Dar sees rise in bulk liquid cargo

The volume of bulk liquid cargo imports at Dar es Salaam Port, has increased by 19% annually.

The Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) announced on Wednesday that imports of bulk liquid cargo had increased to 4.36 tons in 2012/13 from 2.40 million tons in 2008/09.

Cargo handled increased to 13.1 million tons and cargo clearance time had been shortened to around 4.8 days from 7 days in June last year.