In the wake of cyclone Idai, Grindrod South Africa, a subsidiary company of Grindrod Limited, will be releasing the MV Border, a 14,357-ton deadweight container vessel, presently deployed within its Southern African sea-freight business Ocean Africa Container Lines, to perform a relief voyage from Maputo to Beira.
The vessel is expected to arrive in Maputo during the early hours of Thursday, she will thereafter load the much-needed relief cargo that is presently being consolidated by local authorities and humanitarian aid organisations and sail to Beira.
The schedule for the relief voyage is as follows:
ETA Maputo Thursday 21st March 2019
ETD Maputo Friday 22nd March 2019
ETA Beria Saturday 23rd March 2019
The vessel will thereafter sail to Durban to resume its normal service.
ENDS