Dar es Salaam port
| Dar es Salaam port | |||
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| UN / LOCODE | TZ DAR | ||
| owner | United Republic of Tanzania | ||
| operator | Tanzania Ports Authority and private operator | ||
| opening | 1866 | ||
| Port type | Freight port, passenger port | ||
| Piers / quays | 11 | ||
| Passengers | 707.286 | ||
| Goods handled | Bulk goods , general cargo , liquid bulk goods , raw materials , machines , sugar , grain | ||
| Throughput | 12,530,675 (2012/13) | ||
| website | www.tanzaniaports.com (English) | ||
| Geographic information | |||
| place | Kurasini in Dar es Salaam | ||
| region | Dar es Salaam | ||
| Country | Tanzania | ||
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| Coordinates | 6 ° 46 ′ 57 " S , 39 ° 17 ′ 4" E | ||
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The port of Dar es Salaam ( English Port of Dar es Salaam or Dar es Salaam Port ) is a state-administered seaport in Tanzania on the Indian Ocean . It plays an important role in the handling of goods to and from Tanzania, is one of the largest facilities on the east coast of Africa and the largest general cargo port in the country. In addition to Tanzania, the African landlocked states of Malawi , Zambia , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Burundi , Rwanda and Uganda mainly use the loading capacities available here. A very high proportion of their respective foreign trade is handled. For this reason, the port is of great economic and political importance for the import and export of goods from East and Central Africa . The manager and operator of large parts of the port is the Tanzania Ports Authority, created in 2005 on the basis of the Tanzanian Ports Act ( Ports Act No. 17 of 2004 ).
location
The port facilities of Dar es Salaam ( Temeke district ) are in a naturally favorable location. The almost S-shaped winding estuary of the Kizinga River and another small tributary offer the harbor protection from the free Indian Ocean. The elongated quays run south of the city center between the districts of Stesheni and Kurasini . The entrance for ships into the estuary is narrow.
history
As the capital of the German East Africa colony , Dar es Salaam was developed into an overseas port. The spacious basin offered space for several large ocean-going vessels at the same time. A quay, which was equipped with electrically operated crane systems, was used for loading and unloading the ships. When the tide was 3–4 meters below the high tide, the water on the quay was 1–2 meters deep. Therefore, barges with a size of 100 to 200 tons had to be used for traffic with seagoing vessels . Small ships could only moor on the quay itself during high tide. From 1902 to 1914, the governor's shipyard operated a floating dock in the port of Dar es Salaam , which was sunk as a port block shortly after the start of the First World War. In 1906, the port authorities received the disinfection and fireboat Clayton vehicle A to fight epidemics and fire .
Cargo
All kinds of goods flows through the port of Dar es Salaam that are of fundamental and existential importance for the supply of the country and its neighboring states. 95% of Tanzania's foreign trade is handled here. It has a handling capacity of 4.1 million dwt dry goods and 6.0 million dwt liquid goods . At the same time, the port forms a logistical link in the chain for the export economy of the African countries that it participates in. In order to better meet the growing demands on the handling of goods, expansion considerations have been made, in the context of which the coastal areas in the estuary opposite the previous port area are taken into account.
As export goods these are:
- Coffee and tea , to Europe , Japan , USA
- Cotton and other fiber raw materials , to Europe and Southeast Asia
- Cashew nuts , to India , Japan
- Sisal fibers , yarns and ropes & ropes , to Europe, India and Pakistan
- Seeds , to Europe
- Tobacco , to Europe and the USA
- Sugar , to Europe
- Oil seeds and peas , to India
- Hides and leather , to Europe
As import goods, these are:
- Machinery, chemicals, animal feed, fertilizers, sugar products, vehicles, spare parts, paper, crude oil, petroleum products, plastics and textile products.
- Copper to Europe, Japan, USA and Southeast Asia.
Port facilities
There are several terminals and check-in areas in the port of Dar es Salaam. Large cargo ships can moor here. There are 11 deep water berths available. The total length of the quays is 2000 meters . The greatest water depth in the port area is 10 meters.
- Container Terminal ( Container Terminal )
The company Tanzania International Container Terminal Services Ltd. operates the container terminal in the port and the container warehouse in the Ubungo district . This includes three quays for container ships with a total length of 540 meters. 250,000 TEU container freight can be handled here annually . The country's largest container terminal takes up an area of 18 hectares in the port and has 12,000 square meters of paved area. The main shareholder is Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH) , based in the British Virgin Islands , a subsidiary of the global company CK Hutchison Holdings Limited .
