The long awaited high speed ferry to ply between Kigamboni in Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo, Coast Region will begin shortly, the government has confirmed. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Works Ministry spokesperson, Segolena Francis said that engineers were finalising the construction of the floating barge at Mbegani area in Bagamoyo.
She said the decision to have such services was reached by the Dar es Salaam City Council in order to utilise the 1,180 km Indian Ocean waters and mostly to minimise road congestion. “I cannot exactly say when the service will start but we are almost through with the construction work with exception of the barge,” she said.
According to her, the government had already surveyed the route where the speedy ferry stations will be located. She said the survey was completed in January, this year.She said the ferry boat will stop at various stations including Magogoni, Kawe, Jangwani, Rungwe Oceanic, Mbweni and Kaole.
Works Minister, Dr John Magufuli when inspecting the speedy ferry at Kigamboni Navy said the fast boat costed the government a whopping 7.9bn/-. “This is a ferry of its kind because the speed is incomparable to other ordinary ferries we have in the country.”
He said that ferry had all the necessary modern equipment popularly known as navigational equipment including, compass, automatic identification system (AIS), radar, echo sounder, CCTV GPS and cameras among others. “It has the capacity to carry about 300 passengers. It will take almost two hours from Dar es Salaam to Bagamoyo”, he pointed out.
For her part, Executive Director, Tanzania Electrical, Mechanical and Electronics Services Agency (TEMESA) Marcellin Magesa said that the construction work from Dar es Salaam to Bagamoyo was initiated by the government through the Fiscal Budget of 2013/14, with the objective of easing congestion in the Dar es Salaam City. According to Magesa construction work is being taken by M/S Jogs Gram-Hanssen Construction of Denmark.
She said the decision to have such services was reached by the Dar es Salaam City Council in order to utilise the 1,180 km Indian Ocean waters and mostly to minimise road congestion. “I cannot exactly say when the service will start but we are almost through with the construction work with exception of the barge,” she said.
According to her, the government had already surveyed the route where the speedy ferry stations will be located. She said the survey was completed in January, this year.She said the ferry boat will stop at various stations including Magogoni, Kawe, Jangwani, Rungwe Oceanic, Mbweni and Kaole.
Works Minister, Dr John Magufuli when inspecting the speedy ferry at Kigamboni Navy said the fast boat costed the government a whopping 7.9bn/-. “This is a ferry of its kind because the speed is incomparable to other ordinary ferries we have in the country.”
He said that ferry had all the necessary modern equipment popularly known as navigational equipment including, compass, automatic identification system (AIS), radar, echo sounder, CCTV GPS and cameras among others. “It has the capacity to carry about 300 passengers. It will take almost two hours from Dar es Salaam to Bagamoyo”, he pointed out.
For her part, Executive Director, Tanzania Electrical, Mechanical and Electronics Services Agency (TEMESA) Marcellin Magesa said that the construction work from Dar es Salaam to Bagamoyo was initiated by the government through the Fiscal Budget of 2013/14, with the objective of easing congestion in the Dar es Salaam City. According to Magesa construction work is being taken by M/S Jogs Gram-Hanssen Construction of Denmark.
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