By early May, the Mozambican port of Beira had already handled 1mt (million tonnes) of coal, which had been brought to the port by via the Sena railway from Tete province. The coal had been mined by the local subsidiary of CVRD,Vale Moc¸ambique, which operates a fleet of 32 locomotives and 638 coal wagons.
It has been forecast that around 5mt of coal from the Moatize mines will be exported via the port this year, of which 4mt will be transported by Vale and 1mt by Rio Tinto, which exports consignments to Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa.    
 
Barry Cross