Volumes of cargo moving through the Maputo Intermodal Container Depot (MICD) have been growing following the introduction of a tailored customer solution approach, according to DP World Maputo.
Opened in 2011, MICD is jointly owned and run by DP World Maputo and Grindrod. It is listed by Grindrod as one of its five intermodal terminals, which are situated in Durban, Gauteng, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and Maputo.
It is attracting cargo through its strategic location – 1.5 km from the container terminal, and within the Maputo port precinct. An on-site warehouse is used for short-term storage of goods and the stuffing and destuffing of containers. The MICD warehouse is designed to accommodate all kinds of general warehousing commodities, and is certified as a food grade warehouse for dry goods.
Some distance from the warehouse a separate slab is used for the packing of minerals delivered in bulk by road into containers. A shuttle service then transfers the containers to the nearby stack in the DP World-operated container terminal, without leaving the port precinct. The terminal can handle 200 000 tons of mineral products a year in outside storage and loading areas, as well as 200 000 tons of general cargo in an 8 500 sqm covered warehouse.
Another advantage of the terminal is that it also operates as a depot for empty containers, which means there is sufficient inventory on hand for the loading of minerals and other cargo.
The DP World container yard.
