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Waziri Mkuu Azindua Meli mbili zilizonunuliwa na Serikali Mkoani Mbeya

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Waziri Mkuu, Kassim Majaliwa amezindua Meli mbili za mizigo za Mv Njombe na Mv Ruvuma zitakazotumika katika kusafirishia mizigo kwenye Ziwa Nyasa na kuonya kwamba zisitumike kama eneo la kuvushia wahamiaji haramu na dawa za kulevya.

Amesema kuwa kukamilika kwa ujenzi wa Meli hizo zilizogharimu sh. bilioni 11.253 ni utekelezaji wa ahadi ya Rais Dkt. John Magufuli alizozitoa ikiwa na lengo la kutatua changamoto ya usafiri wa abiria na mizigo katika Ziwa Nyasa.

Amesema kuwa ni jambo la faraja na la kujivunia kwa Serikali na wananchi kwa pamoja kushuhudia meli zilizotengenezwa na Mtanzania, zikiwa zimekamilika tayari kwa kuanza kazi ya kuwahudumia wananchi, ambapo awali suala hilo lilikuwa likifanywa na raia wa kigeni.

Waziri Mkuu amezindua meli hizo zilizojengwa na kampuni ya Kitanzania ya M/S Songoro Marine Transport mapema hii leo katika bandari ya Kiwira wilayani Kyela akiwa katika ziara yake ya kikazi mkoani Mbeya.

Aidha, amesema kuwa Meli hizo zitumike katika kukuza uchumi wa wananchi kwa kusafirisha mizigo na biashara halali kati ya nchi za Tanzania na Malawi na zisitumike kama eneo la kuingiza wahamiaji haramu pamoja na dawa za kulevya nchini.

“Changamoto ya usafiri wa mizigo katika ziwa Nyasa itakuwa historia kwani meli hizi zitarahisisha usafiri na kupanua wigo wa biashara kati ya Tanzania nan chi za Malawi na Msumbiji, hivyo tunamshukuru Mheshimiwa Rais Dkt. Magufuli kwa kutoa ahadi hii ambayo leo utekelezaji wake umekamilika.”

Kwa upande wake, Naibu Mkurugenzi wa Mamlaka ya Bandari Tanzania (TPA) anayeshughulikia Miundombinu, Mhandisi Karim Mataka amesema kuwa ujenzi wa meli hizo ulianza Juni 2015 na zina uwezo wa kubeba tani 1,000 za mizigo kwa kila moja.

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New Tazara rejuvenation drive gathers momentum

IDDY MWEMA 30 JULY 2017





AFTER suffering a significant drop in cargo volume for several years, Tanzania- Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has started picking up, as the company has now secured freight orders to transport 600,000 tonnes.

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The increase in cargo volume has been attributed to intensive marketing campaign to regain customers’ confidence by improving efficiency. The successful campaign has seen the company moving from transporting 130,000 tonnes of cargo in 2015/2016 to 600,000 tonnes.

TAZARA Managing Director, Eng Bruno Ching’andu said that following a successful marketing campaign and a demonstration of the company’s ability to deliver on time with maximum safety and security, many customers had now offered confirmed freight traffic orders in excess of 600,000 tonnes for transportation on both ends of the railway line.

Under the new marketing strategy, the company has reduced the number of days for transporting cargo from 20 days to 5 days from Dar es Salaam to Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia.

Speaking this week at the official opening of the second meeting of the Master Workers’ Council, Eng Ching’andu challenged workers to rise to the occasion and take advantage of the abundant cargo that is now being presented to the authority for transportation.

He commended the workers for working hard to win back confidence of the customers and challenged them to now focus on delivering and proving to the public that the company was capable of meeting the huge market demand.

“We have to prove our relevance to our shareholders as well as to the public by moving all the freight that has been availed to us,” he said.

Eng. Ching’andu further observed that although TAZARA was facing capacity constraints, the huge demand for the railway transportation services, coupled with the positive and encouraging good will from the two governments of Tanzania and Zambia, was sufficient to spur every worker to think of creative ways for overcoming the challenges.

“We need to be innovative and to think outside the box in order to overcome these capacity constraints,” he said.

