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Dar es Salaam

Name: Dar es Salaam
Address: TZA

UN/LOCODE TZDAR · Tanzania · Africa

Reference

Coordinates: -6.8, 39.2833
Time zone: Africa/Dar_es_SalaamUTC +03:00no DST
Local currency: TZS— Tanzanian Shilling
Languages: sw, en
Nearest airport: DARJulius Nyerere International Airport~12 km
Electricity: 230 V50 Hzplugs D, G(country default — verify at berth)
Climate: AwTropical savanna (dry winter)
Country-coastal Köppen zone (most ports cluster on the coast). For port-coordinate resolution use Kottek 2006 0.5° grid.
Function codes: 12345---
seaport · rail terminal · road terminal · airport · postal exchange

Operational details

Compiled from public port-authority and P&I-club directories. Always verify current contacts via your agent before arrival.

Pilotage / VTS

Tanzania Ports Authority VTS — Dar es Salaam

VHF: Ch 16, working Ch 12 / 13
Web: www.ports.go.tz

P&I correspondents

· GAC Tanzania
· African Marine Services

Port agents

· GAC Tanzania
· Inchcape Shipping Services Tanzania
· Mediterranean Shipping Company Tanzania

ISPS security level (normal): 1

Principal port of Tanzania serving the wider East African landlocked-state corridor (Zambia, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi, Uganda). Container terminal expansion ongoing.

Helplines for seafarers in Tanzania

Welfare, abandonment, wages, medical, mental health, harassment — 24/7 lines where available. See full helplines directory.

Mission to Seafarers Dar es Salaam
Africa · Daily · en, sw
📞 +255 22 211 5556 [email protected]www.missiontoseafarers.org/port/daressalaam
ISWAN SeafarerHelp
Global · 24/7 · en, ar, es, fr
📞 +44 800 012 1004 WhatsApp [email protected]www.seafarerhelp.org
ITF Seafarers
Global · 24/7 for emergencies · en
📞 +44 20 7403 2733 [email protected]www.itfseafarers.org
IMO/ILO Database of Abandonment of Seafarers
Global · Online · en
www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersBrowse.home
Find A Helpline
Global · Online · en
findahelpline.com
ITF Inspectorate — Find your nearest inspector
Global · Varies by port · en
www.itfseafarers.org/en/contact-us/find-an-itf-inspector

Other ports in Tanzania

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Port-state-control region: indian ocean MoU · how to file a PSC complaint.

Sources & verification (13)

country_iso3 · ISO 3166-1 (TZ)retrieved 2026-05-06
country_name · ISO 3166-1 (TZ)retrieved 2026-05-06
currency_code · ISO 4217:2015 (TZS)retrieved 2026-05-06
currency_name · ISO 4217:2015 (TZS)retrieved 2026-05-06
languages · CIA World Factbook (public domain), national-language listing (TZ)retrieved 2026-05-06
timezone_iana · IANA tz database (Africa/Dar_es_Salaam)retrieved 2026-05-06
timezone_utc_offset · ECMA-402 Intl.DateTimeFormat (computed) (Africa/Dar_es_Salaam)retrieved 2026-05-06
timezone_dst · ECMA-402 Intl.DateTimeFormat (computed) (Africa/Dar_es_Salaam)retrieved 2026-05-06
electricity · IEC TR 60083 plug-and-socket standard list (TZ)retrieved 2026-05-06
function_codes_expanded · UNECE Rec. 16 — UN/LOCODE function-code mask (12345---)retrieved 2026-05-06
nearest_major_airport · OurAirports (CC0) — davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data (DAR)retrieved 2026-05-07
wikidata_qid · Wikidata SPARQL (P1937 UN/LOCODE join) (Q15940655)retrieved 2026-05-07
climate_classification · Kottek et al. 2006 / Beck et al. 2018 — country-coastal Köppen zone (TZ)retrieved 2026-05-07

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