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Logistics and Transportation in Malawi, Corridors

Logistics in Malawi. Port of Nacala. North-South Corridor

Transport in Malawi (East Africa, Southern Africa) is very underdeveloped.

  1. Malawi is a landlocked country
  2. Railway: 797 kilometres of narrow gauge
    1. Links towards Zambia (Mchinji)
    2. Access to the Nacala Corridor (Mozambique)
      1. Access to the Port of Nacala
    3. There is no direct link to Tanzania
  3. Roads: 15,451 kilometres
    1. 45% (6,956 kilometres) of the roads in Malawi are paved
    2. Quelimane (416 kilometres)
  4. Lilongwe International Airport
  5. Chileka International Airport
  6. 700 kilometres of channels:
    1. Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa)
    2. Shire River (144 kilometres)
  7. Ports:
    1. Chipoka (Salima)
    2. Monkey Bay
    3. Nkhata Bay
    4. Nkhotakota
    5. Chilumb

Marine transport

The nearest port of Malawi (landlocked country) is the Port of Nacala (Mozambique)

  1. Access to the Maputo Development Corridor
  2. Access to Mozambique through the Nacala Railway (931 kilometres), is the closest port in Malawi
  3. Nacala corridor project (highway)

Logistics: Ports of Mozambique, Maputo, Nacala, Beira. Access to South Africa, Eswatini

The Port of Beira (Mozambique) is 812 kilometres from Blantyre (Malawi)

Other ports near Malawi are:

  1. Port of Dar es Salam (Tanzania)
    1. Loading centre in Malawi
  2. Port of Durban (South Africa)

Study in Malawi (Master, Trade, Business)

North-South Transport Corridor (10.647 kilometres) - Transafrican transport corridor

  1. Cities of Malawi: Uyole, Chiweta, Mzuzu, Lilingwe, Blantyre
  2. The countries of the North-South Corridor are South Africa, Botswana, the DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
  3. Links to the Cairo-Gaborone Transport Corridor

North-South Corridor: Botswana, the DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Malawi: Business Global Trade Malawian Students

  1. Course: Transport in Africa
  2. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
  3. Doctorate in African Business

Malawian Students: Master International Business

More information: Trade and Business in Malawi, at EENI Global Business School.

History of Malawi

Business in Africa (Spanish) Transporte en Malaui Trade and Business in Africa (French) Transport au Malawi Business in Africa (Portuguese) Transporte no Maláui



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