Where is maputo port

The Citrus Terminal at the Port of Maputo handles fresh produce and citrus fruits at a wharf with two berths of a total length of meters with alongside depth of 11 meters. The terminal includes a pre-cooling store with four chambers and capacity for pallets. The terminal includes one sugar store with capacity for 45 metric tons and two sugar stores with capacity of 40 thousand metric tons each. The Molasses Terminal in the Port of Maputo is dedicated to handling bulk molasses and has a dedicated pipeline connecting the wharf with storage tanks.

The berth is meters long with alongside depth of Two storage tanks have capacity for nine thousand metric tons of cargo, and two storage tanks have capacity for six thousand metric tons. With three berthing positions of a total meters and alongside depth of 8 meters, the terminal contains open area of 15 thousand square meters and warehouses of five thousand square meters. Additional dredging contracts were later awarded and in late work on dredging the 76km approach channel to allow for vessels with drafts of up to Having been completed early in , the port now provides access through the channel for bigger ships of up to , dead weight tons, making the Port of Maputo more competitive in regional and international markets.

Port Maputo has excellent direct road and rail connections with Johannesburg km , Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. The work of upgrading the main railway line to South Africa, creating capacity for 13 million tonne per annum by was completed. In addition, the main line to central Zimbabwe has been rebuilt with generous American assistance and now offers 5 day transit times between Bulawayo and Maputo.

A new port access road carries heavy road traffic clear of downtown Maputo and connects the harbour direct with the M4 Highway running km westwards through the industrial and mining heartlands of South Africa. There is one access channel from the open sea leading into Maputo Bay, the North Channel with a limiting depth of The channel passes to the North of Portuguese Island Ilha dos Portugueses and is well marked by light buoys.

Pilotage into the berths is compulsory from Buoy 6. Using the South Channel saves about 11 miles for vessels arriving from the South, but this channel is subject to strong tidal sets. Pilotage through the Xefina and Polana channels into the berths is compulsory from Buoy 6. There are two main components to the port, the Maputo Cargo Terminals, which include the container, bulk minerals, citrus, sugar and molasses terminals and, 6 km further upriver, the Matola Bulk Terminals with four deep-water berths for handling coal, fuel and lubricants, aluminium and grains.

For more information on port contacts, please see the following link: 4. Maximum LOA vessels depend on the category, but presently due to quay length and design drafts alongside, m is the acceptable size. With the construction of Maputo-Katembe Bridge, limitations in air draft for all vessels is Waiting time also depends on the type of vessel: hours for containers and hours for other types.

Vessels with cargo for internal consumption, such as rice, wheat, frozen fish, fuel, etc. For information on port rates and charges, please see the following document: Maputo Port Tariffs. The consortium says it has over million mineable tonnes of coal.

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