Page 51 - Manual e Directório do Porto de Maputo / Port of Maputo Handbook & Directory

MAPUTO CORRIDORCFM CFMa capacidade de material circulante na sua rede.As ligações ferroviárias entre o Porto de Maputo e oRail investmenthinterland estão também a ser modernizadas. Cerca de 42 km da linha de Ressano Garcia, que liga Maputo à fronteira com a África do Sul, está a ser adaptada para via dupla.Rail infrastructure through the Corridor is also benefitting from major investment, paving the way for efficiency improvements, and generating more balanced volumes between rail and road cargo.A melhoria faz parte da visão de longo prazo dos CFM de duplicar os 88 km da linha e fornecer capacidade adicional para os comboios de 3.500 toneladas que transportam uma variedade de cargas a granel para exportação através do Porto de Maputo.Rail accounts for 27% of cargo arriving at the Port of Maputo. Nevertheless, rail volumes reached almost 2.6 million tons in 2022, and are forecast to grow about 6% annually going forward.A cooperação contínua com os operadores ferroviários vizinhos, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) da África do Sul, Eswatini Railways e National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), para garantir que os principais mercados de Maputo estão perfeitamente interligados, já deu frutos.State rail operator CFM has purchased six extra locomotives and 1,140 wagons to boost rolling stock capacity across its network.Em Abril de 2022, o primeiro de muitos comboios de 2.000 toneladas que transportam exportações de carvão mineral do Botsuana via Zimbabué chegou a Maputo, no Terminal de Carvão da Matola. Uma colaboração entre CFM, NRZ, Botswana Rail, African Railway Company e Grindrod, até quatro comboios por semana estão a operar este serviço. nRail connections between the Port of Maputo and the hinterland are also being modernised. Some 42km of the Ressano Garcia line that connects Maputo to the border with South Africa is being upgraded to dual tracks.The improvement is part of CFM’s long-term vision to double the line’s entire 88km length and provide additional capacity for the 3,500-ton trains that carry a range of bulk cargoes for export via the Port of Maputo.Ongoing co-operation with neighbouring rail operators, South Africa’s Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), Eswatini Railways and National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), to ensure Maputo’s principal markets are seamlessly connected, have already borne fruit.In April 2022, the first of many 2,000-ton trains carrying exports of mineral coal from Botswana via Zimbabwe arrived in Maputo at the Matola Coal Terminal. A collaboration between CFM, NRZ, Botswana Rail, African Railway Company and Grindrod, up to four trains a week are operating on the service.nPORT OF MAPUTO HANDBOOK & DIRECTORY 2023 | 2024 49