Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

6.12.2 Congestion at Dar es salaam Port
The terminal at Dar es salaam port faces many challenges,
among the huge one includes; Rapid increase in traffic
beyond the terminal’s rated capacity, High container dwell
times, Increased ship waiting time and, poor productivity.
However, the port authority has set the following
measures to alleviate the problem:-
• Increase use of Ubungo Inland Container Depot
• Expanding yard area by demolishing of unused
warehouses in the terminal
• Sustain 24hrs operations to increase deliveries
• Use of private Inland Container Terminals located
outside the terminal.
• Construction of multi storey car park project was on the
offing
• Additional land was acquired at Kurasini area to provide
additional land for port operations.
Meanwhile, the congestion problem is worse at the general
cargo especially motor vehicle yard as well as containers
which are being handled at the terminal. Apart from the
measures envisaged decongesting the port, at the time of
conducting the audit, the problem was still persisting.
This implies that, the efforts that have been exerted to
decongest the port of Dar es Salaam have not yet produced
significant results. Therefore, management should continue
with concerted efforts to decongest the port.
6.13 National Development Corporation (NDC)
6.13.1 Non Performing Investment-Matinje
During the site visits of the National Development
Corporation project sites, it was observed that Matinje
Gold Company was not in operation at all. At the site we,
observed valuable plant and machinery which were idle and
rusting.
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