There are plans to strengthen the rail links to the port of Maputo. Currently 70% of cargo passing through Maputo is transported by road due to the limitations of the railway lines serving the harbour. The port has links to three railway lines: Ressano Garcia, Goba and Limpopo. According to the Maputo Port Development Company’s (MPDC) commercial director, Johann Botha, new investments are underway to improve the situation. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between MPDC and the publicly owned ports and rail company CFM, South Africa's Transnet Freight Rail, and Swaziland’s Swazi Rail. The port master plan sees the volume of cargo through the twin Maputo and Matola ports growing from 12 million ton to 40 million tons a year over the next eight years. Most of this will be increases in mineral cargo, but will also include more fuel, agricultural produce and container traffic. INSERT 70% of the cargo passing through Maputo is transported by road CAPTION The Ressano Garcia Line.
