Presentation of the future Transport Demands, criteria for mode and corridor choice, forecasts of expected cargo by mode and corridor, identification of the missing links -Thierry Molinier, consultant E.Asebe : From a general diagnostic of insufficiencies, review possible solutions within and out of Malawi and select “win-win” solutions for Malawi and neighbouring countries JICA : Time line for Chiromo Bridge ? THM : As soon as possible starting in 2011 JICA : Study about missing link with Beira/Sena Line is due by October 2010 JC : Impacts of the consultants proposals on economy and on environment (EIR) ? Affordable transport prices = Efficient transportation system … Workers in the Copper Belt may prefer to make a better living in working at mines as they might import Cassava or maize from Malawi (Malawi = Maize and Cassava belt) Cargo crossing the country = cheaper return cargo that means cheaper fertilizers, cheaper diesel/paraffin, … New Transport Organization means efficiency for exporting cotton/sugar/maize/Cassava SDV (Joseph Chavula): Interest of linking the CEAR railway to Sena Line by a 70 km link It is answered by Thierry Molinier that: This link is first difficult to built (crossing of the Zambezi river and a lot of marshes to deal with) It could add a non necessary rail competitive pressure on Nsanje Port and the Shire-Zambezi waterway Possible development of Port of Chinde : Why not erecting breakwaters to allow deap sea ships to load heavy bulk fret (coal from Moatize using barges) ? The example of Le Havre Port has been mentioned … Breakwaters are about 1km of length ThM remember the assistance that Chinde is a small fishermen cove but nothing else. O.Crouzier answered that the investment of such infrastructure is (unfortunately maybe) at the good will of Mozambicans and they have a deep concern regarding shrimps farming in that precise zone. The attendants validated that a feasibility study regarding the creation of a deap water port is to be launched to validate/unvalidate(for good) this option. About Shire-Zambezi Corridor Beira limitations : No further possibility of exiting huge quantities in excess of 6 millions tons/year … so even if Chinde would technically allow a transhipment to Beira, Beira would not be in a position of accepting extra cargo from Zambezi waterway Connexions between the rest of the country and Nsanje are actually inexistent => necessity of building the Chiromo Bridge and get a railway link to the Nsanje Port (35 km from Bangula ?) A connexion between Moatize/Tete (52 km) through sugar/cotton estates would allow some coal to be send to Nsanje (limitations in quantities: 500,000 tons) and be loaded on barges to be down streamed to Chinde and then Beira. Navigability of Shire and Zambezi : Pb of vegetation in the meanders (sugar canes debris that are thrown downstream and grow again in the water banks constituted from clay. Dredging in Shire and Zambezi is necessary … but it could be assumed that 400 tons barges with 1,5 m draft might go downstream in shallow waters in avoiding sand banks.
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