Container theft at Dar port raises freight costs for Rwanda exporters

[mchambawima1]

A cargo truck heads to the Indian Ocean coastal ports from Kigali business zone in Nyabugogo. Cases of theft at Dar es Salaam port targeting Rwandan mineral cargo have resulted in a sharp increase in transport costs.

Cases of theft at Dar es Salaam port targeting Rwandan mineral cargo have resulted in a sharp increase in transport costs, further reducing revenues in a subsector depressed by falling global mineral prices.


The cost of transporting a container of minerals from Kigali to Dar has shot up by 271 per cent from the previous $3,500 to $9,500 to cover what transporters call "high-risk valuable minerals."

The exporters are charged an extra $6,000 to pay private armed guards who offer escort services to the Rwandan minerals.

The escort services are required from the Rusumo border point on the Tanzanian side to the port. The trucks are also fitted with electronic security gadgets to beat the racketeers - an additional cost.

"Hiring armed guards to escort mineral consignments is among the pre-requisites by overseas-based insurance firms to take up the risk," said Fabrice Kayihura, deputy CEO of Mineral Supply Africa.

Last year, Mineral Supply Africa lost a container of coltan at the Dar port valued at around $760,000. This was the second theft targeting Rwandan minerals after another one in 2013.

However, it appears the organised thefts continued unabated, without the perpetrators being brought to book. The closest Tanzanian authorities came to busting the racket was arrest of suspects but the minerals were not recovered.

Also last year, the exporters sought the services of the International Police (Interpol); however, Rwanda Today has learnt that the minerals are yet to be recovered and no arrest has been made.

"We have not received any status report from Interpol," said Mr Kayihura.

The delays to recover the minerals have spread a high level of mistrust between the Rwandan business community and Dar port officials.

Rwandan business people have suggested that Tanzania allocates Rwanda, a regional big importer through Mombasa, land to handle high-value cargo such as minerals. The facility should be managed by Rwandans, they said.

Investor confidence

Analysts fear that continued incidents of theft in the already depressed mineral market will negatively affect investor confidence in the mining subsector which has been recording a positive growth.


At least 34,000 people are employed in mining and the government expects the figure to increase to 60,000 by 2018. Last year, 17,100 tonnes of mineral exports generated more than $190 million, and the government targets $400 million by 2017.

Rwanda's major minerals include cassiterite, coltan and wolfram. However, information from the National Bank of Rwanda indicates that cassiterite prices dropped by 3.1 per cent, coltan 16.6 per cent and wolfram 11.4 per cent.

Analysts project the mining subsector to record marginal growth of 0.6 percentage points.

Rwanda is moving away from exporting 100 per cent of its minerals in raw form by starting to smelt tin ore to buttressing itself from the volatile commodity market.

Phoenix Metal, a privately owned tin processing plant with an installed capacity to smelt and process 300 tonnes of cassiterite monthly, could also position Rwanda among top global tin ingot exporting countries.

Source: The East African

 

[JustDoItNow]

Mzee wa sumu mbona sikuelewi? rwanda kuna mineral gani? ahahahhaha,

Kwa hiyo conclusion yako ni nini? Duuu, mzeee wa sumu wewe ni noma.
Kagame naye yuko tayari kuachia ngazi? au naye watamtoa kwa maandamano.
Ebu tufafanulie mzee wa genosaidi

 

[mchambawima1]

Mzee wa sumu mbona sikuelewi? rwanda kuna mineral gani? ahahahhaha,

Kwa hiyo conclusion yako ni nini? Duuu, mzeee wa sumu wewe ni noma.
Kagame naye yuko tayari kuachia ngazi? au naye watamtoa kwa maandamano.
Ebu tufafanulie mzee wa genosaidi

Kwni hauna habari? awamu ya tatu Baba wa taifa letu Kagame haitaki, ila itabidi tumng'ang'anize mpaka kieleweke kwani vision 2020 itahitaji miaka mingine 3 baada ya awamu ya pili kuisha... vision yake huku Rwanda ishatuingia kwenye damu na matunda tushaanza kuyaonja... kutokana na kasi tuliyonayo nafikiri 2020 tusingefikisha ila sasa mkosi wakuwa na baadhi ya majirani irresponsible ambao wanafuga wezi kiasi cha mteja kutaka kukukimbia hiyo ni balaa... yaani nchi nyingine bwana sijui zinaendeshwa vipi, wacheni kujifadhaisha na kupola wateja wenu, inawapa sura mbaya huku nje....

