Beira, Mozambique
Port · MZBEW · -19.81°, 34.84° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Metals
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 8
- vessel calls / yr
- 598
About the port
The World Port Index lists Beira as a medium coastal natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 5 m in the channel, 8 m at the anchorage, 8 m at the cargo pier and 8 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 5 m.
Entry can be restricted by tide, swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated major, with a medium drydock.
Beira is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 651 port calls at Beira from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 54 a month, 6% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 29%, dry bulk carriers 28% and container ships 27% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 6.6 million t imported and 2.6 million t exported.
The busiest month was Oct 2025 (63 calls) and the quietest Jun 2026 (44).
What is reported near this port
8 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Beira, the earliest issued in 1999; the most common types are nav aids (3), incidents (1) and derelicts (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Beira is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 46 calls, 564 thousand t in, 116 thousand t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Disruption events listing this port · IMF PortWatch
- IDAI-19 · tropical cyclone · red alert · 2019-03-09 to 2019-03-15 — Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 194 km/h)
- Flood in Mozambique · flood · red alert · 2019-03-09 to 2019-03-29
PortWatch lists the ports inside each event's affected area; being listed does not mean the port was damaged or closed.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- medium coastal natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Mozambique Channel; Indian Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII
- depths
- channel 5 m · anchorage 8 m · cargo pier 8 m · oil terminal 8 m
- mean rise of tide
- 5 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell, tide; not ice
- turning area
- yes
- good holding ground
- no
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- major
- drydock
- medium
- marine railway
- large
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 171 (Enroute) - East Africa and the South Indian Ocean
- chart
- 61142
World Port Index entry Beira (No. 46890), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Mozambique's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 51%, exports 11%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.