Mozambique opens railway corridors to private operators
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Aimnews
Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique is preparing tenders to award several sections of its main railway corridors to private operators. The opening is intended to diversify freight transport and encourage the transfer of cargo from roads to rail and maritime transport, according to the Mozambican state-owned company.
Mozambique will open sections of its railway corridors to private operators in order to diversify freight transport and offer importers and exporters more choice. The decision was announced by Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM), the state-owned company that manages the national railway network, according to the Mozambique Information Agency (AIM).
The opening is part of a strategy aimed at transferring some freight from roads to rail and maritime transport. The corridors concerned serve the ports of Maputo, Beira and Nacala, among others, and link the country’s interior with South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Eswatini, according to AIM.
The Limpopo and Goba corridors complete this network, linking Maputo to Chicualacuala and Eswatini respectively. The measure comes after severe weather cut electricity in several areas of Maputo on 21 October, an episode reported in news about the severe weather in Maputo.
