Infrastructure

Tanzania selects Turkish contractor to extend its standard gauge railway

Photo: Tanzania Railways Corporation.

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Earlier this week, Tanzania signed a $1.9bn contract with Turkish contractor Yapi Merkezi to build a 368km section of standard gauge railway. The project is part of a 1,219km SGR line that Tanzania is building to support regional trade in East Africa by linking Dar es Salaam with the port city of Mwanza on the shores of Lake Victoria. Two similar lines are already nearing completion.

Under the contract signed this week, Yapi Merkezi will execute the section linking the towns of Makutopora and Tabora in Tanzania’s Masanja Kadogosa region.  

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DP World breaks ground at $1.1bn Ndayane deep-water port in Senegal

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Dakar gets brand new “TER”, France’s renowned train and coach service

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