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Dar es Salaam Port to Operate 24/7

February 12, 2014
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Tanzania busiest port, Dar es Salaam, is set to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The improvement is part of the MOU that was signed this week, covering the port’s new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

The implementation timeframe however is unclear.

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The Dar es Salaam port is Tanzania’s principal port with a rated capacity of 4.1 million dry cargo and 6 million liquid cargo, handling about 95% of country’s international trade.

In January 2014 Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) announced it plans to increase annual cargo traffic fby 30%, from 13.5 million tonnes in 2013 to 18 million tonnes in 2015.

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