The Port of Angoche, in the province of Nampula, will employ at least 500 people, around 400 in the project phase and another 100 during implementation. The President of the Republic assured, yesterday, during the ceremony to lay the foundation stone, that the infrastructure will boost the region’s development. By the end of 2026, Angoche will have a modern fishing port with the capacity to dock ships, handle, process and preserve large quantities of fishery resources, and for this, a workforce of at least 500 people will be required. During the ceremony, the president himself made a point of describing the port’s capabilities. “The port will have the capacity to dock 40 artisanal vessels in series. Therefore, the vessels that you have here can accommodate 40, but there can also be 10 semi-industrial vessels. There can also be 15 industrial vessels. The part where the larger vessels will be located will be approximately 150 meters, almost half the general cargo quay of the Port of Nacala”, described the president. The comparison with the Port of Nacala was really to get an idea of the size of the port infrastructure that is expected in Angoche. that in addition to loading and unloading, the port will have an area for processing and preserving fish. “It will also have 7 cold storage rooms to store fish with a capacity of 350 tons,” added the president. The construction works of the port of Angoche, in this first phase, will cost around 50 million US dollars, an amount that will be disbursed by the Government of Mozambique, the Arab Bank for Development in Africa (BADEA) and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Fund for International Development (OFID). Tshepelayi Kabata, from BADEA, for the benefit of the continent and the country, reiterated that he will continue to provide financial support and mobilize more partners. “I would like to reaffirm our support and commitment to mobilize more resources from the strategic partners of the Arab coordination group, in order to support the economic development agenda of the Republic of Mozambique, in line with our commitment to promote the economic and social development of Africa and Mozambique, in particular,” assured Kabata. While The construction of the Port is underway, Angoche is still waiting for confirmation of the existence of oil, which has been prospecting for years and the most recent concession of prospecting blocks took place this month. Source: O País
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