Dar es Salaam, Dec. 6 -- The Dar es Salaam Port has a huge potential to become the regional powerhouse and substantially contribute to the countrys economic growth if it gets the right and strategic investment to improve and boost its operations.

From the strategic point of view, the Dar es Salaam port is well positioned to serve more land-linked countries at cost-efficient services thus giving it a high comparative advantage over its peer ports.

However, failure to get the right and strategic partner has for years derailed the Dar Ports efforts to boost its efficiency and contribution to the countrys Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and job creation.

For example, for more than 20 years when the Tanzania International Container Terminal Se...