Mozambique’s Ports
Development Company (MPDC) said on Tuesday it would increase the
handling capacity of its Maputo port to 12 million tonnes this year
from the 8.7 million of 2010 to take more coal from South Africa.
“We will use Maputo
port as a gateway to the most important world markets,” MPDC chief
executive Dave Rennie told a news conference in the capital, saying the
firm would look to ship coal to markets in India, China, Turkey and
East Africa.
Last year, the southern African nation’s government extended MPDC’s contract to run the Maputo port from 2018 to 2033.
