Tanzania: Striving to Become the Regional Port of Choice

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Tanzania: Striving to Become the Regional Port of Choice

Press Release - Dar es Salaam, an anchor port supporting not just Tanzania but also several landlocked neighbors, was facing pressures from infrastructural constraints and increasing volumes of trade handled each year. The construction of a new roll-on, roll-off terminal at the port has boosted its capacity to handle much larger vessels with efficiency, and to improve on the turnaround time for ships coming through.

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