Tanzania ports: Expansion and modernization

Tanzania ports: Expansion and modernization

Sasa mwenzako anakuambia vile Tz inaongozwa na Limbukeni halafu wewe na akili zako fupi unamjibu kiupuzi bila hoja...pambana hali yako bila kuwataja wachina.
Kuna rais hapa EAC alisimana peke yake kwenye uchaguzi akashinda 98% na yeye najiita mwana demokrasia.
 
Daresalaam port expansion project is valued at $560m, Mombasa port plans is valued at $1B! you are outgunned people!
Vile unaibiwa halafu unamshagilia mwizi eti huyu mwizi ni hodari sana. Mmerogwa na nani wakenya?
 
Mtwara marches on

Shem Oirere | Mar 08, 2018 11:42AM GMT
DPC%205071529%20Mtwara%2001%20Credit%20Rendal.jpg

A section of Mtwara port where construction of the first berth has been launched. Credit: Rendal

Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) is carrying out a USD214 million expansion, the biggest since its 1948–54 construction, of the country’s third-largest port, Mtwara, in the south of the country.

It aims to create increased capacity ahead of an anticipated surge in demand because of greater mineral exploration and production and the completion of the Mtwara Development Corridor programme. The port currently handles mainly bulk imports such as unprocessed cashew nuts, cement, foodstuffs, and miscellaneous general cargoes.

First of four berths
As part of the expansion, in March 2017 TPA began construction of the first of four new berths, all of which will be constructed on 263 ha of newly acquired land under a design, build, and finance model, according to TPA. The first will be 300 m long.

Its design and build contract, worth USD63 million, was awarded by the authority to a joint venture of China Railways’ subsidiaries, comprising China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group, China Railway Construction Engineering Group, and China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group. The joint venture will also construct an additional oil jetty near the port to accommodate Panamax vessels of 65,000 dwt.

“The joint venture won the bidding with the most economical and optimal proposal and stood out of 25 competitors, becoming the first overseas engineering project in 2017,” China Railways said in a statement after it won the international competitive tender.

One of the joint venture members, China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group (MEBC), has chosen UK-based privately owned multidisciplinary international design and engineering firm Rendel to provide an independent design check on the construction of the additional berth.

Rendel said early this year that the berth would have a total quay length of 300 m for a multipurpose and container terminal to cater for vessels of up to 65,000 dwt and a paved yard area of 79,000 m² of heavy-duty pavement.

“Rendel will also be checking associated fenders and bollards installed at the quay, as well as the revetment and soil improvement,” it said. “[We] will be working closely with MEBC and its designers during the independent design check to ensure that a detailed programme is developed to ensure timely delivery of the works.”

The construction of the berths, which is being financed by the government of Tanzania, will be done alongside new storage units, loading and unloading facilities, and administrative buildings.
Demand is expected to increase from the current 400,000 tonnes annually to 28 million tonnes by 2030, according to TPA.

Mining rail spurs
The anticipated surge in demand is tied to the completion of the 219-million-tonne Liganga iron ore and 364-million-tonne Mchuchuma coal mining projects, both valued at USD3 billion. The mining initiatives are being implemented by Tanzania China International Mineral Resources, a joint venture between Tanzania’s National Development Corporation and China’s Sichuan Hongda Group, which owns 80% of the company.

Coal and iron ore will be transported via a new 438 km standard-gauge railway line linking Mtwara to Mbamba Bay through Songea, with spurs to the Liganga and Mchuchuma mines, built by China Railway No 2 Engineering Group.

Expansion is also expected to cater for a projected traffic increase with the completion of the Mtwara Development Corridor project supported by the governments of Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. The project involves a network of roads, airports, ferry services, bridges, and telecommunications facilities, all to be linked to Mtwara port.

One of the key corridor project components is a new 804 km road linking it via Songea to Mbamba Bay with a branch to Negomane, on the border of Mozambique and Tanzania.

Capacity increases
Nelson Mlali, Tanzania’s ports manager, recently highlighted the increase in loading stations, the addition of loading/unloading equipment, and the introduction of a 24-hour working schedule as some of the measures that have boosted the port’s performance.

Mlali noted the port can handle up to 750,000 tonnes with its current berths but requires additional equipment for handling containerised traffic.

Currently, its cargo handling equipment includes a 100-tonne mobile harbour crane, two 45-tonne reachstackers, a 42-tonne front loader, two mobile cranes of 50 and 25 tonnes, three empty handlers, eight 16-tonne forklifts, six terminal tractors, two hoppers, and four grabs.

