East Coast Container Depot is strategically located close to Dar es Salaam port, with its own railway siding. It provides a safe and secure one-stop-shop for transit cargo.
Advantage
The East Coast Container Depot has a railway setting within its yard, thereby transporting the container from the port to the site at a lower cost compared to transportation on road. This shall also reduce the road traffic congestion.
Versatility of Products
To work with customs and other agencies to clear and handle import and export containers
- To safely and securely store imports and exports
- To handle empty containers under customs control
- To process and handle goods for re-export, onward transit, outright export and shipment of cargo.
- To stuff, strip, and lift containers with the state-of-the-art lifting equipment
- To rework, maintain and repair containers
Capacity
East Coast clears containers from the port with an average dwell time of 6 days per container without any penalty or storage charges. The facility received an award for Outstanding Performance in Clearing Containers from the Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS) in 2009.
Projection
East Coast Container Depot aims to invest continue providing outstanding performance as MeTL Group continues to Grow.
Internal Container Depot (ICD)
An MeTL Group ICD would complement the East Coast Container depot by providing a one-stop-shop for the group’s growing import and export trade, with complete logistics support from point of origin to point of consumption.
Advantage
Since the ICD is property of MeTL Group, it gives customers as well as MeTL Group the opportunity to store their containers in a safe, reliable and easy to access location. Furthermore the ICD is located close to the port making it convenient to transport the containers from the port to the location.
Versatility of Products
A fully secure storage area & Trucks
Capacity
- A storage capacity of at least 5,000 units
- A fleet of at least 500 trucks to transport goods to customers, across Tanzania and in neighboring countries
- A facility for stuffing and stripping containers
Projection
- A workshop fully-fitted out to maintain the MeTL Group fleet and heavy machinery
- A Star Oils gas station to service the MeTL Group fleet as well as outside customers
- A Mo Assurance branch to provide on-the-spot insurance solutions for MeTL Group clients and outside customers.
- A MeTL Group Supermarket within the Star Oils gas station stocked with the group’s wide range of products
- An assured quality retread plant
- Dry port at Kibaha.
- MeTL Group is also planning to set up a new ICD at Mbagala