12 °c
London
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
No Result
View All Result
FurtherAsia FurtherArabia FurtherBrazil FurtherRussia
FurtherAfrica
  • Countries
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • Cape Verde
    • DRC
    • Eswatini
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Mauritius
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • Nigeria
    • Rwanda
    • South Africa
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • OpenTalk
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Weekend
  • About
FurtherAfrica
  • Countries
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • Cape Verde
    • DRC
    • Eswatini
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Mauritius
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • Nigeria
    • Rwanda
    • South Africa
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • OpenTalk
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Weekend
  • About
No Result
View All Result
FurtherAfrica
No Result
View All Result
Home Africa

Mozambique: Port of Pemba failing to attract cargo

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
August 15, 2018
in Africa, Economy, Export, Import, Mozambique, Port, Transport
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Angola: Cabinda’s Caio Port investment deal signed
Share via QRWhatsappShare on FacebookShare on TwitterLinkedInPinteresteMail

The port of Pemba in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, is failing to entice regional businesses to use its facilities despite economic development and its advantage of lying in the world’s third largest natural bay.

According to a report in the online issue of the newspaper “O Pais”, the depth of water for docking at the port is 12 metres. In addition, the access channel is eight metres deep at low tide. This allows for larger ships to enter port throughout the day.

However, “O Pais” describes the port as being like a “ghost town” with few ships using the facilities. It notes that the average usage is only two ships per month, with some months going by without the port receiving any large ships vital for its financial survival.

According to Mozambique’s publicly owned ports and rail company CFM, which operates the port, “big mining companies that exploit graphite in the district of Balama, here in Cabo Delgado, prefer to take their goods in trucks long distances to the port of Nacala in Nampula province”.

In April, President Filipe Nyusi inaugurated Syrah Resources’ mine in Balama, which will produce 250,000 tonnes of graphite per year when operating at peak capacity. The opencast mine has been in operation since November, exporting to markets in Europe, America and Asia. In the first six months of operation, it produced over 160,000 tonnes of graphite.

However, the company has chosen to use Nacala, despite the port being 450 kilometres away compared with just 260 kilometres to the port of Pemba.

Switching this traffic to Pemba would transform the fortunes of the port which has seen its traffic drop from 289,000 tonnes of goods in 2013 to only 150,000 tonnes last year.

Source: Club of Mozambique

Related

Tags: BalamaCabo DelgadoCFMFeatureGraphiteMozambiqueNacalaport of PembaPresident Filipe NyusishipsSyrah Resources’ mineworld’s third largest natural bayмозамбикموزمبيقモザンビーク莫桑比克
ScanSendShare320Tweet200Share56Pin72Send
Previous Post

Angola: VAT to promote greater tax justice

Next Post

African states consider endorsing yuan as reserve currency

FurtherAfrica

FurtherAfrica

Founded in 2015 FurtherAfrica is an online platform centralising news and content focusing on the development and growth story of the African continent.

Related Posts

Economy

Angola: Fitch estimates growth of 1.7% this year

by FurtherAfrica
April 20, 2021
Ethiopia’s Assela wind farm project enters construction
Renewables

Eastern and Southern Africa’s vast renewables potential offers route to sustainable growth

by Staff
April 20, 2021
Coronavirus

Ethiopian Airlines delivers COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil; over 20 million doses delivered worldwide

by Staff
April 20, 2021
Mozambique

Mozambique: Metical appreciated 35% this year, but earnings expected to reverse – Standard Bank

by FurtherAfrica
April 20, 2021
Wilderness Safaris opens the new DumaTau camp in Botswana
Tourism

Wilderness Safaris opens the new DumaTau camp in Botswana

by BOTSWANA UNPLUGGED
April 20, 2021
Next Post
Why Is China Investing Billions Across Africa?

African states consider endorsing yuan as reserve currency

China to invest $620 million in Uganda’s largest mining project

Africa abandoning internet satellite status

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

2021 AFSIC
2022 Indaba Mining

FurtherAfrica Partners

The Exchange Club of Mozambique Taarifa Rwanda
CrudeMix Africa TechGist Africa Farmers Review Africa
Botswana unplugged Financial Insights Zambia Africa Oil & Power
Harambee Africa Novafrica  

Subscribe to FurtherAfrica

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new articles on your email.

Join 73,051 other subscribers.

FurtherAfrica

© 2021 FurtherMarkets

FurtherAfrica is a FurtherMarkets Limited platform

  • Countries
  • OpenTalk
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Weekend
  • About

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Countries
    • Angola
    • Botswana
    • Cape Verde
    • DRC
    • Eswatini
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Mauritius
    • Mozambique
    • Namibia
    • Nigeria
    • Rwanda
    • South Africa
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • OpenTalk
  • Understanding
  • Videos
  • Weekend
  • About

© 2021 FurtherMarkets

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?