Tanzania, June 8 -- Dar es Salaam. In the global maritime industry, the term "Class One" is not merely a label; it is a certificate of industrial sovereignty.

For Tanzania, a nation defined by its 3,500km coastline and the Great Lakes, the recent international recognition of the Dar es Salaam Merchant Group (DMG) signals the dawn of a new era in which "Made in Tanzania" is no longer a slogan, but a benchmark of global engineering excellence.

The June-July 2026 edition of Forbes Africa, titled "Africa's New Blueprint for Growth: Tanzania," dedicated two pages to profiling DMG's transformation into a Class One shipbuilding powerhouse.

The recognition marks a historic shift, with Tanzania entering an elite shipbuilding league previously d...