A major ports management conference in the Eastern Africa region has been moved from Dar es Salaam and rescheduled.
This follows a move by Tanzania President John Magufuli to sack several Tanzania Ports Authority top managers.
The organisers said the conference, which was to be hosted by TPA and Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa, will now be held at Khartoum, Sudan, in November.
In a statement issued by PMAESA communications officer George Sunguh, the conference was set for February 15-17 in Dar es Saalam, Tanzania.
The conference theme was “Port Strategies for Harnessing the African Blue Economy & Investment Options.”
The sub themes are ‘the outlook of the blue economy’; investment opportunities and infrastructure; and ‘coastal tourism, ship repairs and cabbotage, state of fisheries and aqua culture.’
“This will be the first time for the annual PMAESA conference will fail to take place since its inception in 2007 in Seychelles,” Sunguh said.
