Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) as an Implementing Agency of The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, received a loan from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the Dares salaam Maritime Gateway Project (DMGP).
The DMGP has been developed as a multi-development partner initiative to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Port of Dar es Salaam. The following lists of components are included in the DMGP
- Deepening and strengthening of existing Berths 1 to 7 to 14.5 m below CD, and constructing a new multipurpose berth at Gerezani Creek;
- Deepening and widening the entrance channel and turning basin in the port to the end of Berth 11 to 15.5 m below CD;
- Improving the rail linkages and platform in the port;27 and
- Deepening and strengthening of existing Berths 8-11, to 14.5 m below CD.
Tansheq provided the services for conducting Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for rehabilitation of berth 8-11 to 14.5 m below CD. Specifically, ESIA objectives are to:
- Ensure that environmental considerations are explicitly addressed and incorporated into the development decision making process
- Anticipate and avoid, minimize, or offset the adverse significant biophysical, social and other relevant effects of development proposal
- protect the productivity and capacity of natural systems and the ecological processes which maintain their functions
- promote development that is sustainable and optimizes resources use and management opportunities
- Promote the implementation of the Environmental Management Act, 2004 and all other laws and decision-making process related to the goals and objectives of this project.