port of Nacala
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| country = Mozambique
| location = Nacala
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| operated = CLIN
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The Port of Nacala, also called the Nacala port complex, is a Mozambican port located in the cities of Nacala and Nacala-a-Velha. Is the deepest port in Southern Africa.{{Cite web |title=The Port of Nacala |url=http://ports.co.za/nacala.php |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=ports.co.za}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cfmnet.co.mz/porto_ncl.htm |title=Porto de Nacala |accessdate=2010-04-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20061005065310/http://www.cfmnet.co.mz/porto_ncl.htm |archivedate=2006-10-05 }} The natural deep harbour serves landlocked Malawi with a {{convert|931|km|adj=on}} railway.
The infrastructure belongs to the Mozambican government, which is responsible for its administration through the public-private joint venture company "Integrated Northern Logistical Corridor Society" (CLIN). CLIN was created to administer licenses for cargo terminals in addition to passenger terminals.
Terminals
There are four general cargo berths and one container berth.{{Cite web |title=Mozambique - 2.1.3 Mozambique Port of Nacala {{!}} Digital Logistics Capacity Assessments |url=https://dlca.logcluster.org/mozambique-213-mozambique-port-nacala |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=dlca.logcluster.org}} 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."Mozambique Logistics: Vale diverts its coal exports to Nacala-a-Velha terminal". Mozambique Resources Post, 15 November 2017. Accessed 9 April 2020. [https://mozambiqueminingpost.com/2017/11/15/mozambique-logistics-vale-diverts-its-coal-exports-to-nacala-a-velha-terminal/]
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 Integrated Northern Logistical 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/freight/single-view/view/nacala-corridor-officially-inaugurated.html | title=Nacala Corridor officially inaugurated | publisher=Railway Gazette | date=16 May 2017 | accessdate=30 November 2017}}
Countries served
- {{flagicon|Mozambique}} Northern areas of the Mozambique
- {{flagicon|Malawi}} The country of Malawi: the Port of Nacala is the nearest port to the landlocked country
- {{flagicon|Zambia}} A railway extension serves parts of Zambia, in particular the inland port of Chipata{{Cite web |title=Mozambique - 2.1.3 Mozambique Port of Nacala {{!}} Digital Logistics Capacity Assessments |url=https://dlca.logcluster.org/mozambique-213-mozambique-port-nacala |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=dlca.logcluster.org}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.world Port source.com/]
- [http://ports.co.za/shipmovements/nacala/articles.php Ship movements through the port]
- [http://www.rrdc.com Rrdc]
- [http://www.allbusiness.com/transportation/frieght.html AllBusiness]
Category:Geography of Nampula Province
Category:Buildings and structures in Nampula Province
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