Container Terminal

Dar Es Salaam Port Container Terminal is currently being operated by Tanzania International Container Terminal Services(TICTS).

The Port has a Container terminal which is equipped with two Ship to Shore Gantry cranes (SSG) – each having a capacity of 35.6 ton. These are supported by six Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTG) for stacking containers in the yard. Loading and unloading of wagons is carried out by a 35.6 ton Rail Mounted Gantry Crane (RMG) for stacking containers in the yard. Loading and unloading of wagons is carried out by a 35.6 ton Rail Mounted Gantry Crane (RMG) which is positioned at the conversion of the two railway lines (Tanzania Railways and Tanzania Zambia Railways) serving the port.
Back up facilities for the Container Terminal include an Inland Container Depot located about 2 kilometers outside the port.
The Container Terminal has three deep water berths with a capacity of handling 120,000 TEUs per annum. In addition the terminal is equipped with adequate compliment of transfer equipment. In 1996 the Terminal handled 98,906 TEUs.