Cargo Centres
Some user countries have their own cargo centres located near the port
to facilitate cargo consolidation. Notable ones are the ZAMCARGO and
Malawi Cargo Center (MCCL).
- ZAMCARGO
ZAMCARGO is a Zambian owned clearing and forwarding company that has
specialised in clearing cargoes from Zambia. The company has its own
yard near the port for both export and import consolidation. The
yard has a Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) railway
siding.
The company owns a fleet of tractors and trailers for transfer of
cargo to and from the port.
- MALAWI CARGO CENTRES - MCCL
The Malawi Government has established dedicated cargo facilities in
Dar es Salaam and Mbeya (some 750 kilometres from the port) to speed
up transit traffic to and from Malawi). Facilities available
include: a warehouse, container handling yard with a 35 tonnes
Gantry Crane and a rail siding. MCCL has also a 12,000 cubic metre
diesel tank, 7,700 cubic metre petrol tank and rail siding at the
tank farm. There are 22 tank wagons which move fuel between Dar es
Salaam and Mbeya on TAZARA. At Mbeya, Malawi Cargo Centre operates a
depot with the following facilities: 35 tonnes gantry crane, a
warehouse, 2,500 cubic metres tank farm and rail siding
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