Bagamoyo Port

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Bagamoyo Port
Government of Tanzania
Type of harbourNatural/Artificial
Size800 ha
Project CostUS$ 10 Billion
Statistics
Website
www.ports.go.tz

The Bagamoyo Port or Port of Bagamoyo (Bandari ya Bagamoyo, in Swahili) is one of the oldest ports in Tanzania. The port is located in the town of Bagamoyo in Bagamoyo District of Pwani Region. The port was once a main entry from the Zanzibar Channel to Bagamoyo Historic Town before the establishment and rise of the Port of Dar es Salaam in the 1860s. Reconstruction and mass expansion of the Port of Bagamoyo is set to be constructed in the mid 2020s. It is planned to be one of the largest government infrastructure projects in the country. The Bagamoyo port and its affiliate industrial zone is meant to address congestion at the old port and support Tanzania to become East Africa’s leading shipping and logistics centre.[1]

History

Bagamayo port was once one of the largest ports in Africa and was a hub of the east African maritime trade form the fifteenth century to the nineteenth century.[2]: 69  The Tanzanian government sought to develop a modern port and in 2013 Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that the development project would be led by China Merchants Group.[2]: 69 

Construction of the port development began in 2015.[2]: 69  Construction stalled after a new Tanzanian government came into office.[2]: 69  After Samia Suluhu Hassan became Tanzania's president in 2021, she stated Tanzania's intent to revive the project.[2]: 69 

Plan

The port is set to handle 20 million

Dar es Salaam Port and will help reduce the congestion at the port. The project also involves the construction of a Special economic zone adjacent to the port.[4] Also to be constructed around Bagamoyo area are over 190 industries, including the manure processing industry that will be put up by the government of Oman. When fully developed, the Bagamoyo Special Economic Zone will attract about 700 industries to become a strategic investment zone in East Africa.[1] The Chinese and Oman firms were supposed to invest in the project, but they dropped out.[5] Other foreign companies have shown interest to invest in the project.[6]

Special Economic Zone

The project also includes a 1700 ha special industrial zone. The special economic zone is funded by the

Oman and administered by Export Processing Zone Authority of Tanzania. The industrial zone will also have rail links to the TAZARA Railway (1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)), old Tanzanian Central Railway (1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)) and new SGR (1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)) .[4]

Stalling since 2019

In 2019 the Tanzanian government under

Government of Tanzania in 2023, and the investors will join in later.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Construction of US $10bn Bagamoyo port in good progress". November 2017. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  2. ^
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  3. ^ "The race to become East Africa's biggest port". BBC News. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  4. ^ a b "Bagamoyo Port construction begins". www.dailynews.co.tz. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  5. ^ "Chinese, Omani firms drop out of Bagamoyo port talks". IPP Media. August 5, 2022.
  6. ^ "Foreign firms eye Tanzania's Sh23 trillion Bagamoyo Port". The Citizen. August 24, 2022.
  7. ^ Tanzania’s Decision To Suspend The Bagamoyo Port Project Is An Unfortunate Move Against Beijing, Eurasiafuture 29 June 2019
  8. ^ Why talks on port stalled, The Citizen (Tanzania), 19.May 2019
  9. ^ Prachi Mittal: The Bagamoyo port project and lessons for Africa borrowing, The Citizen 21.09.2020
  10. ^ "Bagamoyo port project: Govt scans for bidders". IPP Media. April 30, 2022.
  11. ^ "Bagamoyo Port construction to start in 2023". The Citizen. September 24, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
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