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Presently, MCLI consists of the following ‘founding’ members: DOT - Department of Transport (May
2006); DPW - Dubai Ports World Maputo; MMC - Manganese Metal Company Pty Ltd; MPDC - Maputo
Port Development Company; FPT - Maputo Fresh Produce Terminal; TAL – Transafrica Logistics;
Grindrod Terminals; TRAC - Trans African Concessions; Kudumba Investments Lda. TFR – Transnet
Freight Rail;SR – Swaziland Railway; CFM – Ports and Railways Authority of Mozambique.
Transport corridors are incorporated in national strategies and plans
The development of the Maputo Corridor has always been incorporated in national strategies and
plans. This incorporation was not only limited to the transport infrastructure – in this case mainly the
construction of the toll road N4 (see on South African and Mozambican territory under a
Built Operate Transfer contract granted to TRAC – Trans African Concessions – and the Port of Maputo,
but also in national plans to harmonize regulations between the countries of the Maputo Corridor
related with operations (Customs, inspection regimes, etc.).
Figure 5.1 Toll road N4
Source: consortium.
Memorandum of Understanding/agreements signed by countries
Although there are hardly any formal international agreements regarding the operation of the Maputo
Corridor in particular, there is the Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative since 2004 in which important
and relevant public and private sectors from South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland participate as
(founding) Members.
5.1.3 Legal framework
Legal basis
MCLI is a voluntary association, non-profit, with legal personality and is incorporated in South Africa
as a membership organisation, with private and public sector members drawn from South Africa,
Mozambique and Swaziland. MCLI co-operates closelywith organised business to engage with relevant
authorities in order to coordinate and represent the combined views of all stakeholders involved in
the investment, utilisation and provision of the infrastructure and services of the Corridor.