“In 2016–17, we had an average 215,852 tonnes of cashew nuts going through the port of Mtwara, an 85.6% increase on 2015–16’s 116,289 tonnes,” Mlali said. “We are undertaking various port improvement initiatives to handle an expected increase in cashew-nut cargoes. We have also expanded the space for empty containers and enhanced security at the port to safeguard both the users and cargo, in our determination to achieve and maintain international port operation standards.”

TPA said that in 2016–17, the port handled a total average of 377,000 tonnes, an equivalent of 93% of its annual capacity of 400,000 tonnes.

Cargo through the port has experienced a 23.9% increase in the past eight years, fuelled by the construction of a USD500 million cement manufacturing plant by Nigeria-based Dangote Group. It has an annual capacity of 3 million tonnes.

Throughput also increased significantly during the construction of the 533 km Mtwara–Dar es Salaam natural gas pipeline project to convey gas from the Mnazi Bay fields in Mtwara region to the capital, Dar es Salaam.

Future benefits
“The additional berths will ensure there is no congestion at the port,” said Mlali, indicating that when the project is completed, shipping freight rates should drop because of the anticipated reduced waiting time for ships in the port, increased shiploading, and efficient use of the additional berths. In addition, transit times will be reduced and vessels will be permitted to move at most states of the tide and at night.

TPA expects to achieve a high safety rating for the port, attract bigger ships and more transhipment cargo, and fast clearance of vessels and cargo as the port enhances its performance efficiency and productivity.
With the exploitation of mineral resources, including oil and gas in Tanzania’s Mnazi Bay, now on course, the expansion of Mtwara Port has come at the right time, despite years of delay.

Contact Shem Oirere

Mtwara marches on | IHS Fairplay
 
Mtwara marches on

Shem Oirere | Mar 08, 2018 11:42AM GMT
DPC%205071529%20Mtwara%2001%20Credit%20Rendal.jpg

A section of Mtwara port where construction of the first berth has been launched. Credit: Rendal

Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) is carrying out a USD214 million expansion, the biggest since its 1948–54 construction, of the country’s third-largest port, Mtwara, in the south of the country.

It aims to create increased capacity ahead of an anticipated surge in demand because of greater mineral exploration and production and the completion of the Mtwara Development Corridor programme. The port currently handles mainly bulk imports such as unprocessed cashew nuts, cement, foodstuffs, and miscellaneous general cargoes.

First of four berths
As part of the expansion, in March 2017 TPA began construction of the first of four new berths, all of which will be constructed on 263 ha of newly acquired land under a design, build, and finance model, according to TPA. The first will be 300 m long.

Its design and build contract, worth USD63 million, was awarded by the authority to a joint venture of China Railways’ subsidiaries, comprising China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group, China Railway Construction Engineering Group, and China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group. The joint venture will also construct an additional oil jetty near the port to accommodate Panamax vessels of 65,000 dwt.

“The joint venture won the bidding with the most economical and optimal proposal and stood out of 25 competitors, becoming the first overseas engineering project in 2017,” China Railways said in a statement after it won the international competitive tender.

One of the joint venture members, China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group (MEBC), has chosen UK-based privately owned multidisciplinary international design and engineering firm Rendel to provide an independent design check on the construction of the additional berth.

Rendel said early this year that the berth would have a total quay length of 300 m for a multipurpose and container terminal to cater for vessels of up to 65,000 dwt and a paved yard area of 79,000 m² of heavy-duty pavement.

“Rendel will also be checking associated fenders and bollards installed at the quay, as well as the revetment and soil improvement,” it said. “[We] will be working closely with MEBC and its designers during the independent design check to ensure that a detailed programme is developed to ensure timely delivery of the works.”

The construction of the berths, which is being financed by the government of Tanzania, will be done alongside new storage units, loading and unloading facilities, and administrative buildings.
Demand is expected to increase from the current 400,000 tonnes annually to 28 million tonnes by 2030, according to TPA.

Mining rail spurs
The anticipated surge in demand is tied to the completion of the 219-million-tonne Liganga iron ore and 364-million-tonne Mchuchuma coal mining projects, both valued at USD3 billion. The mining initiatives are being implemented by Tanzania China International Mineral Resources, a joint venture between Tanzania’s National Development Corporation and China’s Sichuan Hongda Group, which owns 80% of the company.

Coal and iron ore will be transported via a new 438 km standard-gauge railway line linking Mtwara to Mbamba Bay through Songea, with spurs to the Liganga and Mchuchuma mines, built by China Railway No 2 Engineering Group.

Expansion is also expected to cater for a projected traffic increase with the completion of the Mtwara Development Corridor project supported by the governments of Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. The project involves a network of roads, airports, ferry services, bridges, and telecommunications facilities, all to be linked to Mtwara port.

