Ports

The region has 2 ports – in Dar es Salaam, run by the Tanzania Port Authority and Mombasa – run by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). Although both ports experience problems such as delays and congestion, both are committed to improved service and have incorporated a 24 hour / 7 days a week service delivery. In addition, there are plans to have more terminal facilities, carry out modernisation in terms of computerising of the container handling systems, improve documentation and cargo clearance, cargo verification and scanning, among others.

KPA has special representatives for each of the landlocked countries (Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, DRC), who are allowed to participate in stakeholder meetings. On the other hand, TPA intends to build 5 inland container depots, special treatment for cargo that needs quick clearance such as fuels, purchase of more equipment and plans are underway to extend the port to enable it handle 600, 000 TEU (current capacity is 250,000 TEU).