Mozambique plans to invest $380 million to double its capacity at the port in Maputo to 40 million metric tonnes, Worldmaritimenews reports.
According to industry sources, Botswana intends to ship 20 million tonnes of coal and other minerals through the port.
Botswana has been using the port of Maputo as a transit point and now plans to use it as the final destination of its cargo said the chairman of Mozambican port and rail company, Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM), Rosário Mualeia.
Mualeia was commenting following the visit by the president of Botswana to the port of Maputo container terminal.
According to Camilo Abdul, a representative of the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC), the company that holds the concession on the port of Maputo, the facility has capacity to process 20 million tons per year, of which it currently makes use of just 12 million tonnes.
The port of Maputo is also used by companies from South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
According to industry sources, Botswana intends to ship 20 million tonnes of coal and other minerals through the port.
Botswana has been using the port of Maputo as a transit point and now plans to use it as the final destination of its cargo said the chairman of Mozambican port and rail company, Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM), Rosário Mualeia.
Mualeia was commenting following the visit by the president of Botswana to the port of Maputo container terminal.
According to Camilo Abdul, a representative of the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC), the company that holds the concession on the port of Maputo, the facility has capacity to process 20 million tons per year, of which it currently makes use of just 12 million tonnes.
The port of Maputo is also used by companies from South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.