| Port of Dar es Salaam | |
|---|---|
 An aerial view of The Port of Dar es Salaam. | |
 Location of the Port of Dar es Salaam. | |
| Location | |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Location | Tanzania Port Authority Tower, 1 Nelson Mandela Road, Kurasini, Temeke District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Coordinates | 6°50′6.40″S 39°17′37.65″E / 6.8351111°S 39.2937917°E |
| UN/LOCODE | TZDAR[1] |
| Details | |
| Operated by | Tanzania Ports Authority |
| Owned by | Government of Tanzania |
| Type of harbour | Natural |
| No. of berths | 11[2] |
| No. of wharfs | 4[2] |
| Employees | 2,684(2012)[2] |
| Port Manager | (Seat Empty)[3] |
| Channel depth | 12m[4] |
| Statistics | |
| Vessel arrivals |  1,518 (2016)[5] |
| Annual cargo tonnage |  14.3 million (2016)[5] |
| Annual container volume | 595,109 (2016)[5] |
| Value of cargo | US$ 15 billion[6] |
| Passenger traffic | 1,614,831 (2016)[5] |
| Website Port authority website | |
The Port of Dar es Salaam (Bandari ya Dar es Salaam, in Swahili) is the principal port serving Tanzania located in Kurasini ward of Temeke District of Dar es Salaam Region.[7][8] The port is one of three ocean ports in the country and handles over 90% of the country's cargo traffic.[2] According to the International Association of Ports and Harbors, it is the fourth largest port on the African continent's Indian Ocean coastline after Durban, Mombasa and Maputo.[9] The port acts as a gateway for commerce and trade for Tanzania and numerous bordering landlocked states.
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- ^ a b c d "Annual Statistics Report 2012 - 2013". Tanzania Port Authority. Tanzania Port Authority. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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- ^ "Dar Port dockyard for dredging". Daily News (Tanzania). 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). www.ports.go.tz. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Tanzania Could Boost its Economy by Reforming the Port of Dar es Salaam - World Bank". World Bank. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Profile: Dar es Salaam Port". Tanzania Ports Authority. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "The race to become East Africa's biggest port". Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
- ^ Jerving, Sara. "Tanzania to Upgrade Dar es Salaam Port to Compete With Mombasa". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 5 February 2014.