Tanzania: Nation Plans New Ports to Ease Pressure On Dar es Salaam

The government plans to construct two new seaports at Mbegani and Mwambani in Bagamoyo and Tanga respectively, to ease congestion of cargo at the overwhelmed Dar es Salaam port, the minister for Transport, Mr Omar Nundu has disclosed.

The minister said in the city yesterday that while the planned ports were on the drawing board, work to expand the Dar es Salaam port's gates 14 and 15 were well underway. "We want to use the advantage of being the gateway for more than five landlocked countries to improve our transport infrastructure," he said.

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