He however informed the workers that in order to enhance the haulage capacity in the short term, and considering that funds for re-capitalization would take long to materialize, the management was actively seeking to increase the fleet of locomotives and wagons through short-term measures such as leasing of the required equipment and other external operators to ply the railway within the next few weeks.

In order to increase efficiency and capacity in November last year, Tanzanian President, John Magufuli met with his Zambian counterpart, Edgar Lungu to discuss among other issues, Tazara’s long-standing woes.

The two heads of state agreed that Tazara management set up needed to be changed to allow people from outside Tanzania and Zambia to be considered for senior managerial positions in the firm, which is contrary to the current arrangement where the managing director comes from Zambia, with Tanzania providing the deputy.

President Magufuli said their decision was aimed at restoring Tazara’s ability to serve its customers, and said in 1976 Tazara was able to transport five million tonnes of cargo annually, but that figure had dropped to128, 000 tonnes last year.

In order to revamp the authority, the two head of states directed attorney generals of the two countries to meet and review the legal framework of the Tazara Act of 1975 to accommodate changes in the management setup to make the authority commercially viable and attractive to private players.


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Lamu services remain suspended
Posted July 27, 2017 by Aviation, Travel and Conservation News - DAILY from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands in Uncategorized. Leave a Comment

JAMBOJET UPS ELDORET FLIGHTS TO 18 PER WEEK

(Posted 27th July 2017)



Jambojet, Kenya Airways’ fully owned low cost airline subsidiary, had announced their intent to add more flights on the Nairobi to Eldoret route.
The spare capacity is a result of the carrier suspending their services to Lamu over what they call runway conditions, though other airlines operating from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport continue to operate their flights, with albeit lighter aircraft.
Eldoret will now have 18 flights a week with notably a Sunday early afternoon service between Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and Eldoret’s airport. The same departure from Nairobi has been added for Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.
No further information has been received however on the airline’s plans to start regional services as yet.

Jambojet adds extra flights on Eldoret route as Lamu services remain suspended
 
Good but to compare SGR to a pipeline is bullocks. Tanzania is paying no single cent for the pipeline n is to earn $11 mln everyday as transport fee.

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Turkish construction giant eyes more Africa projects after Ethiopia, Tanzania railways

ANADOLU AGENCY

ADDIS ABABA

PublishedAugust 2, 2017



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Turkish construction giant Yapı Merkezi hopes a $3 billion modern railway-line project it is building in Ethiopia and Tanzania will showcase its skills and make it a "trusted development partner" in Africa.

The consortium, which prides itself on successfully building some 2,600 kilometers of line (1,615 miles) and a dozen rail systems in different parts of the world, first set foot in the African infrastructure market with its Casablanca and Algiers light railway networks.

Financial Affairs Manager Murat Öcal told Anadolu Agency its first two African projects marked the beginning of its expansion on the fast-growing continent.

"The projects were completed on a high note, and showcased our competence and Turkish technological advancement," he said.

The latest Ethiopian and Tanzanian standard-gauge railroad contract is the first African mega project for the company, Öcal added.

The 3,910 km (2,430-mile) Awash-Kombolcha-Hara Gebya single-line railway project which began in 2015 at a cost of $1.7 billion will link northern and eastern Ethiopia and also connect to a central rail network which stretches to the port of Djibouti. The railway is of crucial importance for landlocked Ethiopia, which has a population over 100 million, to have access to sea and major trade routes passing through the Bab al Mandab Strait.



According to the Ethiopian government's Growth and Transformation Plan the line will enhance the country's internal and external freight and passenger transportation capacity.

Construction of the first phase between Awash and Kombolcha, which consists of dozens of tall bridges and long tunnels, has been successfully completed, according to Öcal. When the project is totally completed in 2020 as planned, the company will have constructed 12 tunnels, 51 bridges, 14 overpasses and one underpass.

"Overall, 50 percent of the project has been completed, whereas 83 percent of the first phase has been completed and during the test drive, a speed of over 100 kilometers was achieved, a first in Ethiopian history. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn also attended to the test drive," Öcal said.

"The second phase needs additional financing, and hopefully the Ethiopian government will fix it and we will complete it in double-quick time," he added.



Unique marks

Currently, there are 7,200 people are employed in the project, of which 4,600 are Ethiopian and 2,200 are Turkish nationals, whereas 400 workers are being employed from other countries.

