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Uganda's Minister of Works and Infrastructure spotted in Dar
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Uganda takes steps to ease traders access to port of Dar es Salaam
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June 6, 2018
06Jun 2018
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Uganda takes steps to ease traders access to port of Dar es Salaam
A NINE-kilometre railway has been built from the Lake Victoria coastal township of Port Bell to the country’s capital Kampala in a bid to boost the number of Ugandan traders channelling their wares through Tanzania, it has been disclosed.
Uganda’s Minister for Works and Transport, Monica Ntebe, said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the absence of the rail from Port Bell to Kampala had been forcing Ugandan traders to incur huge costs in transporting merchandise to and from the port of Dar es Salaam.
The minister, who was speaking while on a working visit to the port of Dar es Salaam, said her country’s business community had complained about this particular logistic nightmare for years.
As a result, she said, a large number of Ugandan businesspeople started to prefer to use the port of Mombasa in Kenya instead.
But now that the problem that forced them to shift has been solved, the same traders are likely to start going through Tanzania again, Ntebe added.
She said the Port Bell-Kampala railway had been constructed under an agreement between Tanzania and Uganda to facilitate easy movement of goods to and from Uganda.
“Uganda is ready to use the port of Dar es Salaam more after the completion of its rail from Port Bell to Kampala. Our duty now is to market the Central Corridor Trade Route to persuade clients,” Ntebe explained.
She commended efforts by the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to increase the port of Dar es Salaam’s capacity for loading and offloading of cargo.
The Ugandan minister also used her visit to inspect infrastructure along the major route from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza, including weighing points at Vigwaza, Isaka dry port, and Mwanza port.
According to Ntebe, Uganda expects better overall trade with Tanzania due to the reduced transport costs.
“We are working with Tanzanian government to increase the amount of Ugandan cargo passing through Dar es Salaam port,” she stated.
The permanent secretary in Tanzania’s Ministry for Works, Transport and Communication, Dr Leonard Chamuriho, said the government is ready to market the central corridor trade route “to attract more traders using it, including those from our neighbouring country Uganda.”
According to TPA deputy director general Kareem Mataka, a huge extension project is currently underway at the port of Dar es Salaam with the aim of increasing its water depth by at least 15 metres to allow more and larger cargo ships to dock.
“The project also involves land reclaiming to increase the space where offloaded cargo can be kept,” Mataka said.
TPA director of marketing Lydia Mallya said Uganda currently transports 368,000 tonnes of cargo per annum through the port of Dar es Salaam, adding that the figures are now expected to double.
June 6, 2018
06Jun 2018
Correpondent
News
The Guardian
Uganda takes steps to ease traders access to port of Dar es Salaam
A NINE-kilometre railway has been built from the Lake Victoria coastal township of Port Bell to the country’s capital Kampala in a bid to boost the number of Ugandan traders channelling their wares through Tanzania, it has been disclosed.
Uganda’s Minister for Works and Transport, Monica Ntebe, said in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the absence of the rail from Port Bell to Kampala had been forcing Ugandan traders to incur huge costs in transporting merchandise to and from the port of Dar es Salaam.
The minister, who was speaking while on a working visit to the port of Dar es Salaam, said her country’s business community had complained about this particular logistic nightmare for years.
As a result, she said, a large number of Ugandan businesspeople started to prefer to use the port of Mombasa in Kenya instead.
But now that the problem that forced them to shift has been solved, the same traders are likely to start going through Tanzania again, Ntebe added.
She said the Port Bell-Kampala railway had been constructed under an agreement between Tanzania and Uganda to facilitate easy movement of goods to and from Uganda.
“Uganda is ready to use the port of Dar es Salaam more after the completion of its rail from Port Bell to Kampala. Our duty now is to market the Central Corridor Trade Route to persuade clients,” Ntebe explained.
She commended efforts by the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to increase the port of Dar es Salaam’s capacity for loading and offloading of cargo.
The Ugandan minister also used her visit to inspect infrastructure along the major route from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza, including weighing points at Vigwaza, Isaka dry port, and Mwanza port.
According to Ntebe, Uganda expects better overall trade with Tanzania due to the reduced transport costs.
“We are working with Tanzanian government to increase the amount of Ugandan cargo passing through Dar es Salaam port,” she stated.
The permanent secretary in Tanzania’s Ministry for Works, Transport and Communication, Dr Leonard Chamuriho, said the government is ready to market the central corridor trade route “to attract more traders using it, including those from our neighbouring country Uganda.”
According to TPA deputy director general Kareem Mataka, a huge extension project is currently underway at the port of Dar es Salaam with the aim of increasing its water depth by at least 15 metres to allow more and larger cargo ships to dock.
“The project also involves land reclaiming to increase the space where offloaded cargo can be kept,” Mataka said.
TPA director of marketing Lydia Mallya said Uganda currently transports 368,000 tonnes of cargo per annum through the port of Dar es Salaam, adding that the figures are now expected to double.
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Very true!
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