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The Maputo Corridor :

The Role of the Private and Public Sector

and Opportunities for Developing Countries

Barbara Mommen, CEO, Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative

Presented at Transforming Transportation 2017

The Maputo Corridor :The Role of the Private and Public Sector

and Opportunities for Developing Countries

World Bank, Washington DCThursday, 12 January 2017

What is the Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative?

• A non profit, membership organisation initiated by the private sector in 2004

• To address bottlenecks, congestion, delays, inefficiencies, costs, shortcomings in the communication, institutional, transport and operational framework

• Focus is on freight and transport and trade facilitation on corridor road, rail, border posts, port and terminals

ROAD DISTANCEJhb – Maputo 581kms Mbabane – Maputo 223kms

THE MAPUTO CORRIDOR

RAIL DISTANCEJhb – Maputo 590kmsMbabane – Maputo 198kms

Export

Import

Roossenekal

Komatipoort

Phalaborwa

Belfast

Pretoria

Gauteng

Maputo

Steelpoort

Rustenburg

Steel

Automotive

Containers

Rock Phosphate

Fuel

Containers

Timber

Coal

Magnetite

Chrome/Ferros

Granite

Sugar

Fertilizer

Cement

Kaapmuiden

Commodity profile of the Maputo Corridor

Key Infrastructure Investment since 2000

N4 from Johannesburg to Maputo is the first and most successfulcross border PPP on the continent. 30 Year BOT Concession. $450million invested since 1999, $300 million to 2029. Carries 70% ofcorridor cargo traffic

RAIL carries roughly 30% of corridor traffic. $100 million on the rehabilitation of the Ressano Garcia Line since 2006, $240 million in the next three years on doubling and electrification of the Ressano Garcia line

Lebombo/Ressano Garcia Border average border crossing time for bulk traffic is between 23 and 45 minutes. NII concessionaire investment in 2014 $10 million for scanning and $75million for cargo faciity

15,6 million tons in 2015, $700 million invested since 2003, Port Masterplan anticipates $2billion by 2033

PRINCIPLE MECHANISM FOR PUBLIC - PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGMENT IS THE MCLI STAKEHOLDER FORUM

Key Elements:

• Relationships with key experts, leaders and role players in public and private sectors

• Credibility, consistency, continuity• Issue based – so no dilution or meeting for the sake of meeting

Purpose:

• Joint problem solving • Integration and constantly evaluate operations and service

provision, greater transparency and reciprocal accountability

MCLI STAKEHOLDER FORUM

Facilitated – Minuted - Followed Up - Reported

MCLI as SecretariatAssessment, Facilitation, Reporting, Communication, Lobbying, Advocacy,

Monitoring

Public and Private Sector StakeholdersInput into Operational, Legal, Policy Issues

PublicSectorPolicyOversight/RegulatoryEntities

PrivateSector/StateOwnedSupply-ChainActors

PPPCorridor

ManagementInstitution

Institutional Challenges being addressed through SSATP Program to review MoU, Strategy and Funding

Mechanisms

Thank you!

Barbara Mommen+27 83 555 6025

ceo@mcli.co.zawww.mcli.co.za