 

[nyumba kubwa]

Wizi unafanyika kwenye Port au barabarani?
Na sidhani kama ni sahihi kusema wana target Rwandan Cargo...waulize Bulyanhulu Gold Mine wanaosafirisha makontena na makontena daily kilichokuwa kinawakuta siku za nyuma...nadhani walishapata solution...
Na hao wezi inabidi ujue wanaweza wasiwe wabongo...ndio maana tuliamua kutimua wahamiaji haramu...maana pande hizo ndio wamejaa

 

[AZUSA STREET]

A cargo truck heads to the Indian Ocean coastal ports from Kigali business zone in Nyabugogo. Cases of theft at Dar es Salaam port targeting Rwandan mineral cargo have resulted in a sharp increase in transport costs. PHOTO | DANIEL S NTWARI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
By KABONA ESIARA, RT Special Correspondent

Posted Friday, May 1 2015 at 20:54
In Summary

• The cost of transporting a container of minerals from Kigali to Dar has shot up by 271 per cent from the previous $3,500 to $9,500 to cover what transporters call “high-risk valuable minerals.”
• The exporters are charged an extra $6,000 to pay private armed guards who offer escort services to the Rwandan minerals.
• The escort services are required from the Rusumo border point on the Tanzanian side to the port. The trucks are also fitted with electronic security gadgets to beat the racketeers — an additional cost.
• Analysts fear that continued incidents of theft in the already depressed mineral market will negatively affect investor

Cases of theft at Dar es Salaam port targeting Rwandan mineral cargo have resulted in a sharp increase in transport costs, further reducing revenues in a subsector depressed by falling global mineral prices.


The cost of transporting a container of minerals from Kigali to Dar has shot up by 271 per cent from the previous $3,500 to $9,500 to cover what transporters call “high-risk valuable minerals.”

The exporters are charged an extra $6,000 to pay private armed guards who offer escort services to the Rwandan minerals.

The escort services are required from the Rusumo border point on the Tanzanian side to the port. The trucks are also fitted with electronic security gadgets to beat the racketeers — an additional cost.

“Hiring armed guards to escort mineral consignments is among the pre-requisites by overseas-based insurance firms to take up the risk,” said Fabrice Kayihura, deputy CEO of Mineral Supply Africa.

Last year, Mineral Supply Africa lost a container of coltan at the Dar port valued at around $760,000. This was the second theft targeting Rwandan minerals after another one in 2013.

READ: Another Rwandan minerals container stolen at Dar port

However, it appears the organised thefts continued unabated, without the perpetrators being brought to book. The closest Tanzanian authorities came to busting the racket was arrest of suspects but the minerals were not recovered.

Also last year, the exporters sought the services of the International Police (Interpol); however, Rwanda Today has learnt that the minerals are yet to be recovered and no arrest has been made.

“We have not received any status report from Interpol,” said Mr Kayihura.

The delays to recover the minerals have spread a high level of mistrust between the Rwandan business community and Dar port officials.

Rwandan business people have suggested that Tanzania allocates Rwanda, a regional big importer through Mombasa, land to handle high-value cargo such as minerals. The facility should be managed by Rwandans, they said.

READ: Rwanda, Tanzania in talks over theft at Dar port

Investor confidence

Analysts fear that continued incidents of theft in the already depressed mineral market will negatively affect investor confidence in the mining subsector which has been recording a positive growth.


At least 34,000 people are employed in mining and the government expects the figure to increase to 60,000 by 2018. Last year, 17,100 tonnes of mineral exports generated more than $190 million, and the government targets $400 million by 2017.

