Surface freight used to be shipped through the ports of Beira and Nacala in Mozambique, but because of guerrilla sabotage of the transportation system there in recent years, Malawi has switched to shipping through South Africa, which is more costly.
近年來因莫三鼻克內戰頻仍，馬、莫兩國交通系統遭游擊隊破壞，馬國遂改由南非轉運物資，成本較貴。