High Costs in Kenya push traders to Dar-es-Salaam Port

Bavaria · Aug 29, 2014

waltham said:
mnajua nyote hapa JF hamna time ya poor tanzania, wakati wenu ni kutoa pofu kuhusu kenya. niwakumbushe ya numbani basi

Inefficiency at Dar port swallows up $2.6bn of GDP

Source: The East African

Tanzania and its six landlocked neighbours are losing millions of dollars every year, as port inefficiencies and corruption hold back economic development.

Tanzania and its landlocked neighbours could boost their annual gross domestic product (GDP) by up to $1.8 billion and $830 million respectively by taking measures to improve the efficiency of the port of Dar es Salaam.

According to a World Bank report titled "Opening the Gates: How the Port of Dar es Salaam Can Transform Tanzania," the country and its six landlocked neighbours are losing millions of dollars every year, as port inefficiencies and corruption hold back economic development.

Jacques Morisset, the bank's lead economist for Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi says that with its strategic location, the Dar es Salaam port is the gateway for 90 per cent of Tanzania's trade, clearing $15 billion in merchandise annually. This sum is equivalent to 60 per cent of Tanzania's GDP in 2012.

"In addition, the port provides vital access to Tanzania's six landlocked neighbours: Malawi, Zambia, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda," said Mr Morisset.

According to the economist, in 2012 the total loss resulting from inefficiencies at the port was estimated to reach $1.8 billion for the Tanzanian economy and $830 million for the neighbouring countries.

Mr Morisset said these losses were equivalent to approximately seven per cent of Tanzania's annual GDP, and affected a wide range of local consumers, businesses and government agencies.

High charges at the port are also reducing its competitiveness in the region, with the report pointing out that the official port fees in Dar are on average 74 per cent higher than in Mombasa, principally as a result of higher wharfage charges.

Everything is taken care of. We are reclaiming back what we had.

Bavaria · Aug 29, 2014

Jile79 said:
Alafu siku hizi wakenya huwa hawachangii mijadala mbalimbali inayoendelea hapa jf

Wapo, wanapotosha sana. Wakibanwa wanaishia kutukana

waltham · Aug 29, 2014

kadoda11 said:
wewe nilisha kwambia utafute mwl. wa lugha akuongezee ujuzi wa kuandika na kutamka maneno kwa ufasaha.hujui kizungu hujui kiswahili.unajua kikamba tu.

pofu-povu

numbani-nyumbani.

you can run but you can not hide bro. side shows hazitakusaidia

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Dear Sir,
I am a Zambian business man right now here in Dar es Salaam trying to clear my cars for the past 8 days to no avail.These Tanzanian clearing urgents are just giving excuses that the system is not ok and sometimes not even answer our calls.
There dry ports corruption is too much that only people ten percenting are clearing quickly.
I really wonder what these Zambian officials at the High commission are doing here in Tanzania.Are they just to get paid using our tax payers money?
This is the reason we voted PF in office but things still and seems to be the same.
I would suggest the government develope other ports like Bengela in Angola and Mozambique.
By copy of this letter I challenge the high commissioner to go around all dry ports in Tanzania and see how Zambians are suffering and becoming stranded.
We are not fools so this guys on our pay roll should help us.
Yours frustrated and stranded young business man.
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waltham · Aug 29, 2014

Bulldog said:
Wapo, wanapotosha sana. Wakibanwa wanaishia kutukana

huwezi kuweka mjadala na mtu ufahamu wa mada hana ni kubweka toka asubui mpaka magharibi na chuki za binafsi kuhusu kenya. angalia mijadala kuhusu tz mnaikimbia kuja kubweka na tusi kuhusu kenya. hatuna huo muda!!!!

Chiwa · Aug 29, 2014

lawmaina78 said:
Yaani siwaelewi kabisa, the fact that tunabanana na ninyi kwa wateja ambao naturally wanafaa kuwa wenu wote inaonyesha bado mna kazi tena sana. Geographically mko well advantaged, lakini kwa uvivu wenu mnabaki kugawana na sisi, yaani tumewakuta hadi nyumbani.

inauma na kuumiza lakini ndo ukweli japo hatuko tayari kuukubali

MK254 · Aug 29, 2014

Bulldog said:
Everything is taken care of. We are reclaiming back what we had.

Haya, ila kumbuka reli ya SGR ikikamilika tutawafikishia Waranda containers kwa masaa 24, hapo kama nilivyosema tutawatongoza hadi Wakongo na Warundi, hata na Wabongo wote wa Mwanza na Arusha.

Baba Kiki · Aug 29, 2014

lawmaina78 said:
Yaani siwaelewi kabisa, the fact that tunabanana na ninyi kwa wateja ambao naturally wanafaa kuwa wenu wote inaonyesha bado mna kazi tena sana. Geographically mko well advantaged, lakini kwa uvivu wenu mnabaki kugawana na sisi, yaani tumewakuta hadi nyumbani.

Ha ha ha. Umesahau tatizo sio kubanana ila trend ya tz in closing the gap. Kama ni geographical advantage ya tz over kenya haijaanza leo mkuu! There is something coming up day in day out.

