Simba Supply Chain Solutions (SSCS.co.tz) presents its latest service, Simba Terminals, with its first operation in Tanga Port, Tanzania.
As part of the company’s strategic focus on providing comprehensive Supply Chain Solutions to importers and exporters using Tanzanian freight corridors, SSCS currently provides:
- Customs Clearance
- Maritime Freight Brokerage
- Road Transportation
- Rail Transportation
Simba Terminals Tanga now enhances this offering with the following activities:
- Bulk FIBC Bagging Services
- Container Stripping Services
- Container Stuffing Services
- Marine Port Services
- Maritime Labor Services
- Ship Agency Services
- Warehousing Services
With a primary focus on the regional mining industry, Simba Terminals is working with major players in handling:
- Southbound Chemical Re-Agents such as Hydrated Lime, Sulphur, Ammonium Nitrate (AN), Sodium Metabisulphite (SMBS), Magnesium Oxide (MgO), and others,
- Northbound Metals such as Copper, Cobalt, Nickel, Tin and other Minerals from the East African Region.
Simba Terminals offers extensive warehouse services to handle bulk and break-bulk cargo with bagging services. With a 4,000 SQM warehousing facility inside the port and an extended 5,000 SQM facility outside the port, Simba Terminals can handle and store 15,000mt of Breakbulk Cargo, 40,000mt of Bulk Cargo, and 18,000mt of Copper Cathodes.
We also offer bagging facilities of packaging chemicals into FIBC bags using a state of the art Nectar XL120 Bagging Plant, a twin line semi-automated bagging plant with a capacity of 120mt per hour.
With an experienced team of Supply Chain experts, Simba Terminals is now open to all your logistics needs. Contact us on info@SSCS.co.tz to build a customized Supply Chain Solution through our Tanga Terminal.
Tanga Port – A new player in the region
Situated in Tanga, Tanzania, the first terminal goes live after a massive port expansion project undertaken by the Tanzania Ports Authority in Tanga Port which included dredging the entry channel, extending the quay side, and an upgrade of the internal facilities.
The upgrading and renovation project at the cost of Sh428 billion was funded by the government by 100 percent. Read separate article here.
The renovations will end in the first half of 2023 and ships can now berth quayside as opposed to the previous stream operation offered out at sea. Sea Vessels of 13.5m Draft and LOA of 230m can now call to Tanga Port.
With a much wider entrance channel into the port, Tanga Port can handle Panamax Vessels easily without waiting at outer anchorage provided that all documentations are completed in advance of the vessel arrival.
Further, the natural geography of the port as shown in the above aerial photo is distinctly different to those of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa ports that depend on a very small entry channel shown below.
The unique position of Tanga Port in East Africa is now poised to revolutionize traditional maritime ports of East Africa due to its expansion that allow vessels to berth along the quayside.
Equidistant from both Dar es Salaam and Mombasa Ports, Tanga Port is poised to split the maritime traffic from the already congested ports for specific cargoes. Connected with the Meter Gauge Railway to Arusha, Isaka, and Kigoma, Tanga Port can be the starting point of a multi-modal solution into East Africa.
With major shipping lines already calling Dar es Salaam and Mombasa Ports, Tanga Port is now in a position to have direct calls based on specific customer volumes.
For more information on Simba Terminals Tanga, contact us on info@SSCS.co.tz for a customized supply chain solution.
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