Port of Nacala

The Port of Nacala is the deepest port in Southern Africa. It is found in Nacala, Northern Mozambique.[1][2] The natural deep harbour serves landlocked Malawi with a 931-kilometre (578 mi) railway.

Terminals

There are four general cargo berths and one container berth. There are also plans to expand the port by adding a radioactive terminal and a storage facility.[3] In January 2016 a coal terminal was completed in the town of Nacala-a-Velha, across the bay from the commercial port, and exports coal from the Moatize mine in western Mozambique.[4]

Railway

The Nacala railway system connects Moatize and Chipata, Zambia, through Malawi with the Port of Nacala. The railway system also connects Nampula, Malema, and Cuamba. In Cuamba, there is a junction which goes northeast to Lichinga. The line continues to Nayuchi, where it enters Malawi, and to Nkaya, where it divides, one branch going west to Mchinji and Chipata, and the other branch south to Moatize. The Mozambique government and Vale jointly created the Northern Development Corridor Society, to rehabilitate most of the existing line and build greenfield sections, a work completed in 2017, to export coal from mines in western Mozambique.[5]


Countries served

See also

References
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-05. Retrieved 2010-04-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.bulkmaterialsinternational.com/htm/n20100206.816799.htm
  4. "Mozambique Logistics: Vale diverts its coal exports to Nacala-a-Velha terminal". Mozambique Resources Post, 15 November 2017. Accessed 9 April 2020.
  5. "Nacala Corridor officially inaugurated". Railway Gazette. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. Mchinji-Chipata Railway Line Completed


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