Port of Beira making a loss due to Renamo attacks – Sofala government

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Port of Beira making a loss due to Renamo attacks – Sofala government

1:26 CAT | 17 Aug 2016

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The port of Beira in Sofala is feeling the effects of Renamo attacks in various parts of the country, which are resulting in reduced freight traffic to and from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and DR Congo, the port’s main customers.

Speaking at the end of the Seventh Ordinary Session of the Sofala government, which reviewed the current security situation in the region, spokesman Hélcio Canda said that the situation was resulting in huge economic losses not only for the Mozmbique but also for other Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states.

Attacks are taking place on National Highway Number One on the Muxungué-Save and Nhamapaza-Caia sections in Sofala province, and Mopeia-Nicoadala and Mocuba-Nhampevo in Zambezia, and also on National Highway Number Seven between Báruè and Guro in Manica. The Sofala government says that armed Renamo actions on the Dondo-Cheringoma road are also hindering the free movement of people and goods.

Losses caused by the suspension of coal transport from Moatize in Tete to Beira on the Sena railway line because of attacks on Brazilian operator Vale trains are in the order of 50 million meticais a day.

Canda, the Director of Transport and Communications in Sofala, said that the armed incursions were happening just as the Mozambique Ports and Railways public company was investing around EUR 163 million increasing the Sena line capacity from 6.5 to 20 million tons per year over a distance of 575 kilometres.

Source: Notícias