![]() ![]() The container terminal has 350,000 m2 of a well illuminated container yard, able to accommodate 11,200 TEU including 144 electric reefer points and includes a dedicated International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) dangerous goods storage area. Container Storage and Stacking Facilities: Beira Container Terminal The designed depth alongside of the quays is about 12 metres and the terminal has a projected capacity of 400,000 TEUs per year. The container terminal has a berth length of 645 metres, comprising berths 2, 3, 4 and 5. Each terminal has a dedicated gate with in and out and fitted with electronic data access, customs, Immigration and health).ĬdM is fully compliant with the ISPS code. The Terminals are fully secured with electric fencing, a CCTV security camera system is installed and there is a strict control of personnel, visitors and cargo, which is handled by a private professional security company. The port is investing also in an increased capacity at the existing grain and general cargo terminals and a new fertiliser facility.Ĭargo handling equipment at the port has been modernised including new ship-to-shore gantry cranes. Coal is transhipped to bulk ships lying offshore that are too large to enter the river. In recent years a coal terminal with a capacity of up to 6 million tons a year has been completed. This continued until 1998 when a joint venture was established between Cornelder Holding of the Netherlands and CFM for the new company, Cornelder de Moçambique (CdM), which took over the management of the Beira port container and general cargo terminals. In 1949 the Mozambique Ports & Railways company (CFM) took over administrative control of the port and railway. A railway, which was under construction by the well-known railway builder in Southern Africa, George Pauling & Sons, reached the then Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) border in 1898.įrom the 1920s to 1949 deepwater berths and an improved anchorage were constructed under the direction and control of the Companhia do Porto da Beira. By 1889 channel buoys were in place and the first wooden pier to handle ships as erected in 1895. The Port of Beira (and city) developed in the late 1880s as a gateway to the hinterland, principally to the then Rhodesia. Port of Beira, with fishing port and dry dock in centre THE PORT OF BEIRA The port has 11 berths extending along 1,994 metres of quayside, excluding berth 1 which is reserved for fishing vessels. The city of Beira is the third largest in Mozambique. The Port of Beira is situated on the north bank of the Pungue River and is an important centre for shipping and logistics in the central Mozambican and Central African regions, while serving as a gateway to the neighbouring African states by road and, rail and pipeline to Zimbabwe, and road and rail to Botswana, Zambia, DR Congo, and Malawi. CdM has operated the Container and General Cargo Terminals in the Port of Beira since October 1998. Container & General Cargo Terminals operated and managed by:Ĭornelder de Moçambique (CdM) is a private joint venture between Moçambique Ports and Railways (CFM) and Cornelder Holdings based in Rotterdam – Holland. ![]()
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