Construction on Pemba port to start in 2015

Construction work on the new port in Pemba in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, is due to begin in 2015, reports the Mozambican press.



Tavares Martinho, director of the ENHILS joint venture company, was quoted as saying this late last week during company during a visit to Nigeria, according to the daily newspaper Notícias. ENHILS is a partnership between state company ENH Logistics which has a 51% stake and Nigeria’s Orlean Invest of Nigeria holds the remaining 49 percent.



Macauhub reported that as part of this project an environmental impact study was under way in Pemba, after which work will begin. Initially work will involve opening up access roads so that in January 2015 the logistics hub itself can be built. Martinho reportedly said that the new port would have a 300-metre dock capable of receiving ships with a maximum draught of 12 metres and a variety of other facilities on a 36-hectare plot.