The Port of Beira is aiming to take fertiliser headed for Zimbabwe and Zambia away from the port of Durban.

This follows the announcement of the construction of a new fertilizer terminal at the port of Beira, which is due to begin in March.

Costing US$30 million the new terminal is intended to meet increasing demand for fertilizers. Fertilizers are currently handled at a provisional terminal.

The new terminal will reduce the time that ships wait at the port to be unloaded from one week to three days.

Félix Machado,head of the Marketing and Sales department of Cornelder de Moçambique, says, “The port of Beira in 1998 handled 50,000 tons of cargo and now handles 600,000 tons. However it has the possibility of handling between 1.2 and 1.5 million tons per year in the future.”

 (Source: macauhub)