Maputo — Maxixe (Mozambique), 18 Jun (AIM) - Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Sunday inaugurated a new jetty in the city of Maxixe, in the southern province of Inhambane, repalcing one that was destroyed by cyclone Dineo in February 2017.
The jetty is vital for the ferry service across the Bay of Inhambane between Maxixe and Inhambane city. Although a temporary jetty, made of local materials, was hastily erected after the cyclone, the two large ferry boats, owned by the company Transmaritima, that usually carry passengers between the two cities cannot moor at it. These two boats, the "Magaluti" and the "Baia de Inhambane" have been paralysed since the cyclone, and so passengers have depended on small, unsafe vessels to make the crossing.
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