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Trade Facilitation Interventions Dar es Salaam

31 August 2011

The Port of Dar es Salaam, as the anchor for the Central, and Dar Corridors, contributes significantly to the delays experienced moving goods along the corridors from the wharf to their final inland destination. Compared to Durban, where dwell time is in the region of two days, the Dar es Salaam port performs poorly with reported dwell times of up to 17 days (although dwell times have reportedly been reduced recently, the delays are still substantial). Reducing these dwell times is crucial to improving trade flows in the region, reducing costs and enhancing the competitiveness of these ports.

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SADC Railways Revitalization Policy Dialogue

31 August 2011

Trade Facilitation

The past decade has seen significant change in Southern Africa's railway operations. Following years of declining traffic, deterioration of infrastructure and equipment along with redundant labor forces, international donors and lenders pressured many of the state owned railways to move to privatization through concessioning. A number of concessions moved forward in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Tanzania. South Africa, Botswana and Namibia did not concession but moved to corporatize independent state owned enterprises that were charged with operation and maintenance of the countries railways.

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