Maputo port

Maputo port, or "Maputo Port Development Company", is a corporation that operates and governs the Mozambique ports of Maputo and the Port of Matola, located together at the south of the Mozambique Channel in the southwest Indian Ocean.

Maputo Port Development Company was hired in 2003 by the government of Mozambique and functions as port operator and port authority, directing shipping, port maintenance, security, cargo terminal management and future development planning. Major port operator Dubai Ports World has invested in the company and its 15 year government concession. The deepwater port of Maputo consists of two principal areas of usage: Maputo Cargo Terminals and Motola Bulk Terminals.

Proposed port expansion
On November 23, 2011, Reuters reported that a consortium of South African and Swazi coal miners were exploring the option of building an alternative 6 million ton coal terminal in Maputo, Mozambique, that would exclusively handle B-grade steam coal. It would take 6 months for the study and then three years to full completion, at a projected cost of at least 300 million rand ($35.62 million). Half of that would need to be spent on the port and the other on a rail line looping via Swaziland. The consortium says it has over 800 million mineable tonnes of coal.

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 * Mozambique and coal
 * Coal terminals

External resources

 * CCFB, "Beira Rail Concession", Workshop on Large Project Finance, Maputo, Mozambique, February 7, 2008. (Powerpoint Presentation).