The Mozambican Minister of Transport and Communications, Mateus Magala, recently revealed, during a working visit to the Mozambique – Zimbabwe Pipeline Company (CPMZ), in the city of Beira, Sofala province, that the country is working to expand its logistics capacity of fuel transport to meet the growing demand from the hinterland countries.
Magala advised the CPMZ (company that manages the pipeline that transports fuel from the port of Beira to Zimbabwe) and Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (the company that manages the fuel terminal at the port of Beira) to work together to increase the capacity to handle and transport fuel to Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and Zambia.
“We will opt for an integrated approach to allow the port’s reception capacity to match the needs of the end consumer, also looking at the pipeline transport infrastructure,” the minister stressed.
The CPMZ has a management capacity of about 2.2 million cubic metres of fuel per year, with prospects of a gradual increase to three million in June 2023 and five million for the coming years.
