Top Transport, Logistics and Warehousing Companies in Mozambique
Marcopolis.net has ranked the largest transport, logistics and warehousing companies in Mozambique.
Mozambique’s
Largest Transport, Logistics and Warehousing Companies
Marcopolis.net has ranked the largest transport, logistics and warehousing companies in Mozambique.
The players from the transport, logistics and warehousing sectors listed below include local companies such as CFM (Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique / Mozambique Ports and Railways) and LAM (Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique), as well as huge international players such as CMA CGM and DHL.
| Rank | Company | Country | Sector | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mozambique | Ports & Railways | CFM (Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique / Mozambique Ports and Railways) is the parastatal authority that oversees the railway system of Mozambique and its connected ports. Following the concession of the port business and the railway business in Central and Northern Systems, CFM’s duty is the operation of fuel terminals (in all ports) and cereals and aluminium terminals (in the Port of Maputo), as well as the Southern Railways System, composed of the following railway lines: Ressano Garcia, Limpopo, Goma and Salamanga branch-line. | |
| 2 | Mozambique | Airline | LAM is an airline which was established in 1936 as DETA (Direcção de Exploração de Transportes Aéreos), as a division of the Department of Railways, Harbours and Airways of the Portuguese colonial government of Mozambique. LAM owns Moçambique Expresso, an airline based in Beira which operates domestic and regional scheduled and charter services. | |
| 3 | Mozambique | Port Services | CdM (Cornelder de Moçambique) is a private joint venture between CFM (Mozambique Ports and Railways) and Cornelder Holdings based in Rotterdam – Holland. CdM has been operating the Container and General Cargo Terminals in the Port of Beira since October 1998. | |
| 4 | Mozambique | Freight Services | Manica Freight Services is a company specialized in clearing, forwarding and logistics services. It covers an extensive area of rendered services in Mozambique such as Maputo, Beira, Nacala, Pemba, and Quelimane. | |
| 5 | Mozambique | Port Development | MPDC (Companhia de Desenvolvimento do Porto de Maputo / Maputo Port Development Company) is a Mozambican private company, which results from the partnership between CFM (Mozambique Ports and Railways) and Portus Indico, comprised by Grindrod, DP World and Mozambique Gestores. In 2003, MPDC was given the concession of the Port of Maputo for a period of 15 years, with an extension option of another 15. In June 2010, the concession period was extended for another 15 years. | |
| 6 | Mozambique | Road Transportation | Transportes Lalgy is a company specialized in road transportation, divided into 4 divisions: bulk cargo, tanker fleet, general cargo and heavy loads. The company covers transportation to countries like Mozambique, RDC, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia. | |
| 7 | Mozambique | Airports | ADM (Aeroportos de Moçambique / Mozambique Airports Company) is a public company subordinated to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Its main purpose is to provide support to the country’s civil aviation area. ADM manages 19 airports and airfields spread across all the provinces. | |
| 8 | Mozambique | Coal Terminal | TCM (Terminal de Carvão da Matola / Matola Coal Terminal) is operated by Grindrod, a south african company specialized in freight movement and related industries. The terminal has a capacity of 6 million tons per annum, which will be expanded to 26 million tons (after the completion of phase 4 of the terminal’s expansion project). | |
| 9 | Mozambique | Shipping | CMA CGM is a leading worldwide shipping group, present in more than 160 countries through its network of over 655 agencies, with more than 22,000 employees worldwide. The group was founded in Marseille in 1978. | |
| 10 | Mozambique | Logistics Services & Express Delivery | DHL is the global market leader in the logistics industry. The company provides many services such as: international express deliveries; global freight forwarding by air, sea, road and rail; warehousing solutions from packaging, to repairs, to storage; mail deliveries worldwide; etc. |