G/Cargo	TICTS	Total
Imports	1,257	141,543	142,800
Exports	1,786	137,870	139,656
Transshipments	-	31,382	31,382
Total	3,043	310,795	313,838

Bulk Liquid

Bulk liquid cargo constituted 2,271,693 tons or 29.7 percent of the total traffic. Of these  2,169,473 tons were imports and 102,220     tons exports. This traffic is handled at two oil terminal facilities: the Kurasini Oil Jetty (KOJ), a tanker jetty for refined products fitted with computerised flow meters and at the Single Point Mooring (SBM) which is exclusive for crude oil. The SBM is now beyond its economic life and plans are on hand for its replacement in the 2007/2008 financial year.

 

Transit and Transshipment Traffic

Dar es Salaam, the only port which handles transit cargo. Transit cargo handled was 2,662,147 tons or 34.8 percent of the total port traffic. Zambia has a large share with 32.8 percent followed by Democratic Republic of Congo 13.0 percent as shown on table below:

Shipping Traffic

The port registered a total of 2,102 ship calls which comprised of 1,156 deep-sea vessels and 946 coasters. Deep-sea ship calls constituted of 384 dry general cargo vessels, 623 container vessels and 149 tankers. Coastal ships constituted, 880 dry general cargo vessels while 66 Tankers vessels were coasters. The total vessels gross registered tonnage reached 19,845,000.

Port Productivity

Productivity at the Container Terminal reached an average of 513.9 moves per 24 hours. Productivity per shift per gang at the General Cargo Terminal was 233.8 tons, 430.5 tons and 117 units for break bulk, dry bulk and vehicles, respectively.

 

TANGA PORT

General

Tanga port is the second largest sea-port with a rated annual capacity of 500,000 tones. It is a lighterage port with 2 shallow water berths.

The port handled a total of 460,626 tons of cargo of which 276,186 or 59.9 percent were imports and 184,440 or 40.1 percent exports.

Cargo Types

Major cargo types handled at the port were bulk liquid 113,556 tons or 24.6 percent, dry bulk 61,960 tons or 13.4 percent and break bulk 285,110 tons or 61.8 percent.

Table No.9: Cargo Types Handled 2005/06* tones

	Bulk Liquid	Dry Bulk	Break bulk	Total
Imports	113,556	61,960	100,670	276,186
Exports	-	-	184,440	184,440
Total	113,556	61,960	285,110	460,626

Containerized Traffic

More general cargo is now being handled in containers. The port handled 14,265 TEUs, carrying 193,137 tons or 39.3 percent of the total traffic. Import containers were 7,034 TEUs carrying 95,779 tons and export containers were 7,231 TEUs carrying 97,358 tons.

Shipping Traffic

The port handled a total of 307 ship calls out of which 154 were deep-sea and 153 coasters. Deep-sea ships comprised of 124 dry cargo vessels and 30 tankers. Coasters were 133 dry cargo vessels and 20 tankers.

Port Productivity

Productivity for general cargo averaged 165.5 tons per gang per shift. The average stay in port for deep-sea dry cargo ships was 1.4 days per ship.

Passenger Traffic

The port handled a total of 10,517 passengers of whom 5,177 embarked and 5,340 disembarked.

MTWARA PORT

General

Mtwara port is designed to handle 400,000 tones. During the review period, a total of 149,769 tons, of which 70,858 tons were imports and 78,911 tons exports. The low level of the port capacity utilization is mainly due to low traffic which relies on seasonal traffic and inland transport of the hinterland network. Cargo traffic handled at Mtwara is as shown in Table No. 10 below:

Table No. 10 Cargo Traffic Handled 2005/06* tones

	Bulk Liquid	Break Bulk	Total
Imports	13,018	57,840	70,858
Exports	-	78,911	78,911
Total	13,018	136,751	149,769