (CDN) on freight trains connecting the strategic city of Nacala to Malawi and Zambia.

The figure represents a 41 percent excess over the estimate for the period under review, where the railroad concessionaire in the northern region and the port of Nacala had expected to transport 79,955 tons of miscellaneous cargo.

This positive performance is due to the quality of the services provided by the CDN and the good condition of the railroad, combined with the increase in freight transport to Niassa as a result of the reduction of the tariff on the Nacala-Lichinga line from 2,900 to 2,150 meticais, effective from February this year.

“During the first three months we shipped a lot of clinker and fertilisers to Zambia, and we recorded a large flow of cargo to Lichinga, factors which contributed to our exceeding our target,” Dário Viegas, head of Commercial at CDN, says.

In the second quarter of this year, CDN’s challenge is to seek the improvements needed to meet existing demand, and as a consequence, improve its performance.

On the passenger side, a total of 119,470 persons were transported during the period under review, against 84,544 in the same period last year.

From January to March, 294 trains travelled the Nampula-Cuamba, Cuamba-Lichinga and Cuamba-Entre Lagos sections.

Source: CDN / Press Release