The Port of Dar es Salaam is the principal port serving Tanzania located in Kurasini ward of Temeke District of Dar es Salaam Region. The port is one of three ocean ports in the country and handles over 90% of the country's cargo traffic. According to the International Association of Ports and Harbors, it is the fourth largest port on the African continent's Indian Ocean coastline after Durban, Mombasa and Maputo. The port acts as a gateway for commerce and trade for Tanzania and numerous bordering landlocked states.
An aerial view of The Port of Dar es Salaam.
Image of the Port of Dar es Salaam from the book Von Unseren Kolonien by Ottomar Beta in the year 1908
The Port of Dar es Salaam Lighthouse in south east of Kivukoni
An aerial view of Dar es Salaam Port.
Kurasini is an administrative ward in the Temeke district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. Home of The Dar es Salaam Port, It is the location of the Port of Dar es Salaam; the fourth-largest port in Africa on the Indian Ocean, The National Police College, the Mgulani Police Barracks, Tanzania Immigration Headquarters, Diplomacy College and the Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair Grounds. Kurasini, under the British occupation of Tanganyika was built before 1940 for European port officials only. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 26,193.
Image: View of Ilala CBD from Kurasini Ward at Kilwa Rd, Temeke MC
Image: Businesses in Kurasini ward, Temeke MC
Image: Madela Road in Kurasini, Temeke MC, Dar es Salaam