Öcal said that the number of Turkish engineers and personnel in the project is decreasing as they transfer technical information to their Ethiopian counterparts.

Habtamu Bekele, the company's site engineer, who spoke to Anadolu Agency by phone, said the electrified rail project had unique attributes.

"I have worked with various international infrastructure contractors for many years; what is unique about Turkish professionals is that they are willing to transfer their skills, and quality is not compromised," he said.

Suleyeman Muhammed, a resident of Kombolcha, said the construction had created jobs and hopes.

''The Turkish workers know how to live and work with the local community, and we have a similar culture," he added.

The most significant feature of the project, according to Öcal, was the involvement of Turkey's Eximbank in financing the construction.

"This represents the will of Turkish government, and our trusted brand which made other European financers extend credit to the project," he said.

Meles Alem, spokesperson for the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Turkish involvement in Ethiopia's development projects "are the outcome of the excellent relations both countries enjoy".



Tanzanian express

Yapı Merkezi's Tanzanian project, which was signed in April 2017, is worth $1.2 billion and its first 250-km (155 mile) section, will connect Dar es Salaam to Morogoro.

According to a company document, the railroad will provide a ground speed of 160 kilometers per hour (99 mph).

The project actually consists of five phases – the first won by Yapı Merkezi – totaling 1,224 kilometers that would link the Democratic Republic of Kongo and Uganda to the Indian Ocean.

"Our model will be the same, in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and other future projects," said Öcal.

"We will provide durable European-standard technologies, empower local professionals with knowledge, and try to attract multiple financers."

He added: "These projects will be a good reference for other African countries who will build similar projects, and we will be a trusted development partner of Africa."

According to the African Development Bank, the continent's economic recovery is expected to continue with "strong growth projections over the next four decades," which will necessitate the construction cheaper, fast and environmentally safe railroads.


Turkish construction giant eyes more Africa projects after Ethiopia, Tanzania railways

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For those Kenyans with eyes they should compare the cost n see how Chinese r dinyaring Kenya's tanyees [emoji28]

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Compare theory with tangible! How do you know they will even build it? Kenya has it already, Give us an image of Tanzania we compare!!!
 
Tanzania ore find to boost electric motor production

FRIDAY JULY 14 2017




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Peak Resources Ltd has discovered fluorspar in Ngualla in southwestern Tanzania. This will be the second revenue stream for the firm after rare earths.

The Australia Stock Exchange-listed company says it plans to fast-track studies to assess the deposits in the Ngualla rare earth project 147km from Mbeya town.

Peak managing director Darren Townsend said the find will help meet the growing global demand for rare earth metals driven by electric cars, bikes and wind power generation.

READ: Australian firm to earn $361m from Tanzania rare earth project

Ngualla has deposits of flourspar, barite, niobium and phosphate. The neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr) found at Ngualla is a class of rare earth elements for making magnets used in hard disk drives, headphones, loudspeakers, electric motors and generators.

China’s domestic NdPr oxide prices have seen steady increases over past seven months, after a six-year fall. Prices have risen by 32 per cent from $36 per kilogramme since mid November 2016 to an average of $47 in July 2017.

READ: TZ to enter lucrative rare earth minerals trade

Increase efficiency

“Against this background, we will apply for a mining licence,” said Mr Townsend.

The total investment to bring the project into production is about $330 million.

Neodymium and praseodymium outside Australia in 2010 and 2013 averaged $270 per kilogramme but prices fell in 2013.

“At current prices of around $39 per kg for a Nd/Pr mixed oxide, the project would breakeven at operating level,” London-based RFC Ambrian, an investment advisory firm.

The use of neodymium-iron-boron magnets in power generation has allowed wind turbines to reduce costs and increase efficiency by eliminating gearboxes.

Electric vehicles are a potentially disruptive technology that could transform the car industry and drive increasing demand for neodymium and praseodymium.

High-torque efficient permanent magnet motors have in recent years been used in electric vehicles.

Out of 370,000 hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles sold in the US as at September 2016, 328,000 units used permanent magnet motors whose market is growing globally.

My take ===> hapa ni ulaji mpaka basi, inabidi tujipange kuwa suppliers wa batteries and motors for electric vehicles pamoja wind power generators.

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