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- To establish and coordinate system of Harbours.
- To provide facilities relating to Harbours and provide harbour services.
- With the approval of the Minister, to construct and operate new Harbours.
- To construct, operate and maintain beacons and other navigational aids.
- To carry on the business of stevedore, wharf age or lighter man.
- To act as a warehouseman to store goods, whether or not the goods have been or are to be, handled as cargo or carried by the Authority.
- To consign goods on behalf of the other persons to any place either within or outside the United Republic.
- With the approval of the Minister, to act as carriers of goods or passengers by land or sea.
- To provide amenities or facilities that the Authority considers necessary or desirable for persons making use of the facilities or services.
Kurudisha Fadhila kwa Jamii
Taarifa Kwa Kina
Mamlaka ya Usimamizi wa Bandari Tanzania (TPA) kama zilivyo taasisi zingine za kibiashara, inajishughulisha na shughuli za kijamii, kwa kurudisha fadhila kwa jamii (CSR) inayoizunguka.
Utaratibu wa TPA wa kurudisha fadhila kwa jamii unaangalia miradi isiyo ya kibiashara yenye uhalisia wa kimaendeleo, ili kuinua maisha ya jamii. Miradi hii hutumia rasilimali za shirika ili kunufaisha jamii nzima.
Ili kusaidia jitihada za serikali za kuleta maendeleo, TPA inaelekeza misaada yake katika maeneo makuu manne ya afya, elimu, ustawi wa jamii na maafa. TPA ili kutekeleza hayo yote inaongozwa na maadili ya kazi yanayosisitiza utawala bora, uadilifu, uaminifu, kuaminika, kumjali mteja na kufanya kazi kwa pamoja. Kutokana na hali hiyo TPA hujikita katika kujipambanua kama taasisi imara inayojali wateja wake na kuwahudumia kwa kufuata utaratibu na misingi iliyojiwekea.
Kwa hiyo kila shughuli ya urudishaji fadhila kwa jamii (CSR) ni lazima iwe na madhumuni. Kutokana na mazingira hayo shughuli hiyo ni lazima ipangwe kwa ajili ya utekelezaji timilifu, lazima ipimike. Shughuli yoyote ya CSR lazima ipangwe na kutekelezwa kwa namna ambayo inaleta manufaa kwa pande zote mbili na kuanzisha uhusiano endelevu wenye manufaa kijamii na kitaifa. Ndio kusema Mamlaka ya Usimamizi wa Bandari Tanzania (TPA) itashiriki tu katika miradi itakayoimarisha uwezo wa jamii kuchangia maendeleo yao, kijamii na kiuchumi.
TPA kwa kufanya shughuli za urejeshaji wa fadhila itahakikisha kunakuwapo na matokeo chanya katika miradi itakayosaidia jamii inayoizunguka kuhakikisha kuna mahusiano mazuri na jamii hiyo.
Kwa kuwa mipango ya urudishaji fadhila kwa jamii wa TPA inahusisha miradi isiyo ya kibiashara, mradi husika unatakiwa kuwa chachu ya kuleta maendeleo na hauna sura ya kibiashara.
General Information
Tanzania Ports Authority, like any other commercial entity, operates within the environment of the social economic web. It serves society in its economic activities and gets its revenues from the same. As such TPA has the obligation of sharing or returning through a strategic accountable arrangement a token of this revenue to society.
TPA’s Corporate Social Responsibility encompasses projects that are not for profit making. These projects must have a strong developmental approach and utilize company resources to benefit and uplift communities that are not primarily driven as marketing initiatives.
In order to support Government development initiatives, TPA shall focus its assistance to four main areas of health, education, social welfare and disasters. TPA takes cognizance of the need to be guided by a code of conduct which puts emphasis on Good Governance, Integrity/Trust, Reliability, Customer Care and Team Work. In this regard, TPA strives to become “A Stable Systematic Caring Organization” as stipulated in its value statement.
