Estradas do Zambeze
Estradas do Zambeze, SA is a Mozambican company primarily dedicated to the operation and maintenance of roads and trunk roads in the northern Mozambican province of Tete . The stock corporation, which was founded under Mozambican law, is based in Maputo .
Shareholders
The company was founded on January 12, 2010 with its headquarters in Maputo. The shareholders are the Portuguese companies Ascendi Concessões de Transporte (40%), Soares da Costa Concessões (40%) and Infra Engineering (20%). In May 2014 Soares da Costa announced that it would sell its forty percent stake in the consortium company to the Portuguese company Mota-Engil for 4.8 million euros .
concession
Estradas do Zambeze won the 2010 competition of the Mozambican government for a thirty-year concession for the construction and maintenance of roads in the province of Tete. The denomination includes:
- Maintenance of the Ponte Samora Machel
- Construction and maintenance of the Ponte Kassuende and associated access roads (opened in 2014)
- Construction and maintenance of the EN7 and EN8 highways between Cuchamano and Zóbué (approx. 260 km)
- Maintenance of the EN9 trunk road between Cassacatiza and Tete (about 268 km)
- Maintenance of the EN304 road between Colomué and Mussacama (about 156 km)
The roads are particularly important for traffic to the neighboring states of Malawi , Zambia and Zimbabwe and beyond. They represent an important link to the port city of Beira .
Refinancing of the costs takes place primarily through tolls on roads and bridges. The company outsourced the maintenance of the roads to the subsidiary Operadora Estradas do Zambeze, SA .
Assignments
Estradas do Zamebeze commissioned a consortium of the Portuguese companies Mota-Engil (43.5%), Soares da Costa (43.5%) and Opway (13%) with the construction of the Ponte Kassuende and the expansion of the trunk roads Bridges and roads, with Mota-Engil being the consortium leader. The bridge was inaugurated on November 12, 2014 by Mozambican President Armando Guebuza . The costs for the construction of the bridge and the expansion of the aforementioned road amounted to 105.263 million euros.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Apresentação. (No longer available online.) Estradas do Zambeze, SA, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved November 18, 2014 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Maria João Babo: Soares da Costa vende participação na Estradas do Zambeze à Mota-Engil. In: Jornal de Negócios. May 9, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Governo de Moçambique: Decreto n. 25/2010, July 14, 2010
- ^ Contrato de Concessão. (No longer available online.) Estradas do Zambeze, SA, archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved November 18, 2014 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bernardo Carlos: TETE-ESTRADAS DO ZAMBEZE: Conclusão da ponte optimiza actividades da concessionária. In: Jornal Notícias. January 23, 2014, accessed November 18, 2014 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Deck of new bridge over Zambezi River in Mozambique laid this year. In: Macau Hub. July 22, 2013, accessed November 13, 2014 .
- ↑ RIO ZAMBEZE: Segunda ponte pronta em Tete. In: Jornal Notícias. November 6, 2014, accessed November 13, 2014 (Portuguese).
