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Port users set for better services as EA states battle for dominance
Monday July 05 2021
Singapore flagged vessel MV NYK Clara docked at the port of Mombasa on June 25, 2021 on its way to Dar es Salaam after it made its maiden call. In this financial year, Kenya and Tanzania have put modernisation of ports at the top of the list of priority investments. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
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An observer said the competition has seen most ports invest in different modes of transport but noted a need to embrace the Multimodal Transport Treaty, which allows the carriage of goods by at least two different modes of transport, to reduce congestion.
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Human errors contribute to 85 pc of marine accidents - TASAC
TANZANIA Shipping Agencies Corporation (TASAC) has said that human errors contribute to over 85 per cent of all marine accidents taking place in oceans and lakes are caused mainly by language barriers.
TASAC maritime services and training manager Iroga Nashon said that recently in Dar es Salaam to members of media outlets.
He said that language barriers between the liner’s captains sailing their cargo or tankers liners are said to have contributed to the avoidable accidents taking place in the country’s ports.
“Negligence and language between ship’s captains is one of the big challenges contributing to ongoing accidents in the ocean and lakes. There is a need for our local captains to increase their language capacity,” he said.
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