TPA says Lubumbashi office to serve Dar port users better
BY THE GUARDIAN REPORTER
9th May 2014
Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA)
The opening of the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) liaison office in
Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been
explained as a true sign of ensuring that the facility takes advantage
of the geographical position to serve its port users efficiently.
Commenting on the inauguration of the Lubumbashi office in Dar es
Salaam yesterday, TPA Acting Director General, Eng Madeni Kipande said
the liaison office in DRC is geared to enhance the port of Dar es
Salaam's potential in improving its services to DRC traders.
"We believe that the liaison office will respond to different queries
by port users," he said. It is expected that the new TPA office will
help the Congolese business community solve their queries and problems
in Lubumbashi instead of travelling all the way to Dar es Salaam. They
will also be able to make payment for port charges in Lubumbashi and
avoid the risk of carrying large sums of money to Dar es Salaam.
He assured DRC traders that safety and security in the port on cargo,
people, equipment and other facilities is improving due to strategies
being taken by TPA and other stakeholders.
"Theft cases have decreased significantly from 30 cases in 2011 to
three minor cases in 2013," he noted, adding that during the whole of
this period not a single container has been stolen from the port.
DRC is the second largest transit user of the port of Dar es Salaam
accounting for 25 percent of the total transit traffic. Its traffic
has been increasing at an average of 24 percent per annum since 2004
from 155,611 tonnes and reached 1,117,249 tonnes in 2013. The TPA
Lubumbashi liaison office was inaugurated by the Minister of
Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe some few days ago.
It is hoped that the problem of DRC traders being cheated by
untrustworthy agents will now be history as the list of all registered
clearing and forwarding agents will be readily available in
Lubumbashi. Recent efforts to modernise Dar es Salaam port have
started to show positive results. The port handled a total of 12.5
million tonnes of cargo in 2012/13 compared to 10.9 million tonnes in
2011/12, being equivalent of 15 percent increase.
Of all those tonnages on transit to landlocked countries were 4
million tonnes, equivalent to 32 percent of all cargo.
Cargo passing through the port of Dar es Salaam to all six land locked
countries have increased from 3.55 million tons in 2011/12 to 4.05
million tonnes in 2012/13, an increase of 14.2 percent. The countries
are Zambia, D R Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi and Uganda.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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