Port Information
Dar es Salaam port information ACCESS: The port is accessible via a
vessel types. Tankers must obtain prior
berthing area for coastal vessels at the
3.5 km entrance channel that can allow
permission from the harbour master.
Lighterage Quay.
140 metres breadth with a depth of 10.5
BERTHS: The port has a total quay
DEEPWATER BERTHS:
metres at Chart Datum.
length of 2.6 km. There are 12 berths
vessels of up to 234 metres LOA and
at the Main Quay, plus a Single Buoy
ANCHORAGE: Outer anchorage for all
Mooring (SBM) and a dedicated
• Berths Nos 1 to 7 with depths from 8.7 to 10.5 metres for general cargo vessels.
• Berths Nos 8 to 11 with an average depth of 11.0 metres for container vessels.
• Kurasini Oil Jetty (1 and 2) with an average depth of 11.0 metres for refined liquid products.
• SBM with a depth of above 14.0 metres for both white and crude Image courtesy of Freight Forwarders Tanzania Ltd
liquid products.
COASTAL VESSEL BERTHS:
• Malindi Wharf for coastal passenger and cargo vessels. The passenger terminal is for domestic services between the islands of the Zanzibar archipelago, mainly Unguja.
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