Following the trend of recent times, the Port of Maputo continues to significantly increase its activity.
According to the Mozambican government, over the course of the next 25 years of the concession, it is expected that the port will produce profits of around eight billion dollars.
The concession was awarded in 2003 to Sociedade de Desenvolvimento do Porto de Maputo, known by the acronym MPDC.
MPDC is a private Mozambican company that is the result of a partnership between CFM (Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique) and Portus Indico (which in turn is partly owned by DP World, based in Dubai).
The extension of the concession obliges MPDC to implement new infrastructures and improve some of the existing ones, and the corresponding Business Plan provides for an overall investment (partly borne by the concessionaire) of approximately two billion dollars.
On the other hand, direct jobs are expected to increase by around 1,000.
The constant increase in activity at the port of Maputo will ensure the implementation of the strategy to turn this port into one of the most important – and attractive – in East Africa.