According to a statement that was recently released by the US embassy in Tanzania, a contract has been signed to begin the process of upgrading the 65km stretch of road that runs between Tanga and Horohoro, thus marking the first for road of the Tanzania transport system that will be upgraded using finances from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

Fly540 Tanzania, which promotes itself as Africa's first low cost carrier, first began operating low cost flights in the Tanzania transport sector in July 2009 and is currently preparing to introduce three weekly flights between Mwanza and Nairobi early next week.

The Daily News has recently reported the launch of daily flights to the Arusha Airport by the Air Tanzania Company Ltd (ATCL), who has promised its customers outstanding services around and beyond what they described as “the Geneva of Africa.”

The East African Business Week (EABW) has recently published an announcement by the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) which indicated that the private sector investors Hutchicon Ports Holdings, TICTS and Wai Chau will invest USD 60 million in the authority over the next five years in an effort to ease congestion at its ports and assist it in its port operations.

A recently published report by the East African Business Week (EABW) has indicated that, following the anticipated approval of tender documents for the construction of the infrastructure for the Dar es Salaam city Rapid Transit (DART) system, the much anticipated Tanzania transport system will officially open as expected in 2012.

A recent report by The Daily News has indicated a renewed commitment by the Tanzania airline Precision Air for the continued modernization of its fleet and, to this end, announced that its acquisition of new aircrafts is on schedule and continuing to progress.

According to a recent report by The Citizen, the minister for Tanzania Infrastructure Development, Dr. Shukuru Kawambwa has announced the need for a regional strategy in order to address the current shortage of qualified personnel both in the Tanzania aviation sector as well as throughout the region.

A recent report by The East African has indicated that, in addition to its goal of injecting more than USD 39.3 million into a project to overhaul the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority, the government of Tanzania is also currently looking for ways to recapitalize that Tanzania Railways Ltd.

According to a recent report in The Citizen, charges on handling and transfer fees for containers moved to Inland Container Depots (ICD) from the Dar es Salaam port have been removed by the Tanzania Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority (Sumatra) following a year of opposition to the charges from transporters.

The railway authority for the Tanzania transport sector, the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara), has recently begun work on an ambitious program that was designed to help increase its overall capacity to take advantage of the haulage potential that is offered by the freight cargo entering the country with final destinations being the DRC, Rwanda Burundi and Zambia.