Wed, 17 May 2017 09:58:13 +0000 Mpulungu harbour doubles export target By BUUMBA CHIMBULU MPULUNGU Harbour Corporation handled 38,090 metric tonnes of exports during the first quarter of 2017 compared to 15,931 MT in the same period in 2016. The harbour is wholly owned by Government and manages the Mpulungu port on Lake Tanganyika. The port serves cargo traffic destined to Burundi, Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo, through the ports of Bujumbura, Kigoma and Kalemie respectively. Company general manager, Davies Kaluba, said business in the first quarter of 2017 was stable and fair. “Our handled volumes were 18 percent below our projections, largely due to stock constraints faced by our main exporters and scarcity of foreign exchange in the Burundi market,” he said. Responding to a press query, Mr Kaluba said the volumes in the period under review were buoyed by competitive commodity prices on the Zambian market and improved availability of trucks. […]