Rwanda’s major minerals include cassiterite, coltan and wolfram. However, information from the National Bank of Rwanda indicates that cassiterite prices dropped by 3.1 per cent, coltan 16.6 per cent and wolfram 11.4 per cent.

Analysts project the mining subsector to record marginal growth of 0.6 percentage points.

Rwanda is moving away from exporting 100 per cent of its minerals in raw form by starting to smelt tin ore to buttressing itself from the volatile commodity market.

Phoenix Metal, a privately owned tin processing plant with an installed capacity to smelt and process 300 tonnes of cassiterite monthly, could also position Rwanda among top global tin ingot exporting countries.

minerals? container carrying minerals from Rwanda. hivi Rwanda siku hizi wana madini, au ni madini ya wizi toka DRC? kwahiyo wezi wanawaibia wezi wenzao?hahahaha, hapo patamu. pelekeni mombasa huko mkaibiwe na wakenya wenzenu wa COW.

 

[jMali]

Wanatufanya hatuna akili. Wanachokitaka ni hiki:

"Rwandan business people have suggested that Tanzania allocates Rwanda, a regional big importer through Mombasa, land to handle high-value cargo such as minerals. The facility should be managed by Rwandans, they said."

Maana yake ni kuwa tuwatengenezee bandari ya Rwanda ndani ya bandari yetu, ili wawe huru kupitisha wanachotaka na kuingiza wanachotaka kupitia ardhi yetu bila sisi kujua kama ubalozi vile, yaani wapitishie silaha bila kuingiliwa! Silaha ambazo kwa akili fupi za yule mwenye kichwa kama madenge anaweza kuzitumia kutu-hit wenye bandari. How stupid do they think we are?
kwanza mwenye akili anatakiwa kuuliza wana migodi ipi kiasi cha kujaza makontena ya minerals? isije ikawa ni case ya wezi wanaibia wezi!

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JustDoItNow Geza Ulole Ngongo

 

[mchambawima1]

Wizi unafanyika kwenye Port au barabarani?
Na sidhani kama ni sahihi kusema wana target Rwandan Cargo...waulize Bulyanhulu Gold Mine wanaosafirisha makontena na makontena daily kilichokuwa kinawakuta siku za nyuma...nadhani walishapata solution...
Na hao wezi inabidi ujue wanaweza wasiwe wabongo...ndio maana tuliamua kutimua wahamiaji haramu...maana pande hizo ndio wamejaa

ninacho juwa unafanyika ndani ya territory ya TZ... kwa hiyo Rwanda kuibiwa mali zao sio tatizo kwa sababu kuna wengine ambao wameshaibiwa sana? sasa mbona wahamiaji haramu mlishawatimua inakuwaje sasa uhalifu unaendelea? au kikulacho... ? we dada mi naona kama kweli uaipenda nchi yako kabla ya kudandia malalamiko yetu ungeanza kwanza kufwatilia na kujuwa je huo wizi wa containers za gold ulishasimamishwa, uwezi kuisemea nchi yako kwa majibu ya mas'hala namna hiyo au vipi? hakuna maendeleo kama wananchi hamtoweza kuwajibishana....

 

[nyumba kubwa]

Kumbe wewe ndio mwandishi wa hii habari? Si ungesema tangu mwanzo kuliko kui paste kimya kimya? Haya ngoja nikuulize ndugu mwandishi... Unajua maana ya neno "targeting"?


Na kama wezi wako barabarani Rwanda kupewa administration ya bandari kutapunguza vipi huo wizi...? Kuna connection gani ya bandari na wizi barabarani?

Umeandika ukiwa na agenda nyingine kabisa ...ndio maana ulichoandika akina logical flow....

Kwa nini Rwanda isiombe kuwa walinzi barabarani instead wanaomba bandari?

