PORT OF DAR ES SALAAM

   

           

PORT OF DAR ES SALAAM

CONTAINER TERMINALS

One terminal is run by the Tanzania Ports Authority, the other TICTS (Tanzania International Container Terminal Ltd) is run by Hutchison Port Holdings. Due to limited information on the former, the following report contains details of the TICTS terminal only. (Tanzania Ports Authority website and TICTS website)

HOURS OF OPERATION (Vessel and Gate)

Continuous loading and unloading: Gates operate on 24 hours basis

Berthing: Same (TICTS website)

CONTAINER LINES CALLING AT THE TERMINAL

Conti Horizon Line S.C. India Messina Line COSCO Maersk Line PIL Safmarine NYK CMA CGM MSC Delmas Hanjin Emirates Line Simatech Evergreen HDS Lines X-Press Feeders Royal Shipping

BERTH INFORMATION

Total length of quayside: 725m

Draught: 12,2m meters alongside access from open seas via a 140m wide channel with depth of 10.7m

   

           

Number of Berths: 4 (Berths 8, 9, 10, 11) with ability to berth three vessels at any one time

Berths 1- 7 are occupied by the TPA terminal, their shallow water means vessel size is restricted in terms of draft. (TICTS website)

YARD INFORMATION

Total Yard Square: 18.75 hectares

Number of Reefer Plugs: 92

Full storage Container Capacity: 11,500 TEU with annual capacity of 400,000 TEU (TICTS website)

EQUIPMENT

5 STS (Ship-to-Shore) gantries

12 Rubber-tyred gantry cranes

1 Rail-mounted gantry crane

6 Empty handlers

13 Forklifts

42 Terminal tractors

6 Highway trailers

38 Terminal trailers

7 Reach stackers

1 Sky Lift

2 Highway Trucks (TICTS website)

   

           

GATES

5 lanes, two main lanes for entry and two for exit (TICTS website)

STORAGE AREAS /INLAND CONTAINER DEPOTS IN VICINITY

Kurasini ICD

6.7 Hectares, 1.6km from container terminal with 14,330m2 warehouse linked to TAZARA (Tanzania – Zambia Railways)

Ubungo ICD

8.3 hectares, ±16 kms from terminal with 23,400m2 open storage linked to TRL (Tanzania Railways Limited) (TICTS website)

INTERMODAL LINKS

By road

By rail (Tanzania Railways Limited) The TRC Line is 1,255 kilometers long. It goes up to the shores of Lake Tanganyika linking Dar es Salaam port not only with Western Tanzania but also with Bukavu in Zaire and Burundi. The line branches at Tabora and goes to Mwanza on Lake Victoria to link the port with Uganda and Western Kenya.

A second gauge is run by Tanzania Zambia railways Authority (TAZARA) and meets at two points with the TRC lline. The first meeting point is at Dar es Salaam port and the second is at Kidatu, some 300 kilometers from Dar es Salaam. (TICTS website)

   

           

TERMINAL CONTACT DETAILS

TICTS (Tanzania International Container Terminal, Ltd)

Address: Tanzanian International Container Terminal Building, Dar es Salaam Port P.O. Box 71442, Dar Es Salaam,Tanzania

Tel: + 255 22 2134056

Fax: + 255 22 2134019

Marketing Officer: + 255 (0)767 819594

Assistant Customer Service Manager: +255 (0)754 454236

Booking Manager: +255 (0) 756 792122

PORT AUTHORITY CONTACT DETAILS

Tanzania Ports Authority

Address: P.O.Box 9184, Dar Es Salaam

Tel (Toll free number): +255 683 800 944

Tel: + 255 22 2110401

Fax: +255 22 2130390

Sources:

Tanzania Ports Authority. Retrieved from: http://www.tanzaniaports.com

Tanzania International Container Terminal, Ltd. Retrieved from: http://www.landmarine.info

   

           

Quarter 1, 2014

We welcome any updates from either the Port Authority or the

Terminal Operator(s), which can be sent to:

editors@portoverview.com