East Africa
Dar es Salaam handled 25 million tonnes in nine months
Dar es Salaam port handled 25.07 million tonnes from July 2025 to March 2026, up from 19.31 million in the same nine months a year earlier, according to Tanzania’s transport ministry.
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Both bars cover July to March. The data table also shows full-year national records and cargo shipped to neighbouring countries.
Compare the same nine months
The two Dar es Salaam figures cover July to March in consecutive financial years. The difference was about 5.76 million tonnes, or roughly 30%. The ministry’s 27.76 million tonnes for 2024/25 covers all 12 months of that earlier financial year. Source 1
Follow the cargo headed inland
The ministry separately reports 10.93 million tonnes shipped to neighbouring countries through Tanzania’s ports from July 2025 to March 2026, up from 8.24 million a year earlier. This is a wider port scope and a narrower type of cargo than total throughput at Dar es Salaam. Source 2 Source 1
How Dar es Salaam fits into the national figures
The appendix puts all Tanzania ports at 32.75 million tonnes for 2024/25. Dar es Salaam’s 27.76 million tonnes represent about 85% of that full-year national total, using the figures as published. The appendix also gives five financial years of national tonnage and container traffic. Source 1 Source 3
Read the container and weight series separately
National container traffic increased from 735,532 to 1,132,562 TEU between 2020/21 and 2024/25. A TEU is a unit of container capacity. The weight series includes cargo measured in tonnes and follows a different scale. Both measures are available in the table. Source 3