Bagamoyo port: Tanzania begins construction on mega project
October 17, 2015
Slaves were once shipped from Bagamoyo across to the island of Zanzibar to slave markets[/caption]
Tanzania has begun building what it says will be the biggest port in East Africa, in the coastal tourist resort of Bagamoyo.
It is hoped the new facility will handle double the capacity of the one in Dar es Salaam. The project will cost about $11bn (£7bn), with much of the funding for construction coming from a government-owned Chinese investment firm. It will take two years to complete, and includes building rail and road links. The BBC’s Alice Muthengi in Dar es Salaam says officials hope the new port will not only transform the economy of the sleepy tourist town, but also put the country in good stead to compete for regional business, especially with neighbouring Kenya. It should be able to handle 20 million containers annually, she says.
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