Sunday News Reporter
THE Tanzanian registered vessel MV UMOJA
operating between the Port of Mwanza and Port Bell in Uganda, has
recorded its fourth trip to Port Bell, after resuming work on Lake
Victoria since June this year. In a statement issued by the Tanzania
Ports Authority (TPA) this weekend, the Authority’s
Director General, Eng Deusdedit Kakoko, said MV Umoja made its fourth trip to Port Bell on Friday with 18 ferry wagons of edible oil and aluminum alloys overboard.
“The consignment comprised 10 wagons for the WFP and eight for Uganda Roofings Ltd all amounting to 600 tonnes.
This is an evidence that the Lake Victoria operations have now resumed fully,” he said. In another development, the Uganda registered cargo ship MV KAAWA, is this week expected to make its maiden call at Mwanza Port from Port Bell after being grounded for more than 10 years.
The statement said, the assembly of the MV KAAWA was a step towards improving services on the Lake as this would assure customers of a reliable transport operation and the trips becoming frequent.
Currently MV UMOJA offers four trips a week on the lake, but with the resumption of the MV KAAWA services, they will increase six carrying around 3,500 tonnes of cargo onboard.
However, Eng Kakoko has called upon the public at the Central corridor to make use of the services in order to reduce costs of doing business expensively in other areas.
The Central corridor links Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam port to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC through rail, road and inland waterways.
Director General, Eng Deusdedit Kakoko, said MV Umoja made its fourth trip to Port Bell on Friday with 18 ferry wagons of edible oil and aluminum alloys overboard.
“The consignment comprised 10 wagons for the WFP and eight for Uganda Roofings Ltd all amounting to 600 tonnes.
This is an evidence that the Lake Victoria operations have now resumed fully,” he said. In another development, the Uganda registered cargo ship MV KAAWA, is this week expected to make its maiden call at Mwanza Port from Port Bell after being grounded for more than 10 years.
The statement said, the assembly of the MV KAAWA was a step towards improving services on the Lake as this would assure customers of a reliable transport operation and the trips becoming frequent.
Currently MV UMOJA offers four trips a week on the lake, but with the resumption of the MV KAAWA services, they will increase six carrying around 3,500 tonnes of cargo onboard.
However, Eng Kakoko has called upon the public at the Central corridor to make use of the services in order to reduce costs of doing business expensively in other areas.
The Central corridor links Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam port to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC through rail, road and inland waterways.
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