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Dar es Salaam port trade and infrastructure expansion

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The Port of Dar es Salaam has seen significant growth in transit cargo and operational efficiency. During the 2025/26 financial year, transit traffic rose by 17% to 14.61 million tonnes, largely driven by a 30% increase in shipments to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Investments in modernized equipment and infrastructure have helped establish the Central Corridor as a viable alternative to the Northern Corridor. Subsequent reports indicate even broader growth, with total cargo volumes reaching 33.7 million tonnes in the 2025/26 fiscal year. Operational efficiency has improved markedly, with container ship turnaround times dropping from over 300 hours to less than 28 hours following the commencement of DP World operations in April 2024. To capitalize Building on this momentum, discussions regarding a multimodal transport corridor, Tanzania and Egypt are discussing now advancing a strategic partnership to enhance connectivity between Egypt, East Africa, and Central Africa. Transport Ministers Kamel El-Wazir and Makame Mbarawa have discussed establishing an Egyptian-Tanzanian international consortium to develop a multipurpose terminal at the development Port of a multimodal transport corridor. Dar es Salaam. This initiative seeks to link Egyptian cooperation includes creating a new shipping route connecting Egypt’s Red Sea ports to ports, Sokhna and Safaga, with Dar es Salaam through Salaam, alongside the creation of reciprocal logistics zones and the integration of maritime, road, and rail networks. In a related regional development, maritime links ministers from the Maritime Organisation for Eastern, Southern and integrated railway networks, potentially providing Egyptian exporters access Northern Africa (MOESNA) met in Dar es Salaam to seven landlocked discuss a regional cabotage protocol. This proposal seeks to establish a legal and commercial framework allowing African-owned or African-based operators to capture a larger share of regional shipping traffic, aiming to retain more freight revenue within African markets. economies.

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  1. 2026-10-16 12:39 UTC Dar es Salaam port trade and infrastructure expansion
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