Maputo port initiative reduces cost for end users in FE

Growing trade
with the Far
East remains a
priority for the
Maputo Port Development
Company (MPDC) which
is determined to increase
the port’s regional
competitiveness.
This through
ongoing investment in
infrastructure, equipment
and staff.
In the most recent
development the port
has joined forces with
Kudumba Investments
with the goal, says Osório
Lucas, executive director
of MPDC, of reducing the
cost of using the Maputo
transport corridor.
This development will
impact significantly on the
final cost to the end-user in
Far East markets.
“In the context of
the current economic
situation, it
is important
to look at
initiatives
that reduce
the cost
of doing
business,”
says Lucas.
“By reducing
the cost of
using the
Maputo
corridor
regional
competitiveness is
improved.”
Kudumba is a
Mozambican-registered
company and a provider of
integrated border security
solutions as well as general
technology-based security
services.
This partnership
includes the
reduction of
tariffs applied
to various
types of cargo
(eg, rice, fish,
cement, rock
phosphate,
project cargo,
etc) and
maintenance
of some
previously
reduced rates
on a trial
basis, as in the case of
chromium and nickel.
According to Stephanie
Baaklini, chairman of
the board of directors
of Kudumba, increased
collaboration is necessary
for success.
“Kudumba is convinced
that the Maputo corridor
may only represent an
asset if we develop joint
initiatives to improve the
general services to users,
in particular with regard
to expeditious clearance on
the Maputo Corridor,” she
says.
“Our goal is to reduce the
final cost of the Maputo
corridor to the end-user
and we must therefore
work with all operators
and stakeholders of this
corridor. Kudumba has
been a key partner and
has worked together with
MPDC to improve the
competitiveness of the
corridor, “says Lucas.
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By reducing the cost
of using the Maputo
corridor regional
competitiveness is
improved.
– Osorio Lucas