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==Corporate affairs== ==Corporate affairs==

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Marine Services Company Limited
MV Victoria anchored at Bukoba Port.
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FormerlyTRC Marine Division
Company typeGovernment-owned corporation
IndustryShipping, transportation
Founded8 December 1997 (1997-12-08)
HeadquartersMwanza, Tanzania
Number of locations5
Area served African Great Lakes
Key peopleP. S. Kaija (Ag. GM)
ServicesPassenger and cargo
Total equityTSh 1 million (nominal value)
OwnerTanzanian Government (100%)
Websitewww.mscl.go.tz

Marine Services Company Limited (MSCL) is a Tanzanian company that operates ferries, cargo ships and tankers on three of the African Great Lakes, namely Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa. It provides services to neighbouring Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Malawi.

History

Prior to its incorporation in 1997, MSCL was an integral part of the Tanzania Railways Corporation, which was formed in 1977 after the dissolution of the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation.

On 21 May 1996, the MV Bukoba, which was severely overloaded, capsized while travelling from Bukoba to Mwanza. As many as 1,000 people lost their lives.

Corporate affairs

MSCL is a company under the Tanzania Ministry of Transport. Its share capital consists of 1,000 shares each with a nominal value of TSh 1,000 each. The company's head office is in the northern city of Mwanza at the shores of Lake Victoria. It also maintains branch offices in Kigoma, Kyela, Dar es Salaam, and Kampala, the latter two of which are headed by liaison officers.

Services

Passenger services on Lake Tanganyika to neighbouring countries include Mpulungu in Zambia; Bujumbura in Burundi; and Kalemie, Uvira and Baraka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company also plies on Lake Nyasa between Mbamba Bay in southern Tanzania and Nkhata Bay in Malawi.

Between July 2013 and April 2014, MSCL transported 231,866 passengers and 41,234 tonnes of cargo.

Fleet

Most of its fleet is located on Lake Victoria and includes MV Victoria, the former Royal Mail Ship. MV Liemba (formerly the Imperial German Navy's SMS Graf von Goetzen) was built in 1913 and still operates on Lake Tanganyika. Its livery appears to be the same as TRC's predecessor, the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation: white hull above the waterline, white superstructure and buff funnel. The hull below the waterline appears to be dark red.

Current

MV Liemba, built in 1913, is the oldest vessel in the fleet.
MV Iringa at Liuli harbour on Lake Nyasa
Ship Built Rehabilitated Speed (kn) Passengers Cargo (t) Lake served
MV Butiama 1980 – 12.5 200 100 Victoria
MV Clarias 1961 1993 10.5 290 10 Victoria
MV Iringa 1974 1988 10 139 5 Nyasa
MV Liemba 1913 1993 10.5 600 200 Tanganyika
ML Maindi 1938 1972 8 – 120 Victoria
MV Mwongozo 1982 1992 11 800 80 Tanganyika
MT Nyangumi 1958 1995 9 – 350 Victoria
MT Sangara 1981 – 9 – 350 Tanganyika
MV Serengeti 1988 – 9.5 593 350 Victoria
MV Songea 1974 1994 10 212 40 Nyasa
MV Umoja 1964 – 11 – 1,200 Victoria
MT Ukerewe 1938 1972 – – 740 Victoria
MV Victoria 1960 1989 12.5 1,200 200 Victoria
ML Wimbi 1938 1972 8 – 120 Victoria

Future

In 2014, Transport Minister Harrison Mwakyembe informed the Tanzanian Parliament that the government's plan to purchase three new vessels from Denmark had been delayed until June 2015 because of a 163 per cent increase in costs. The acquisition will cost US$ 74.9 million, and construction of the vessels will take three years. He also stated that discussions with the South Korean government are on-going to procure three vessels.

See also

References

  1. "MoT Affiliation". Ministry of Transport (Tanzania). Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. "Marine Transport". SUMATRA Consumer Consultative Council. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. ^ "MSCL Profile". MSCL. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. "Taarifa ya Kampuni ya Huduma za Meli – MSCL Kuhusu Maadhimisho ya Miaka 50 ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara" (PDF) (in Kiswahili). MSCL. 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  5. "Lake Victoria tragedy". asahi-net.or.jp. 1996. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. "Marking mv Bukoba sinking with unlearnt lessons". 20 May 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  7. Ministry Departments and Units, Ministry of Transport
  8. "Contacts". MSCL. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Hotuba ya Waziri Mwakyembe" (PDF) (in Kiswahili). Parliament of Tanzania. 2014. p. 43. Retrieved 24 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. "MSC Vessels and Capacities". MSCL. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

External links

Tanzania Marine Services Company Limited ships
Motor ships
Motor tankers
  • Nyangumi
  • Sangara
  • Ukerewe
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