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Zanzibar Shipping Corporation (SHIPCO) is a public corporation under the portfolio of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Communication, established in 1978 by a Legal Notice No.3 under the Public Enterprise Decree of 1978 with a start-up capital of TZS 82.912 million and re-established under the Zanzibar Shipping Corporation Act No.3 of 2013.

The SHIPCO is formed to manage and operate government-owned merchant ships in order to offer a growing population of Unguja and Pemba islands with reliable, safe and affordable sea transportation service. In other words, SHIPCO is aimed at serving sea mobility needs of the people and goods between the Islands of Unguja and Pemba, and between these Islands and other ports of East Africa.

The SHIPCO’s headquarters is located at Malindi, within Zanzibar city. It has other branches in Pemba Island and Dar-es-Salaam City.

Functions

• To manage and operate ships of the Corporation professionally and cost-effectively
• To perform the activities consistent with Government policies and international conventions to which the United Republic of Tanzania has obligations
• To offer shipping services for the transportation of goods and passengers between Zanzibar and elsewhere
• To operate and maintain an orderly, efficient, safe merchant shipping service inside and outside Zanzibar
• To manage shipping business as ship owner, ship operator, ship broker, shipping agents, and other ancillary services
• To promote and enhance the maritime transport industry through the conduct of consultancies, research, and development
• To do all such other things as the Corporation may deem necessary, incidental, or conducive to the attainment of its objects