- Cargo terminal ( Cargo Terminal )
In the cargo terminal is cargo loaded. Here ships can land in 8 deep water areas and unload bulk cargo . There are 8 warehouses with a total of 81,040 square meters of storage space available. Every year 2.5 million tons of freight can be handled in the terminal . 28 gantry cranes (5–7 tons) and 27 further cranes (3–5 tons) are used for the logistics processes.
- Grain Terminal ( Grain Terminal )
The grain terminal is intended for the export and import of grains such as maize , rice and wheat . It has a fully automatic loading system with grab / suction dredger equipment . A concrete silo can hold a total of 30,000 tons of freight. This consists of 24 main and 14 intermediate tanks. Incoming and outgoing grain can be treated for pest control with a gasification system. The main silo areas are temperature controlled and ventilated.
In a warehouse it is possible to store another 1500 tons of grain in big bags . 10 transport vehicles are available here for loading.
- Oil and liquid bulk terminal ( Oil or Liquid Bulk Terminal )
The somewhat remote terminal for oil and other bulk liquids is within sight of the Nyerere Bridge, which spans the landward area of the mouth of the Kizinga River .
- Passenger Equipment ( Passenger Facilities )
Passengers can transfer to and from coastal ships at the “Malindi-Kai” .
- Loading centers of the user states
The cargo handling centers of Malawi and Zambia should be mentioned in particular.
Of the Malawi Cargo Centers , two cargo centers under the leadership of the Malawian government, there is one in Dar es Salaam and one in Mbeya . Rail transport takes place via the TAZARA route in the Dar-es-Salaam corridor . In the Cargo Center Dar es Salaam, a 35-ton gantry crane is used to load the containers, which also has its own siding. There is also a warehouse as well as 12,000 cubic meters of diesel tanks and 7,700 cubic meters of gasoline tanks with a further siding for this tank farm .
The Zamcargo Freight Center ( Zamcargo Tanzania ) is operated by a Zambian state company. It is based in Mpendwa and Dar es Salaam and is subordinate to the Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply and Communications in Lusaka .
Transport links
Rail transport
The port of Dar es Salaam can be reached with two systems by rail. These are the route networks of Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL) and Tanzania Zambia Railways Authority (TAZARA). The route networks have different track gauges and only come together at two points where goods can be transferred to the other rail network. This possibility exists in Dar es Salaam and in Kidatu . The direct rail connection is with the TAZARA network, where a branch line branches off from its Yombo Station freight yard to the port area. The national railway company TRL has long played a large part in the international transit of goods via the port. The TRL rail link runs from the freight station in the Ilala district , passing under Nyerere Road and Bandari Street , to the northern area of the port and to the facilities of the redesigned Bandari Terminal . Numerous logistics and wholesale companies have settled on both sides of this branch line.
Goods traffic by rail with the destination Zambia is handled on the TAZARA route. The railway line crosses the Tanzanian-Zambian border between Tunduma and Nakonde . Export products from the copper mining areas in Zambia and the DRC mainly arrive at the port by rail freight . China is investing in the rehabilitation of the outdated transport infrastructure. The construction of a new major port in Bagamoyo was agreed, but has since come under fire.
Goods are transported from the port of Dar es Salaam by rail to Malawi to the Mbeya train station, 750 kilometers away , and there they are loaded onto trucks that take the freight on the T10 national road to the border crossing to Malawi. Further rail transport is only possible from the capital Lilongwe . In Mbeya, the Malawi Cargo Center has a 35-tonne gantry crane, a warehouse and a tank farm with a capacity of 2500 cubic meters, which also has a separate siding.
The freight between Uganda and the port of Dar es Salaam is transported from the port of the Ugandan city of Port Bell on Lake Victoria by means of a rail ferry service jointly organized by Tanzania Railways Limited and Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) to the Tanzanian port of Mwanza on the southern shore of the lake. From here the meter- gauge line runs over the Tabora railway junction with a total of 1,229 kilometers to the port in Dar es Salaam.
For the rail-bound freight transport to and from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Burundi, the Central Line ( meter gauge ) runs from Dar es Salaam via the Tabora railway junction to Kigoma on the east bank of Lake Tanganyika . This is a transport route with a length of 1254 kilometers. From the inland port in this city, ferry boats commute to the port of Kalémie in the east of the DRC, which is operated by the SNCC .
Freight goods destined for Burundi are also shipped from the Tanzanian port of Kigoma after 120 kilometers of water to the port of Bujumbura .