Every CSR undertaking, therefore, must have a purpose. It must be planned for its implementation, and it must be measurable. The CSR undertaking must be designed to allow TPA to create sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships with national and local communities.
The Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) therefore, shall only get involved with projects that enhance the capabilities of the target communities and contribute to their social and economic development.
TPA will undertake to make an impact on its communities and its employees alike that reflects the mutual relationship with those groups. This relationship is to assure the community a return for the sacrifice they make to ensure beneficial business operations in TPA.
Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) Corporate Social Responsibility Programs encompass projects that are not for profit making. These projects should have a strong developmental approach and utilize company resources to benefit and uplift communities that are not primarily driven as marketing initiatives.
Safety Within Port
In order to promote safety and health within the Port areas it requires high discipline of all Port users. The following are the guidelines that shall be followed by obedience for safety purposes:
Safety Signs
Every employee should observe the safety signs allocated in different locations in the port areas. For example slippery sign, railway crossing, etc. Noncompliance to this can cause an accident/incident which will fall under TPA safety rules and disciplinary actions will be taken.
Driving
Obey the TPA Safety and Health policy, safety rules in order to improve your safety and health. Don’t exceed 20km per hour while driving within the Port area; In the Port Industrial and heavy machine are always on duty, so over speeding can cause accident.
Parking
You are not allowed to park on the rail ways and in so doing the risk is at yourself and property. Don’t block any road within the Port area in order to allow Emergency Fire Engine to go through while attending Emergency calls.
Safety Gears
All employees who will be working on handling operations of cargoes must be well informed or trained on how to work in the port areas, so that they can be able to prevent/protectthemselves against incidents/accidents. Use appropriate and safety gears at all times while at work in port operations. . These safety gears are like Reflector Vests, safety Boots/shoes, Helmets and others. Therefore every employee must wear personal protective equipment (PPE) all the time when they are in the port areas. Failure to do so will be against Tanzania Ports Authority Safety rules, and will result into punishment for non compliance.
Fire Extinguishing
Use appropriate fire extinguisher and make sure that the firefighting equipment is at the place where refueling is done, for easy and quick combating in case occurs at the said location. The type of fire extinguishers used must be DRY CHEMICAL POWDER or CARBON DIOXIDE or FOAM ONLY. The Fire Safety, Health and Environment Department will assign the Fire fighter to be standby during the operation.
Communications
If you find fire at any location of the port area try to extinguish it by using the available firefighting equipment and if the fire erupts big don’t fight using your fire extinguisher, you call Station Tel No. +255 2116287/0755 195896 or contact your supervisor or security through your radio call who will report the incidence/accident immediately to Fire Control room. Don't forget keep on shouting fire, fire, fire for to let the other understand and evacuate the area.
Refueling and Vehicles Starting
The intention of fueling motor vehicle shall be reported to the Port Manager and Fire Safety, Healthy and Environment Department. When arranging the operation for a day, the quantity of fuel expected to be used must be shown in the application letter to the Port Fire, Health and Environment Department. Remember fueling activities must be done at open places/spaces, (fire of evasive head), and appropriate fueling equipment like (fuel filling nozzles) should be used Ensure that there is no fuel spillage on the ground due to vehicle refueling process.
In case the area is spilled you must clean it. If the area is spilled and you did not clean it, TPA safety rules will be applied penalization. Make sure that the canisters used to carry fuel from the tanker to the vehicles are right designated ones as per fuel type, e.g. diesel or petrol. The refueling process that involve the same canister to be used to both petrol and diesel or vice versa will not be allowed, because this will lead to engine fuel system failure. Such kind of refueling process is contravention of the TPA Safety rules which will attract both penalties and compensation to the damaged car.
During the refueling the car's engine must be switched off, mobile phones should be kept switched off and smoking is also not permited. Separate all Vehicles carrying fueling containers from other motor vehicles and Separate all fuel containers from sparks emission (eg. batteries). When driving a car and find that, your car has got Fire please don’t enter any car yard or mix with others to avoid spreading of Fire to other cars.
