It is located in Sofala Bay, which forms a huge complex with the mouth of the Pungoe River, known as the Beira estuary, facing the Mozambique Channel.

Access to the port is via the "Macuti channel" which, under normal conditions, is duly dredged and conveniently buoyed, allowing navigability 24 hours a day.

[2] The port is the terminus for two railway lines — Beira-Bulawayo (or Machipanda) and Sena — transporting products from Malawi and Zimbabwe.

Another important flow connection is made by the Trans-African Highway 9.

[5] It is a fundamental part of the logistics complex of the "Beira Corridor".