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Reprieve for Rwandan importers as cargo leaves Dar port

Cargo at the Rwanda-Tanzania border in a past photo. A number of Rwandan containers that overstayed at Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam were allowed to leave after the ports authority agreed to waive charges and penalties. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  Johnson Kanamugire

Nation Media Group

A number of Rwandan containers that overstayed at Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam were allowed to leave after the ports authority agreed to waive charges and penalties associated with delays in cargo clearance.

The delays were caused by Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.

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