New ICD for Tanzania

The Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) has agreed a deal with DP World that will result in the global terminal operating company (GTO) modernising and managing the country’s largest port, Dar es Salaam.

The Tanzania Ports Authority has taken over operations of the container terminal at Dar es Salaam from Hutchison Ports.

Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS) has announced that it will invest US$500M in improving its container terminal at Dar es Salaam

The new president of Tanzania has announced that her government will seek to restart the stalled project to build a new port at Bagamoyo. Samia Suluhu Hassan, who became the country’s first female president after the previous incumbent, John Magufuli, died in March, has sought to revive several big infrastructure projects.

The Director-General of Tanzania Ports Authority has been suspended, pending investigations

Three new ZPMC low-profile cranes are on their way from Shanghai to Boston, US. The cranes were ordered by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) as part of the redevelopment of its Conley Container Terminal.