The port of Nacala, in Mozambique’s Nampula province, should start receiving trains loaded with coal from Moatize in Tete soon.

Inspection and testing of the railway line was conducted in November last year, with a train made up of four locomotives and120 wagons, running without incident over the 902km route to Nacala.

The railroad, which runs through neighbouring Malawi, was built by mining company Vale Mozambique, a subsidiary of Brazilian group Vale, in order to increase coal transport capacity. Coal is currently carried to the port of Beira along the Sena railroad over a distance of 570km.

The new railway line will also be used by other mining companies, while Mozambican port and rail company, CFM, will carry passengers and cargo.