Concession

The Mozambican deepwater ports of Maputo and Matola have been conceded to the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) for a period of 15 years, with a 10 year extension option.

The Concession commenced on 14 April 2003.

Under the Agreement MPDC has been granted the rights to finance, rehabilitate, operate, manage, maintain, develop and optimise the port concession area.

The company is vested with the powers of port authority and will be responsible for marine operations, towage, stevedoring, terminal and warehousing operations as well as port planning and development. The status of the existing independent cargo terminals at Maputo and Matola will continue unchanged within the new port authority.

MPDC’s development project will commence with the implementation of a 3 year US$70m rehabilitation programme designed to restore the port’s basic land and marine infrastructure.

The long-term objective is to re-establish the ports of Maputo and Matola as key economic growth centres in Mozambique and as competitive transit ports for the vibrant import/export markets of South Africa, and the neighbouring countries of Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia.

MPDC´s port development programme, combined with the region’s rapidly improving cross-border road and rail links, is designed to enable importers and exporters to ´add value´ to their trade by using a secure, modernised and cost efficient alternative to South African ports.