Mwanza Port Dredging and Upgrading is a port and logistics project serving Tanzania. It seeks to improve vessel access, cargo handling and landside logistics through dredging, berths, terminals, equipment or access infrastructure. Mwanza Port is an operating Lake Victoria port undergoing dredging and capacity upgrades.
<p>The project comprise of the following: (1) complete or initiate dredging of port of Mwanza to restore design depths of generally around 6 m on approach to, in anchorage and along Berths; (2) establish a watercourse management system to minimize soil erosion and sedimentation at ports; and (3) rehabilitating or establishing of areas and ramps to accommodate vehicles (in particular MAFI trailers and forklifts) involved with RoRo operations at ports.</p>
<p>1) Providing opportunity to reduce transport/trade cost with the use of least cost links for especially for Burundi, part of Eastern DRC and Uganda; (2) Providing viable alternative trade routes for countries using the Lake services to avoid propensity to exploit monopoly situations.</p>