Kama mnaomba ku administer mizigo yenu bandarini ombeni tu lakini msitoe sababu ambazo hazina mashiko....kuwasaidia mseme mizigo yenu inaibiwa bandarini (si njiani)

ninacho juwa unafanyika ndani ya territory ya TZ... kwa hiyo Rwanda kuibiwa mali zao sio tatizo kwa sababu kuna wengine ambao wameshaibiwa sana? sasa mbona wahamiaji haramu mlishawatimua inakuwaje sasa uhalifu unaendelea? au kikulacho... ? we dada mi naona kama kweli uaipenda nchi yako kabla ya kudandia malalamiko yetu ungeanza kwanza kufwatilia na kujuwa je huo wizi wa containers za gold ulishasimamishwa, uwezi kuisemea nchi yako kwa majibu ya mas'hala namna hiyo au vipi? hakuna maendeleo kama wananchi hamtoweza kuwajibishana....

 

[mchambawima1]

Kumbe wewe ndio mwandishi wa hii habari? Si ungesema tangu mwanzo kuliko kui paste kimya kimya? Haya ngoja nikuulize ndugu mwandishi... Unajua maana ya neno "targeting"?


Na kama wezi wako barabarani Rwanda kupewa administration ya bandari kutapunguza vipi huo wizi...? Kuna connection gani ya bandari na wizi barabarani?

Umeandika ukiwa na agenda nyingine kabisa ...ndio maana ulichoandika akina logical flow....

Kwa nini Rwanda isiombe kuwa walinzi barabarani instead wanaomba bandari?

Kama mnaomba ku administer mizigo yenu bandarini ombeni tu lakini msitoe sababu ambazo hazina mashiko....kuwasaidia mseme mizigo yenu inaibiwa bandarini (si njiani)

mh Mwanamama wewe, kulikoni? mbona mzuka umekupanda kiasi hicho? tatizo unaanza ubishi hata kabla ya kuomba kufafanuliwa, hivi kwa nini wafanya biashara wengi wanawaona nuksi? mi naona tutumie logic tu! mwizi ni mwizi tu na kwa hivyo ahaminiki/hatetewi popote pale? huwezi kusifia/kukandia watoto wako eti mmoja ni bora kwa sababu anaiba mtaani na mwingine ni wa hovyo kwa sababu anaiba home! haiwezekani!!! watu wanje watakuona mzazi wa ajabu kwani unafuga na kulea wezi au hata kuwapa mafunzo... tazama hii sasa, ndani ya port Another Rwandan minerals container stolen at Dar port - Business
we unafanya mchezo na wabongo? alafu kutwa kulalamika ohh mara hatuna ajira mara upinzani tunateswa, mara sijui nini? ila suu tuwaone mkiwajibishana, bora hata Burundi, vijana wadogo wadogo wameona wacha wawatolee uvivu maadui wao wa maendeleo, we unabakia kuchonga tu... kama barabara nayo mnataka mtupe tuilinde itakuwa poa kuliko kujifanya mpo wakati hampo...

 

[eliakeem]

Teh teh teh..... this topic initiated by non brainer.... so please leave to the owner....

 

[Geza Ulole]

Wanatufanya hatuna akili. Wanachokitaka ni hiki:

"Rwandan business people have suggested that Tanzania allocates Rwanda, a regional big importer through Mombasa, land to handle high-value cargo such as minerals. The facility should be managed by Rwandans, they said."

Maana yake ni kuwa tuwatengenezee bandari ya Rwanda ndani ya bandari yetu, ili wawe huru kupitisha wanachotaka na kuingiza wanachotaka kupitia ardhi yetu bila sisi kujua kama ubalozi vile, yaani wapitishie silaha bila kuingiliwa! Silaha ambazo kwa akili fupi za yule mwenye kichwa kama madenge anaweza kuzitumia kutu-hit wenye bandari. How stupid do they think we are?
kwanza mwenye akili anatakiwa kuuliza wana migodi ipi kiasi cha kujaza makontena ya minerals? isije ikawa ni case ya wezi wanaibia wezi!

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JustDoItNow Geza Ulole Ngongo

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