Showing posts with label Shipping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shipping. Show all posts

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Mombasa Port Loses Business as Exporters Opt for Dar es Salaam

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Kenya Port Authority (KPA) is losing business to rival Dar es Salaam port as delay in cargo clearance in Mombasa prompts traders from neighbouring countries to turn to Tanzania.
Data from KPA shows that the Mombasa port handled 18.9 per cent less or 552,449 tonnes of cargo from Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and the DRC in the nine months to September.
As a result, the port relied on Uganda and South Sudan—that have little choice on their logistic corridor—to grow its export cargo volumes to 3.9 million tonnes in the nine months compared to 3.8 million tonnes in the same period last year.
Shippers attribute the trend to the shorter period it takes to transport cargo from the port of Dar es Salaam compared to Mombasa which is facing congestion that has seen transporters take more than a month to reach Rwanda from three weeks.
“We are losing business to Tanzania because of inefficiency at the port,” said Gerald Kagumo, the vice chairman of East Africa Freight Forwarders Association.
Kwa hisani ya Kaka Michuzi

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Container Sharing from Reading U.K.

FROM ESAC LTD.

Dear Customer;
As you may be aware that sharing a container reduces the cost of international shipping as you only pay for the space you need. This month we've got containers heading to Dar es Salaam Tanzania (40ft) on .Send us an email to enquire about container sharing and get your free quote:

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Regards,

Operation Manager: Mndima Fue
Eastern & Southern Africa Cargo Limited (ESAC)
(Exporters & Importers )
Tel No: +44 783 369 2695, +44 0148 221 4949 (North England - HQ)

Tel No: + 44 118 954 5890, +44 787 612 6862 (South England office)

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Ajali ya meli Zanzibar - Update



(Picha -kutoka Michuzi Blog Watu wengi wamemiminika Nungwi kusubiri kutambua maiti na kujulia hali ya ndugu zao.)
 Kutoka BBC    (Pia unaweza kuona  video)


Zaidi ya watu 100 bado hawajulikani walipo, lakini watu 325 walionusurika wameokolewa, kwa mujibu wa waziri wa masuala ya dharura wa Zanzibar.
Meli hiyo, MV Spice Islander ilikuwa ikisafiri kati ya Kisiwa kikuu cha Unguja kuelekea Pemba.
Meli hiyo ilikuwa ikirejesha watu baada ya kumalizika kwa mfungo wa Ramadhani.

Msaada

Mamlaka za huko zimezidiwa na tukio hilo na zimeomba msaada kutoka nje.
Serikali ya Zanzibar imeunda kituo cha uokoaji na kutoa wito kwa taasisi zote kusaidia katika shughuli za uokozi. Serikali hiyo pia imeomba msaada kutoka nchi nyingine za nje, kama vile Kenya na Afrika Kusini.
Walionusurika walichukuliwa na boti za kibinafsi na kupelekwa katika bandari ya Zanzibar, amekaririwa kamishna wa polisi wa Zanzibar Mussa Hamis.
ZNZWatu walionusurika wakipelekwa hospitali

Miili ya watu imekuwa ikisukumwa katika pwani ya Zanzibar na mawimbi. Mpaka sasa miili ya watu 100 wamepatikana, amesema mwandishi wa BBC Ali Saleh akiwa Zanzibar.
Maelfu ya ndugu na jamaa wanasubiri kusikia taarifa za ndugu zao ambao walikuwa ndani ya meli hiyo, anasema mwandishi wetu.
Mohhamed Aboud, waziri wa masuala ya dharura wa Zanzibar anasema watu 259 walionusurika wameokolewa lakini 40 kati yao wamejeruhiwa sana.
Boti yetu imechelewa kwa sababu wanatumia vyombo vyote vya baharini kuokoa watu
Catherine Purvis

Catherine Purvis, mtalii kutoka Uingereza aliyepo Zanzibar, akisubiri boti ya kwenda Dar es Salaam amesema ameshuhudia miili ya watu wengi ikitolewa ndani ya maji.
“Nimesimama katika bandari ya Zanzibar nikiwa na watalii wengine kama 10 wa Marekani na Uingereza.
“Boti yetu imechelewa kwa sababu wanatumia vyombo vyote vya baharini kuokoa watu”.
Rubani mmoja wa helikopta Kapteni Neels van Eijk alipita juu ya eneo la tukio.
“Tuliona walionusurika wakiwa wameshikilia magodoro na majokofu au chochote kile kinachoweza kuelea. Ni vigumu kusema idadi kamili, lakini naweza kusema walikuwepo zaidi ya watu 200 walionusurika ndani ya maji na miili ya watu pia,” ameiambia BBC.
znzShughuli za uokoaji pwani ya Zanzibar