One of the key corridor project components is a new 804 km road linking it via Songea to Mbamba Bay with a branch to Negomane, on the border of Mozambique and Tanzania.

Capacity increases
Nelson Mlali, Tanzania’s ports manager, recently highlighted the increase in loading stations, the addition of loading/unloading equipment, and the introduction of a 24-hour working schedule as some of the measures that have boosted the port’s performance.

Mlali noted the port can handle up to 750,000 tonnes with its current berths but requires additional equipment for handling containerised traffic.

Currently, its cargo handling equipment includes a 100-tonne mobile harbour crane, two 45-tonne reachstackers, a 42-tonne front loader, two mobile cranes of 50 and 25 tonnes, three empty handlers, eight 16-tonne forklifts, six terminal tractors, two hoppers, and four grabs.

“In 2016–17, we had an average 215,852 tonnes of cashew nuts going through the port of Mtwara, an 85.6% increase on 2015–16’s 116,289 tonnes,” Mlali said. “We are undertaking various port improvement initiatives to handle an expected increase in cashew-nut cargoes. We have also expanded the space for empty containers and enhanced security at the port to safeguard both the users and cargo, in our determination to achieve and maintain international port operation standards.”

TPA said that in 2016–17, the port handled a total average of 377,000 tonnes, an equivalent of 93% of its annual capacity of 400,000 tonnes.

Cargo through the port has experienced a 23.9% increase in the past eight years, fuelled by the construction of a USD500 million cement manufacturing plant by Nigeria-based Dangote Group. It has an annual capacity of 3 million tonnes.

Throughput also increased significantly during the construction of the 533 km Mtwara–Dar es Salaam natural gas pipeline project to convey gas from the Mnazi Bay fields in Mtwara region to the capital, Dar es Salaam.

Future benefits
“The additional berths will ensure there is no congestion at the port,” said Mlali, indicating that when the project is completed, shipping freight rates should drop because of the anticipated reduced waiting time for ships in the port, increased shiploading, and efficient use of the additional berths. In addition, transit times will be reduced and vessels will be permitted to move at most states of the tide and at night.

TPA expects to achieve a high safety rating for the port, attract bigger ships and more transhipment cargo, and fast clearance of vessels and cargo as the port enhances its performance efficiency and productivity.
With the exploitation of mineral resources, including oil and gas in Tanzania’s Mnazi Bay, now on course, the expansion of Mtwara Port has come at the right time, despite years of delay.

Contact Shem Oirere

Mtwara marches on | IHS Fairplay
Mombasa port breaking records every month and you fools are still planning... hahahahahha Geza Matuta... and where is Mkikuyu akili mafii??
 
... Combined with the Bagamoyo port plans, the Dar es Salaam port expansion could give Tanzania a huge advantage over Kenya as East Africa's transportation hub and trade gateway to the landlocked countries in the Great Lakes region. The East Africa Logistics Survey 2014 showed that Dar es Salaam is more expensive than Mombasa, owing to its cargo value-based fee system and average dwell time of ten days. However, Tanzania outperforms Kenya in terms of transit costs for goods to Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, being cheaper by up to US$2,300 per 40‑ft container. With more capacity and faster processing, Dar es Salaam port could consolidate Tanzania's advantage in logistics.

Project implementation is the biggest hurdle, however. The executing contractor is yet to be chosen and the last attempt to expand Dar es Salaam port through the construction of berths 13 and 14 has not progressed smoothly. The deal with the Chinese contractor was cancelled and the project given to a Congolese firm, Impala Africa, without a new tender. Since then no progress has been made. Similarly there has been no news on Bagamoyo port after reports earlier this year stated that the start-up of construction was imminent and that the project was now being fast-tracked under the government's Big Results Now initiative. In the meantime, Kenya keeps investing heavily in Mombasa port. Its capacity increased by one‑third in 2013, bolstering Mombasa's position as the preferred point of entry in East Africa...
 
Vile unaibiwa halafu unamshagilia mwizi eti huyu mwizi ni hodari sana. Mmerogwa na nani wakenya?
Dude, Afadhali sisi tuliorogwa lakini tunajielewa kuliko nyinyi limbukeni wa kuabudu mtu mmoja... hivi unajua kwenye Corruption Index Tanzania is only 8 points above Kenya... Kenya iko na 28 out of 100 na Tanzania iko na 36 out of 100..... basically kama ingekua ni grade ya college sote tuko bellow 40% which is grade E. Rwanda ndo nchi pekee EA ukanda huu ambayo iko na bragging rights za kuringa manake wao angalau wamepita mtihani wako na 55%...



Lakini utakuta mitanzania imekita siku nzima ikiita Kenya ni corruption wakati watz wenyewe wako blisfully unaware!
 
