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Mozambique Plans Rail Expansion to Tackle Port Congestion and Speed Up Exports

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Samuel Come

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  • $200 million upgrade to Maputo-Ressano Garcia line aims to boost mineral exports
  • New locomotives and expanded tracks to ease truck congestion and speed up freight

Maputo, Mozambique – Mozambique is making a bold play to reposition itself as a key logistics hub in southern Africa, launching a $200 million investment to overhaul its busiest railway corridor and ease chronic freight congestion at the Port of Maputo.

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