Systems enable users to monitor stockpiles remotely

A management system and

software developed in-house

by the Maputo Port Development

Company allows shippers of

commodities to track consignments

from mine to the time they are

loaded on board a vessel.

“We have changed the

philosophy of the stockpiles,”

says Johann Botha, commercial

director of the Maputo Port

Development Company.

There are now weighbridges at

the entry to the stacks where all

vehicles are weighed in and out.

“We weigh again when the

commodity is taken from the

stockpile to the vessel, and

again on the quayside.

“This is one of the ways in

which we are adding value.

Agents or traders can now track

the load all the way from the

mine to the time it is loaded

onto the vessel. They can

identify any discrepancies,” he

says.

The benefit to the port is also

that it can manage its stockpiles

better because there is realtime

information about what is

being stored where and in what

quantities.

“And a client in Johannesburg

can log on and see exactly what

is in the stockpile,” he says.