Baba Kiki · Aug 29, 2014

waltham said:
mnajua nyote hapa JF hamna time ya poor tanzania, wakati wenu ni kutoa pofu kuhusu kenya. niwakumbushe ya numbani basi

Inefficiency at Dar port swallows up $2.6bn of GDP

Source: The East African

Tanzania and its six landlocked neighbours are losing millions of dollars every year, as port inefficiencies and corruption hold back economic development.

Tanzania and its landlocked neighbours could boost their annual gross domestic product (GDP) by up to $1.8 billion and $830 million respectively by taking measures to improve the efficiency of the port of Dar es Salaam.

According to a World Bank report titled Opening the Gates: How the Port of Dar es Salaam Can Transform Tanzania, the country and its six landlocked neighbours are losing millions of dollars every year, as port inefficiencies and corruption hold back economic development.

Jacques Morisset, the banks lead economist for Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi says that with its strategic location, the Dar es Salaam port is the gateway for 90 per cent of Tanzanias trade, clearing $15 billion in merchandise annually. This sum is equivalent to 60 per cent of Tanzanias GDP in 2012.

In addition, the port provides vital access to Tanzanias six landlocked neighbours: Malawi, Zambia, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda, said Mr Morisset.

According to the economist, in 2012 the total loss resulting from inefficiencies at the port was estimated to reach $1.8 billion for the Tanzanian economy and $830 million for the neighbouring countries.

Mr Morisset said these losses were equivalent to approximately seven per cent of Tanzanias annual GDP, and affected a wide range of local consumers, businesses and government agencies.

High charges at the port are also reducing its competitiveness in the region, with the report pointing out that the official port fees in Dar are on average 74 per cent higher than in Mombasa, principally as a result of higher wharfage charges.

Tunajadili kitu kingine wewe unaleta isssue za kale. Tunachozungumzia sasa hivi ni cost effectiveness ya kupitishia mzigo bongo badala ya mombasa. We unachozungumzia ni potential zaidi ya dar port kama inefficencis zitakuwa addressed.

Baba Kiki · Aug 29, 2014

waltham said:
huwezi kuweka mjadala na mtu ufahamu wa mada hana ni kubweka toka asubui mpaka magharibi na chuki za binafsi kuhusu kenya. angalia mijadala kuhusu tz mnaikimbia kuja kubweka na tusi kuhusu kenya. hatuna huo muda!!!!

Kama uko makini zaidi utagundua kuwa lazima kenya itajwe kwenye hii mada. Kama unabisha rudia tena kusoma jina la uzi huu.

MK254 · Aug 29, 2014

Baba Kiki said:
Ha ha ha. Umesahau tatizo sio kubanana ila trend ya tz in closing the gap. Kama ni geographical advantage ya tz over kenya haijaanza leo mkuu! There is something coming up day in day out.

Ninacho elewa Watz mkapunguza uvivu, inferiority complex na lawama mtaipiku Kenya na kuwa taifa bora Afrika, ila kwa sasa bado shughuli.

kadoda11 · Aug 29, 2014

lawmaina78 said:
Haya, ila kumbuka reli ya SGR ikikamilika tutawafikishia Waranda containers kwa masaa 24, hapo kama nilivyosema tutawatongoza hadi Wakongo na Warundi, hata na Wabongo wote wa Mwanza na Arusha.

kwa rwanda hii ya dictator paul kagame ambaye alimlaghai uhuru kenyatta kujiunga COW,hatutashangaa akilazimisha warwanda wafanyabiara kupitisha mizigo yao bandari ya mombasa hata kama kuna unafuu bandari ya dar.

ila burundi,congo,malawi na zambia mtaishia kuwatamani tu mpaka mwisho wa dunia.bandari ya tz itabaki kuwa mkombozi wao daima.

MK254 · Aug 29, 2014

kadoda11 said:
kwa rwanda hii ya dictator paul kagame ambaye alimlaghai uhuru kenyatta kujiunga COW,hatutashangaa akilazimisha warwanda wafanyabiara kupitisha mizigo yao bandari ya mombasa hata kama kuna unafuu bandari ya dar.

ila burundi,congo,malawi na zambia mtaishia kuwatamani tu mpaka mwisho wa dunia.bandari ya tz itabaki kuwa mkombozi wao daima.

Tatizo la Wabongo mnafikiria biashara hufanywa kwa hisia, it's all about efficiency and cost cutting, nothing personal na ndio maana unaona wateja wenu wanayumba, mara wapo Mombasa mara ndio hao wanarudi Dar. Tukifaulu kumfikishia Mrwanda container kwa chini ya masaa 24, hapo Murundi na Mkongo hatakua na budi ila kutumia miundo yetu hadi mtakaposhtuka na kujiboresha.

