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The Port Manager, Mr Cassian Ng’amilo, told reporters over the weekend
that Zimbabweans are now regular clients of the facility.
“The port now offers low handling tariffs and safety of cargo has
improved”, he said.
He said the port
started to clear exports and imports from Zimbabwe since last October
especially vehicles, but the business has of late grown to other commodities.
The manager, who was speaking during clearing of 44 buses meant for
Zimbabwe said there was a growing
business trend of about 17 per cent per annum in the last five years.
“Zimbabwe were not serious customers, but
their presence is now being felt,” Mr Ng’amilo said. The number of vehicles the port received has
more than doubled from 32,861 in 2005 to 84,347 cars last year.
He added that on average the port received 7,000 cars per month last
year “On percentage, domestic and
transit cars are now pegged at 50 per cent to either side. Previously, the
figure was 60 per cent for in bound cars but the trend has changed,” Mr Ng’amilo
said.
Speaking at the same occasion, Director of Cosmos Haulage Company, Mr
Amin Sambo, said the port now offers the best rates compared to other
facilities in South Africa. He said the
consignment belongs to the Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He said that distance between Dar es
Salaam and the Zimbabwean capital Harare is 2400 kilometres compared to
Durban-Harare’s 2,600 kilometres.
“It takes three days to drive from Dar es Salaam to Harare. We normally
drive during the day for security reasons,” Mr Sambo said.
The Dar es Salaam port allows 15 days duty
free period for car importers once the consignment has arrived at the
port. The port also serves, Zambia,
Burundi, DRC, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique.
Source: The Daily News,www.dailynews.co.tz, reported by Abduel Elinaza
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