GML Maputo Coal Terminal
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The GML Maputo Coal Terminal is a dry-bulk export terminal in Maputo, Mozambique. GML is an acronym for Grindrod Mozambique Limitada, the company that owns and operates the terminal.
Location
The GML Maputo Coal Terminal is located in Maputo, Mozambique, at the south of the Mozambique Channel in the southwest Indian Ocean.
Background
The GML (Grindrod Mozambique Limitada) terminal exports sized coal destined for the Turkish domestic market, along with iron oxide/magnetite. As of 2026, the GML terminal had a total throughput capacity of 4 million tonnes per annum.[1]
The coal exported from the GML terminal is sourced from mines in southern Africa.[2] Grindrod's 2025 annual report indicated that coal was being transported to Maputo by rail from the Belfast region of South Africa via a transfer point in Komatipoort.[3] Grindrod has also reported coal shipments to Maputo from Botswana.[4]
According to a 2012 North-West University thesis, "GML has developed from very humble beginnings in 2009 to what is today a multi-million ton bulk export facility. GML was established to exclusively handle sized coal out of South Africa; however, through continued demand from other African countries, GML is now handling bulk coal exports from countries such as Botswana and Zimbabwe...; [t]he coal is loaded by skip and either vessel or shore crane to minimise the degradation of the sized product."[5]
Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in GML suffering a 53.4% decline in tonnage, from 738,339 tonnes in 2019 to 344,305 tonnes in 2020.[6] However, Grindrod reported that coal exports from the GML terminal rebounded sharply in subsequent years, reaching 3.22 million tonnes in 2022 and 3.68 million tonnes in 2023.[7][8] Grindrod did not report coal-only throughput figures for the GML terminal in 2024 or 2025; rather, the company's 2025 annual report listed totals for all dry-bulk goods combined, citing 2,880,055 tonnes handled in 2024, and 1,323,670 tonnes in 2025.[3]
Project Details
- Operator: Grindrod Ltd[1][3]
- Location: Maputo, Mozambique[1]
- Capacity: 4 million tonnes per annum (coal and iron ore/magnetite combined)[1]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start date: 2009[5][9]
- Type: Exports[1]
- Coal Source: South Africa[3][5], Botswana[4][5], Zimbabwe[5]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Coal Terminal". Porto de Maputo. Retrieved 2026-10-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Bigger ships possible after port expansion". Mining Weekly. 2014-03-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Integrated Annual Report 2025 for the year ended 31 December 2025 (pp 31, 39, 41)" (PDF). Grindrod. 2026-04-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Grindrod dry bulk terminal in Maputo Port named Best Company". Grindrod. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2026-10-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Cornell Beytell, "Sustainable transport and intermodal solutions for urban growth and development : a case study of the Integrated Gauteng Transport Master Plan 2025," Chapter 4 (Empirical Resesarch), North-West University, 2012
- ↑ "Integrated Annual Report," Grindrod Limited, 2020
- ↑ "Mozambique: Another record for Grindrod". Club of Mozambique. 2023-12-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Grindrod breaking records". Grindrod. 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2026-10-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Making Waves Jul-Dec 2014 (p 16)". Grindrod. 2014-12-31.
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