Dar es Salaam, Nov. 21 -- VICE-PRESIDENT Dr Philip Mpango has directed Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to ensure that major improvement projects at the Tanga Port are completed by April 2023, so that it starts working efficiently and allow large ships to anchor.

The Vice-President issued the directives during his visit to inspect the progress of the construction of two port quays as well as the deepening of their depths from 3 to 13 metres at the Tanga Port.

He noted that the port improvement project is estimated at 429bn/- and is expected to increase efficiency of the port to serve 3 million tonnes annually from the current 750,000 tonnes.

“We want to see the construction work completed by April next year. This is one of the stra...