The waterway is intended to supplement existing transport corridors to the ports of Nacala and Beira, in Mozambique, and the port of Dar-es-Salaam, in Tanzania.
该水道旨在补充通往莫桑比克的纳卡拉港和贝拉港以及坦桑尼亚的达累斯萨拉姆港的现有运输走廊。