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Dar es Salaam – Tanzania's TICTS (Containers Terminal Services Ltd) project plans to increase the number of containers it will handle this year by 20%.
In 2017, the company processed 500,000 containers.
About 45% of cargo was in transit to landlocked countries
. This was said yesterday by the Director of TICTS Development, Mr. Donald Talawa, during a tour of the business world members of landlocked countries. The increase, according to him, is due to the major projects of improvement and expansion that take place at the port.
"Cargoes are processed very quickly, and that is the secret behind the success," he added that TICTS had 17 gantry cranes with a capacity of 500 containers a day.
At the Port From Dar, TICTS has four docks on a 725 meter continuous pier and a depth of 12.2 meters. <br /> <br /> Beside this the ability to handle two large ships carrying up to 3500 containers and two other ships carrying a maximum of 170 containers.
Tanzania Ports Authority Marketing Director, Ms. Lidya Mallya, said in 2017 that the 15 million tons on its annual capacity of 18 million tons. [19659009] Currently, the port increases births from 1 to 7 to allow the plant to process up to 30 million tons per year.
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Dar es Salaam port treats more of 90% of the goods traffic of Tanzania
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