TICTS tariff proposals rejected

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Tanzania International Container Services’ (TICTS) plan to increase container handling fees at Dar es Salaam container terminal by a repor...

Crunch time for Dar es Salaam

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The government of Tanzania has stated that it will soon decide the fate of Tanzania International Container Services’ (TICTS) concession t...

Tractors for TICTS

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Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS) has commissioned nine new tractors as part of its upgrade of cargo handling equip...

New chapter for Dar es Salaam

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Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) has appointed a new chairman to the Board of Tanzania International Container Terminal Services Ltd (TICTS) in...

HPH’s TICTS concession under threat

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The Tanzanian Parliament (Bunge) voted last month to cancel the concession extension awarded to Tanzania International Container Terminal Se...

BNSF bags Rwandan rail link contract

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The government of Tanzania has announced that construction of a railway from Rwanda to Dar es Salaam will begin later this year. The Tanzani...

Investing in Dar

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The Tanzanian government has unveiled an investment package of US$112.8M for Dar es Salaam that will help to rebuild existing jetties, const...

TICTS short of space

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Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS) has indicated that it will run out of container capacity at Dar Es Salaam by 2010...

New port planned at Bagamoyo…

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Proposals for a new port to be located at Bagamoyo have been unveiled by the Tanzanian government. The town was a famous port on the east co...

ICDs for Tanzania

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The Tanzanian government has agreed to allow the development of inland container depots (ICDs) across the country by private sector companie...

Tanzanian concession back on

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The Tanzanian government has decided to restart the tender for the contract to operate the general cargo terminal at Dar es Salaam. Control ...

Drought hits African lakes

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Falling water levels on the Great Lakes in eastern Africa are affecting shipping and port operations in the region. On Lake Victoria, it is ...

Tanga gold rush

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The third biggest port in East Africa, Tanga in northern Tanzania, is experiencing something of a renaissance after years of losing out to n...

Tanzanian ports push inland

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Port authorities managing the main four Tanzanian ports of Dar-es-Salaam, Mtwara, Tanga and Zanzibar have launched a concerted campaign to h...

A weighty problem

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Inaccurate weighbridge readings in the port of Dar-es-Salaam have reportedly led to short quantity claims, mainly in respect of cargoes of a...

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