Freight traffic with Rwanda is initially carried out from Tanzania on the Dar es Salaam – Mwanza railway line. After 982 kilometers, freight is handled between railways and motor vehicles in modern logistics facilities in the TRL dry port of Isaka , from where the loads are brought 500 kilometers to or from Kigali .
Rail transport to the neighboring country of Kenya to the north is possible. The Tanzania Railways route branches off about 60 kilometers inland from Dar es Salaam at the Ruvu junction , where a branch of the Tanzania Railways leads to the northeastern part of the country and ends in Arusha . Before this inland end point, there is the Kahe junction with a railway line to neighboring Kenya , which, after the Taveta border crossing, first meets the Kenyan city of Voi .
Road traffic
To the west of the port area and adjacent to it runs the national road T7 , which leads from the confluence with Bandari Street and Nelson Mandela Road near the coast to the south of the country and ends in Mingoyo at the headquarters of the port authority .
The Bandari Street and the subsequent Gerezani Street form the inner-city connection from Hafeareal to the National Road T1 , which in urban areas Julius K. Nyerere Road is. Goods can be transported to Zambia on this trunk road. The T3 branching off in Morogoro runs to Rwanda. Shortly before the border with Rwanda, the T11 branches off from it , which leads to Burundi.
Web links
- Tanzania Ports Authority: Dar es Salaam Port . on www.tanzaniaports.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tanzania Ports Authority: Annual Report & Accounts for the Year ended 30TH June, 2014: Individual Ports Performance. Dar es Salaam Port ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Dar es Salaam, 2015. (PDF document p. 30 ff.), Online at www.tanzaniaports.com (English)
- ↑ World Port Source: Port of Dar es Salaam . on www.worldportsource.com (English)
- ↑ a b c World Port Source: Port of Dar es Salaam. Port Commerce . on www.worldportsource.com (English)
- ↑ Ports & Ships: Port of Dar es Salaam . on www.ports.co.za (English)
- ↑ Port Management Association of Eastern & Southern Africa (PMAESA): Tanzania Ports Authority ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . at www.pmaesa.org (English)
- ↑ a b c Tanzania Ports Authority: Overview and Future of Tanzania Ports Authority ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . at www.pmaesa.org (English)
- ^ Gustav Adolf Fischer: Harbor , in: Heinrich Schnee (Ed.): German Colonial Lexicon . Volume II, Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, pp. 1 ff.
- ↑ a b Tanzania Ports Authority: Dar es Salaam Port ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.tanzaniaports.com (English)
- ↑ a b Tanzania Ports Authority: Export Profile Destination ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.tanzaniaports.com (English)
- ↑ SeaRates LP: Port of Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) . on www.searates.com (English)
- ^ Tanzania International Container Terminal Services Ltd (TICTS): TICTS - Company Profile . on www.ticts.net (English)
- ^ Hutchison Ports Holdings Ltd .: Tanzania International Container Terminal Services . at www.hutchisonports.com (English)
- ↑ Tanzania Ports Authority: Cargo Terminal ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.tanzaniaports.com (English)
- ↑ Tanzania Ports Authority: Grain Terminal ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.tanzaniaports.com (English)
- ↑ World Port Source: Local View . on www.worldportsource.com (English)
- ↑ Tanzania Ports Authority: Passenger Facilities ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.tanzaniaports.com (English)
- ↑ a b Malawi Cargo Centers Limited website MCCL . on www.mcclmw.com (English)
- ↑ a b Tanzania Ports Authority: Cargo Centers . on www.tanzaniaports.com (English)
- ^ Zambia Cargo & Logistics Limited Tanzania Limited (ZCL): About us . on www.zamcargo.co.tz (English)
- ↑ a b Tanzania Ports Authority: Hinterland Link ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.tanzaniaports.com (English)
- ^ Tanzania Zambia Railway: Historical Background . on www.tazara.co.tz (English)
- ^ Tanzania Railways Ltd .: Historical background and development of the railway sub sector . at www.trl.co.tz (English)
- ↑ Nikkei Asian Review: China-aided trans-Africa railway line likely to transform regional trade . News from August 25, 2014 on www.asia.nikkei.com (English)
- ^ Tanzania Road Haulage (1980) Limited: TRH Copper Handling Services . at www.trhtz.com (English)
- ↑ Shem Oirere, IHS Maritime Portal: Bagamoyo port project shelved . News from February 28, 2016 on www.fairplay.ihs.com (English)
- ^ Tanzania Railways Ltd .: Isaka Dry port . at www.trl.co.tz (English)
- ^ Tanzania Ports Authority: Main Lines . on www.tanzaniaports.com (English)
