The Ministry of Transport and Logistics announced on Wednesday 19 February that studies are underway to solve the problems of truck congestion at the access to the Port of Beira, one of the most important in the country, located in Sofala province, in the central region.
‘The Beira corridor faces a challenge related to congestion at the points that give access to the port. We are therefore evaluating some mechanisms to solve this problem,’ explained the Minister of Transport and Logistics, João Matlombe, during a visit to the infrastructure.
The minister emphasised the possibility of creating alternative routes and that, to this end, joint work is underway with Cornelder de Moçambique (the entity responsible for managing the Port of Beira), Caminhos-de-Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) and the local private sector.
In the first seven months of 2024, the Port of Beira’s general cargo terminal recorded an overall increase of 24 per cent compared to the same period in 2023. The container terminal also showed robust growth of 40 per cent, handling 226,000 containers in comparison. Zimbabwe continues to be the biggest user of the Port of Beira for exports, with products such as chrome, lithium, petalite and tobacco.
In 2023, the government announced an investment of 290 million dollars to expand and modernise the port infrastructure, with a view to increasing container handling capacity from the current 300,000 to 700,000 a year.