“Wakati huo, kulikuwa na boti chache zilizofika katika eneo hilo. Walikuwa wakitafuta walionusurika, ingawa bahari haikuwa imechafuka sana, mawimbi walikuwa makubwa, kwa hiyo ilikuwa vugumu kuona walionusurika.
“Tulirusha ndege yetu na kuziongoza boti hadi kwa watu walionusurika ili waweze kuwachukua. Kulikuwa na miili kadhaa ndaniya maji.”
Meli hiyo iliondoka Unguja takriban saa tatu usiku saa za Afrika Mashariki na inadhaniwa kuwa ilizama majira ya saa saba usiku.
Ilikuwa imebeba abiria wengi kiasi kwamba baadhi ya abiria waligoma kupanda, amekaririwa abiria mmoja aliyenusurika Abdullah daid, akizungumza na shirika la habari la AP.
BBC

( Body of Zanzibar Ferry Disaster Victim is Recovered -Picha kutoka The Guardian UK)

Meli Imezama Zanzibar - Mamia Wamekufa!


Wadau, kumradhi muda huu nimegundua hii ya meli iliyozama ni feki. Siyo MV Spice Islandder. Picha ya Juu ndo MV Spice Islander. Picha hii ilipigwa 2007.

(Pichani - Meli M.V. Spice Islanders ikiwa imezama Pwani ya Nungwi  Picha kwa hisani ya mdau  Ahmed Muhamed Ahmed wa Zanzinet)

Meli M.V. Spice Islanders imezama baharini ikitoka Zanzibar kwenda  Pemba. Habari zinasema kuwa meli iilikuwa imejaza kupita kiasi abiria na mizigo! Imezama eneo la Nungwi, pwani ya Zanzibar. 


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STONE TOWN, Tanzania (AP) - An overcrowded ship sank in deep sea off mainland Tanzania on Saturday with about 600 people onboard, and about 370 people are believed missing or dead.

The ferry, M.V. Spice Islanders, was heavily overloaded and some potential passengers had refused to board when it was leaving the mainland port of Dar es Salaam, said survivor Abdullah Saied. It sank in an area with heavy currents in deep sea between mainland Tanzania and Pemba Island at about 1 a.m. Saturday.

About 230 people had been rescued and 40 bodies had been recovered, said Mohamed Abud, the minister for the vice president's office.

Thousands of residents mobbed the docks of Stone Town on Zanzibar, an island near Pemba, waiting for news. One man was screaming that he had lost 25 members of his family, including his sisters, his wife and grandsons. He was too upset to give his name. Many of the crowd were crying or screaming.

Seven bodies have washed up so far, said witness Abdirizak Juma.

Many of those present expressed anger that the ship had been allowed to leave port so overloaded and called on government officials to resign.

The green and hilly island of Pemba is often described as one of the best scuba diving destinations in the world.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Njia Rahisi ya Kusafirisha Mizigo Kati ya USA na Tanzania!

INTERNSHIP.CO.TZ

This is to announce our young reliable shipping company. known as INERNATIONAl SHIPPING COMPANY OF TANZANIA. In brief INTERNSHIP.CO.TZ Our web site is undeconstruction and it will be available soon for averyone.

We have started shipping house hold items to Tanzania at any time of your convenient.
if you also have Machines, Construction Equipment or Vehicles please contact our office in North Chelmsford. We will advise you as much as we can.

We have a good team at Dar and Zanzibar Port for handling and clearance,
under our supervision our cusomers have no worries on safety.

Next container to Tanzania is expected to be ready for Shippment on August 25, 2011 and most habours of USA. normally it takes 2 month, if we experience no changes of the shipping line schedule.

you can order Bags, Boxes, au Barrels on your choice.

For more information call. 1 857 244 5013 or 781 417 0619

SHIPPING HAS NOW BECOME EASY,SECURE AND RELIABLE THAN EVER.

Thank you

Asaa A Rashid
Director
Internship.CO.TZ 30 Quigley Ave, N Chelmsford MA 01863. USA