Kumbukeni phase 2 ya Mombasa port expansion ilianza mwaka huu ... Ikimalizika itaongeza capacity ya Msa to 2 million TEUs au 40 Million tonnes sawa na Durban port ambayo kwa sasa ndo biggest port in Africa south of the Sahara....




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4.Mombasa port expansion ( Phase 2)
The project involves construction of the second phase of the second container terminal at the Mombasa port. The work was scheduled to start in January 2018. In late 2017, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) secured a Sh35 billion loan from the Japanese government to support the project.
The second phase of the container will provide an additional capacity of 450,000 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs).
The first phase was completed in September last year and has a handling capacity of 550,000 TEUs.
Top 5 Mega construction projects in Kenya to watch in 2018 - CCE l ONLINE NEWS
 
Dude, Afadhali sisi tuliorogwa lakini tunajielewa kuliko nyinyi limbukeni wa kuabudu mtu mmoja... hivi unajua kwenye Corruption Index Tanzania is only 8 points above Kenya... Kenya iko na 28 out of 100 na Tanzania iko na 36 out of 100..... basically kama ingekua ni grade ya college sote tuko bellow 40% which is grade E. Rwanda ndo nchi pekee EA ukanda huu ambayo iko na bragging rights za kuringa manake wao angalau wamepita mtihani wako na 55%...



Lakini utakuta mitanzania imekita siku nzima ikiita Kenya ni corruption wakati watz wenyewe wako blisfully unaware!
Jaribu kuangalia what type of corruption is going on in Kenya and the one going on inTanzania. High level corruption in Kenya can't be compare with low level corruption in Tanzania. The impact is very different, $2bln euro bond vs a land office who gets bribe so that he can issue land title quicker, can you compare the two?
 
Jaribu kuangalia what type of corruption is going on in Kenya and the one going on inTanzania. High level corruption in Kenya can't be compare with low level corruption in Tanzania. The impact is very different, $2bln euro bond vs a land office who gets bribe so that he can issue land title quicker, can you compare the two?
hehe blisfully unaware .... Is that why you lost 60% of your elephant population in 10 years? Is that why you are still a low income country yet you have mineral deposits worth more than $500B .......
Your Auditor General doesnt think so.

And on the Perception of corruption....Kenya media exposes all kinds of kinky deals whenever they happen sometimes even before they happen unlike your journalists who just sit back and wait to report on speeches gave by CCM... So citizens end up sitting comfortably convinced there is no corruption...
Tell me how often does Tz media expose corruption through investigative jounerlism instead of waiting for opposition or whistleblowers to get wind of a scandle and then report on it on what the politician is saying without proof.

Small time corruption happens everywhere even in the US , UK...etc ministers and govt officials have scandles like everyotherday , So Tz wouldnt get low ranking bcoz of small time corruption .... and you should also know that when you mention absolute numbers you should also mention them in relative to the economy of the country. .. $1B disapearing in Tz budget could have a bigger impact to Tz than $2B disapearing from a Kenyan budget....
 
hehe blisfully unaware .... Is that why you lost 60% of your elephant population in 10 years? Is that why you are still a low income country yet you have mineral deposits worth more than $500B .......
Your Auditor General doesnt think so.

And on the Perception of corruption....Kenya media exposes all kinds of kinky deals whenever they happen sometimes even before they happen unlike your journalists who just sit back and wait to report on speeches gave by CCM... So citizens end up sitting comfortably convinced there is no corruption...
Tell me how often does Tz media expose corruption through investigative jounerlism instead of waiting for opposition or whistleblowers to get wind of a scandle and then report on it on what the politician is saying without proof.

Small time corruption happens everywhere even in the US , UK...etc ministers and govt officials have scandles like everyotherday , So Tz wouldnt get low ranking bcoz of small time corruption .... and you should also know that when you mention absolute numbers you should also mention them in relative to the economy of the country. .. $1B disapearing in Tz budget could have a bigger impact to Tz than $2B disapearing from a Kenyan budget....
I'll tell you when Tanzanian media have expose corruption scandal, national ID scandal. The thing is, you can't compare the magnitude of Kenyan corruption to the one happening in Tanzania. Corruption in Kenya they don't know how to do small, if is not billion then is million of $$. Haki ya nani kama madini ya Tanzania yangehamia Kenya, today Kenya would've created few billions and millions of poor people.

PS, so you think when $2bln disappears from Kenyan economy Kenya would not feel the pinch, haha your struggling to find that $2bln to payback the debt which never was and you thinking Kenyan economy would not feel the pain. My friend ask you government well, they will tell you why Kenyatta has decided kama mbaya iwe mbaya.
 
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