Maintenance dredging for Maputo

All the quays in the port of
Maputo are to be returned
to their design depth as part
of a maintenance dredging
programme that will start in
October, according to Osório
Lucas, chief executive officer of
the Maputo Port
The work will be carried out
by Transnet National Ports
Authority’s (TNPA) new Italeni
grab hopper dredger, which has
just been taken into service.
The agreement to use
Italeni, a 750-cbm grab
hopper dredger, forms
part of a memorandum of
understanding signed with
TNPA in June 2013, with
both ports committing to
strengthening relationships,
according to Lucas.
“The signing of the Italeni
contract is evidence that
the Port of Maputo and the
ports of South Africa are
not in competition, but are
collaborating to realise regional
economic integration as the
world is pinning its hope on the
African continent for economic
growth,” says Lucas.