Dar es Salaam. The government has launched strategic interventions to curb heavy lorry congestion and the proliferation of inland container depots (ICDs) in Dar es Salaam by migrating cargo to rail, starting late this month, via the Kwala Inland Container Depot.
The announcement was made on Monday, March 2, 2026, by Transport Minister Prof Makame Mbarawa Mnyaa, who noted that currently over 90 percent of cargo leaving Dar es Salaam Port is road-bound, a factor contributing to chronic traffic gridlock, damaged road networks, and rising accident rates.
