The Director General of Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA),Mr Plasduce Mbossa(third left), Commissioner General of Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA),Mr Yusuf Mwenda(third right) and second left is Tanga Port Manager Masoud Mrisha chart out when heading to containers yard during the TRA's Commissioner's General maiden tour at Tanga Port recently. PHOTO | COURTESY
What you need to know:
The port’s strategic location, just a stone’s throw from Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC, made it the ideal gateway for regional trade.
Whether it was exporting copper, sisal, or timber, or importing machinery, raw materials, and petroleum products, Tanga was the nexus through which all this wealth flowed.
