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Bandari ya Maputo, Msumbiji
Msumbiji imeidhinisha mkataba mrefu kwa DP World Ltd., Grindrod Ltd. na watoa huduma wengine wa bandari kubwa zaidi nchini mwake, ikiwa ni pamoja na upanuzi wa dola bilioni 2 utakaosababisha kuhamishwa kwa mizigo kutoka miundombinu ya biashara iliyochakaa ya Afrika Kusini jirani.
Kundi hilo, linalojumuisha pia operator wa reli ya serikali ya Msumbiji, lilipata kipindi cha miaka 25 cha kuendesha bandari huko Maputo, mji mkuu, hadi mwaka 2058. Baraza la Mawaziri liliidhinisha makubaliano hayo Jumanne, kulingana na taarifa. Mkataba huo unajumuisha uwekezaji wa karibu dola bilioni 1.1 ifikapo mwaka 2033 wakati mkataba wa awali ulipaswa kumalizika.
Bandari ya Maputo imekua kwa kasi katika miaka ya hivi karibuni, ikikidhi mahitaji ya uchumi unaokua wa Msumbiji na mauzo kutoka Afrika Kusini jirani. Wachimbaji wa makaa ya mawe, chrome, na magnetite, aina fulani ya madini ya chuma, wamekuwa wakiendesha wingi mkubwa kwa lori kwenda Maputo huku kukwama kwa kampuni ya reli na bandari ya serikali ya Afrika Kusini, Transnet SOC Ltd., kikigharimu mabilioni ya dola kwa mapato yaliyopotea.
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Mozambique approved an extended deal for DP World Ltd., Grindrod Ltd. and other operators of its biggest port, including a $2 billion expansion that will further draw cargoes away from neighboring South Africa’s creaking trade infrastructure.
The group, which also includes Mozambique’s state-owned railway operator, won a 25-year extension to run the port in Maputo, the capital, ending in 2058. The Council of Ministers approved the deal on Tuesday, according to a statement. The agreement includes investments of nearly $1.1 billion by 2033 when the original concession was due to end.
Maputo’s port has grown rapidly in recent years, as it caters to demand from Mozambique’s growing economy and exports from neighboring South Africa. Miners of coal, chrome and magnetite, a type of iron ore, have been sending increased volumes by truck to Maputo as snarl-ups at South Africa’s state-owned rail and ports company Transnet SOC Ltd.’s have cost them billions of dollars in lost revenue.
Capacity at the port is set to increase to 54 million tons per year by 2058, from 37 million tons this year, according to the extended concession agreement. That includes expanding a coal terminal in Matola next to Maputo to 18 million tons yearly, from 7.5 million tons. Annual shipping-container capacity will almost quadruple to a million units over the same period.
