The removal of a
compulsory provision
that shippers using the
port of Nacala move
cargo through Terminal Especial
de Exportação de Nacala (TEEN)
is expected to help grow volumes
over time, according to Captain
Jai Misra, owner’s representative
for Messina Line in Mozambique.
Exporters have been slow
to respond to the lifting of the
restriction, however.
“Currently volumes through
Nacala are at an historic low.
“The mandatory usage of
TEEN has been removed. Though
this is expected to bring down
costs for exporters, it does not
seem to have been the catalyst
that was anticipated,” he says.
Exporters have been forced
to use the TEEN terminal since
January 2012.
Operation of the terminal has
been concessioned out to NCL &
Africa Import and Export.
Exporters have been using
Dar es Salaam or Beira as
alternatives.
According to the shipping
lines association of Mozambique,
Associação das Linhas de
Navegação, Nacala is the secondmost
expensive port of call for
shipping lines in Mozambique
after Maputo.
CAPTION
The port of Nacala
