Port of Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Description: Port of Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania).

The Port of Dar es-Salaam is the largest port in Tanzania.

1. 95% of the Tanzanian foreign trade
2. Length of the Port of Dar es-Salaam: 2,000 metres
3. The Port of Dar es-Salaam has Eleven deep-water berths
4. General Cargo Terminal
5. Grain Terminal
6. Capacity of the Port of Dar es-Salaam (in million tonnes)
   1. General cargo: 3,1
   2. Liquid bulk: 6
   3. Container: 1
7. Access to landlocked countries of
   1. Central Africa: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda
   2. East Africa: Kenya (West), Malawi, Uganda, and Zambia
8. ZAMCARGO: Cargo consolidation to Zambia.
9. Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA)
10. The Malawi Cargo centre exports to the Malawian market. In Dar es-Salaam and Mbeya
11. Tanzania Railways Corporation (Rail Transport in Africa). Links to the Lake Tanganyika region (1.255 kilometres), DR Congo (Bukavu), Burundi, Mwanza on Lake Victoria (Uganda), and Kenya
12. Access to Dodoma and Arusha
13. Distance from Dar es-Salaam to the Port of Mombasa: 171 (nautical miles)

Top destinations and export products of the Port of Dar es-Salaam

1. To the European Union (EU), Japan, and the United States: Tea and coffee
2. To South East Asia and Europe: cotton
3. To India and Japan: Cashew nuts

The Tanzania Ports Authority manages the ports of Tanga, Mtwara, Dar es-Salaam and Tanzanian lake ports

The Port of Dar es-Salaam belongs to the East African Economic Area (African Civilisation).

Trans-African Roads related to the Port of Dar es-Salaam

1. North-South Corridor
2. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor
3. Northern Corridor
4. Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
5. Central Corridor

African Regional Economic Communities:

1. EAC (East African Community)
2. SADC (Southern African Development Community)
3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement

Masters and Doctorates in Global Business adapted to Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, and Rwanda

More information about Tanzania (EENI African Portal).

1. Transport and Logistics in Tanzania

1. Reginald Mengi
2. Mohammed Dewji
3. Said Salim Bakhresa