Having to move cargo more than 450 kilometres from northern Mozambique to the port of Beira may no longer be necessary if Mozambique’s ports and rail utility CFM is able to raise US$115 million to upgrade the port of Pemba. CFM recently spent $5m on expanding the storage and handling areas and the purchase of new machinery. However, according to the daily newspaper Noticias, further investment is needed to accommodate growing demand from mining, agriculture and other sectors in the Cabo Delgado and Niassa provinces. The plans were announced by the chairperson of the CFM board, Miguel Matabele, at the Congress of the Association of Portuguese Speaking Ports which was held in Maputo recently.
