Ports Of Maputo and Matola

Commencing on 14 April 2003, the Mozambican deepwater ports of Maputo and Matola were conceded to the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) for a period of 15 years, with a 10 year extension option. Under the agreement, MPDC was granted the rights to finance, rehabilitate, operate, manage, maintain, develop and optimise the port concession area. MPDC is a consortium led by Mersey Docks of the United Kingdom and includes Skanska of Sweden and Liscont of Portugal. The international consortium holds a fifty-one percent equity stake in the MPDC with the remainder of the balance held by CFM. the Mozambican Ports and Rail Company and the Government of Mozambique. it is intended that sixteen percent of the equity share held by the government will be made available to Mozambican investors in the future. In April 2005 Grindrod of South Africa bought a twelve and a half percent stake in the Port of Maputo.

MPDC Responsibilities

MPDC is vested with the rights and responsibilities to

  • Finance
  • Rehabilitate
  • Operate
  • Manage
  • Maintain
  • Develop and
  • Optimise
the Port Concession Area, which includes the Ports of Maputo and Matola.

The company is vested with the powers of port authority and will be responsible for marine operations, towage, stevedoring, terminal and warehousing operations as well as port planning and development. The status of the existing independent cargo terminals at Maputo and Matola will continue unchanged within the new port authority.

MPDC’s development project commenced with the implementation of a three year USD 70 million rehabilitation programme designed to restore the port’s basic land and marine infrastructure. By the end of 2006 an approximate USD 44 mil. of the earmarked funds had already been allocated and spent on the rehabilitation of the port.

The long-term objective is to re-establish the ports of Maputo and Matola as key economic growth centres in Mozambique and as competitive transit ports for the vibrant import/export markets of South Africa, and the neighbouring countries of Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia.

 

Port Security

Port Maputo is ISPS compliant.

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Historical Overview

In July 1996 when the governments of Mozambique and South Africa agreed to a framework for developing the Maputo Corridor as part of a greater Spatial Development Initiative, they made a statement of intent to develop the harbour. In 1998, the Mozambican government announced that a consortium led by Mersey Docks of the United Kingdom was the preferred bidder to operate the concession for the port.

On 14 April 2004 the Maputo Port Development Company officially took over the port of Maputo, which included the port of Matola. In September 2003 work officially started on the rehabilitation of the port.

 

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