Skip to research content
Africa's Major Transport Fleets

Commercial transport, fleet operations and industrial mobility across Africa.

Fleet characterPort corridors, mining, agricultural and Malawi/Zambia transit
Hard-number fleetCSC ~80 Freightliner flatbeds
GatewaysMaputo, Beira and Nacala
Fleet challengeLong corridors and uneven service coverage
Recent fleet moves

Investment and fleet direction

CSC’s roughly 80 GPS-monitored Freightliner flatbeds provide a clean current fleet benchmark around Beira. Mining and port-corridor investment continue to create demand for flatbeds, tippers, tankers and project equipment.

Truck market

OEM brands competing for fleet orders

European, Japanese, American and Chinese truck brands coexist, with fleet choice varying sharply between urban distribution, mining and cross-border line-haul.

Distribution

Dealers, workshops and aftersales

Maputo and Beira are the principal commercial-vehicle support centres; Nacala is increasingly important for northern corridor operations.

Fleet economics

Taxation and import treatment

Commercial-vehicle import costs combine customs duty, VAT and other charges according to HS classification and origin. Mining projects can operate under distinct fiscal arrangements, but road trucks should not automatically be treated as duty-free mining machinery.

Asset strategy

New versus used equipment

Used trucks remain important in general freight. Operators on long cross-border contracts increasingly favour newer equipment where recovery distances and parts delays make breakdowns especially costly.

Fleet operators

Elsewhere in Eastern Africa