The Maputo Port Development
Company (MPDC) has engaged
a research company to identify
opportunities for diversification,
according to commercial director
Neusa Saranga.
Diversification will ensure that
volumes keep moving even when
there is a downturn in one sector,
such as the recent drop in demand
for mining commodities.
“We are looking at both imports
and exports in order to reduce our
dependence on a single product,”
she says.
Maputo has a geographic
advantage over other ports in
the sub-region, and should be
able to offer lower logistics costs
to exporters and importers in
Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Swaziland,
and southern Zimbabwe.
Renewed commitment by the
South African and Mozambican
rail authorities to improve services
and capacity into Maputo should
help reduce transport costs.
Constraints to growth, such
as the cost to shipping lines and
cargo owners of using the port,
along with border delays, are being
investigated as well, she says.
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