Dar es Salaam Port Expansion: Serving Tanzania and Four Landlocked Neighbours
Tanzania's $463 million Dar es Salaam port expansion is adding berth capacity and digital infrastructure to handle growing trade volumes from Zambia, Malawi, DRC, Burundi, and Rwanda.
Dar es Salaam Port handles approximately 18 million tonnes of cargo annually, serving not only Tanzania but four landlocked neighbours: Zambia, Malawi, DRC Eastern Province, and Burundi. Rwanda increasingly uses Dar es Salaam as an alternative to Mombasa for its growing export volumes of minerals, coffee, and manufactured goods. The Tanzania Ports Authority is investing $463 million in the Port of Dar es Salaam Improvement Project, funded by a World Bank loan, to expand the container terminal from 780,000 to 1.5 million TEU annual capacity.
Central Corridor Revival
The Central Corridor, running from Dar es Salaam through Tanzania to Kigali and Bujumbura, is competing directly with the Northern Corridor via Mombasa for hinterland freight. The Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TAZARA), though chronically underfunded, is being assessed for concession to a private operator. The SGR line from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma is under construction. Freight managers routing Central Corridor cargo can find logistics contacts and customs broker listings on intra-africa.com.
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