Dar es Salaam, March 18 -- MTWARA: CONSTRUCTION of a new port berth to handle dirty cargo at the Kisiwa Mgao area in the outskirts of Mtwara Region is set to start before June this year, Minister for Transport, Professor Makame Mbarawa has said.

The Minister made the revelation when he paid a visit at the construction site last week. He said the new port berth will serve as a special terminal to handle dirty cargo that will include coal, cement and fertilisers.

“Construction of the port will start before June this. At the moment we are finalising the process of acquiring a contractor who will do the construction work,” he said.

Prof Mbarawa said the contractor to be acquired will start by constructing a 300-meter-long berth...