Kwa sasa tutazidi kubanana huko kwa hao wateja ambao wanafaa kuwa wenu kiasili. Duh!! jameni Wakenya noma.

kadoda11 · Aug 29, 2014

Baba Kiki said:
Tunajadili kitu kingine wewe unaleta isssue za kale. Tunachozungumzia sasa hivi ni cost effectiveness ya kupitishia mzigo bongo badala ya mombasa. We unachozungumzia ni potential zaidi ya dar port kama inefficencis zitakuwa addressed.

mkuu pole sana.
huyo dogo kichwa chake ni kigumu sana ku-analyse issues.hapo ni sawa na kumpigia mbuzi gitaa

at least the only thing he can do is to share any junk from google that goes against tz. unfortunately he draws a blank to check for the validity of his source.poor him.

kadoda11 · Aug 29, 2014

lawmaina78 said:
Tukifaulu kumfikishia Mrwanda container kwa chini ya masaa 24, hapo Murundi na Mkongo hatakua na budi ila kutumia miundo yetu hadi mtakaposhtuka na kujiboresha.

mrwanda hata msipo fanikiwa kunfikishia container zake kigali chini ya masaa 24,bado kagame ata enforce wafanyabiashara wa nchi yake watumie bandari ya mombasa.ni swala la kidiplomasia zaidi kati ya tz na rwabda,sio efficiency,cost cutting or road infrastructure .hutakiwi kuwa na degree ya political science kujua hilo.
hivyo basi hatutashangaa kwa kinakachotekea au kinacho tokea sasa hivi kuhusu rwanda na bandari ya mombasa.

ila kwa congo na burundi mtaishia kuota ndoto za alinacha.mtakufa kwa "wivu wa kijinga" round hii.lol

MK254 · Aug 29, 2014

kadoda11 said:
mrwanda hata msipo fanikiwa kunfikishia container zake kigali chini ya masaa 24,bado kagame ata enforce wafanyabiashara wa nchi yake watumie bandari ya mombasa.ni swala la kidiplomasia zaidi kati ya tz na rwabda,sio efficiency,cost cutting or road infrastructure .hutakiwi kuwa na degree ya political science kujua hilo.
hivyo basi hatutashangaa kwa kinakachotekea au kinacho tokea sasa hivi kuhusu rwanda na bandari ya mombasa.

ila kwa congo na burundi mtaishia kuota ndoto za alinacha.mtakufa kwa "wivu wa kijinga" round hii.lol

Haya basi hata kisiasa, mwisho wa siku ni biashara, elewa biashara ni siasa, kama nyie mnajifanya mabingwa wa kukosana na majirani hiyo ni yenu. Basi hatujali biashara ya Kagame.
Wakenya ni sisimizi, huwa hatuzubai, kumbuka hata kwenye World Bank Logistics Performance Index 2014 (LPI) tumewabwaga, Kenya ipo namba 74 wakati Tanzania inahangaika kwenye namba 138 pamoja na miundo mbinu yenu. Country Score Card: Kenya 2014 | Logistics Performance Index

Ndahani · Aug 29, 2014

Mwanagenzi said:
JokaKuu,

Thanks for sharing that piece of information. That should provide the GoT and especially Hons. Magufuli na Mwakyembe the impetus to accelerate the reforms in their respective sectors. The touted idea (as recently by Pombe) to establish an ICD at Ruvu should be implemented sooner than later. If need be, more necessary infrastructure should be added to join the ordered/rehabilitated wagons and engines.

Who halted the use of dry ports at Isaka and Mbeya? TAZARA and TRL could help a lot to improve the cargoes on transit by fetching them to those two areas. Customers closer to the areas could be able to cut down cost even much more than the way it is now with trucks operating direct from Dar port.

Ndahani · Aug 29, 2014

lawmaina78 said:
Tatizo la Wabongo mnafikiria biashara hufanywa kwa hisia, it's all about efficiency and cost cutting, nothing personal na ndio maana unaona wateja wenu wanayumba, mara wapo Mombasa mara ndio hao wanarudi Dar. Tukifaulu kumfikishia Mrwanda container kwa chini ya masaa 24, hapo Murundi na Mkongo hatakua na budi ila kutumia miundo yetu hadi mtakaposhtuka na kujiboresha.

Kwa sasa tutazidi kubanana huko kwa hao wateja ambao wanafaa kuwa wenu kiasili. Duh!! jameni Wakenya noma.

Kenya mnafanya biashara kwa kutumia nini? Ubongo? Benz ya rais mmepeleka wapi?

Baba Kiki · Sep 1, 2014

lawmaina78 said:
Ninacho elewa Watz mkapunguza uvivu, inferiority complex na lawama mtaipiku Kenya na kuwa taifa bora Afrika, ila kwa sasa bado shughuli.

Tunawalisha lakini. Watz hatusumbiliwi na hicho unachokiita inferiority complex maana tumefundwa tangu kale binadamu wote ni sawa. Kwetu sisi thamani ya mtu haiko katika alichonacho au asicho nacho ila ktk utu wake. Na ni kwa msingi huu huwa tunaona kujikweza kwa wakenya ni porojo zisizo na msingi na tunapozikemea nyie mnadai tuna inferiority complex. Yaani mm nikuogope wewe eti kwa sababu ni mkenya? Yatakuwa ni maajabu ya karne

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