MV Pamba returns to Boosts Uganda’s Water Transport Means For Business after 16 years of Absence

Following its rehabilitation, MV Pamba has resumed operations on lake when sixteen years of absence to spice up Uganda’s water transport business.

Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja on weekday flagged off the come back to the waters at a perform attended by variety of officers as well as the Works and Transport Minister, info Katumba Wamala.

“Water transport is one in all the most affordable suggests that of transport however has not been absolutely exploited in Uganda. i’m happy that MV Pamba is back to business,”Nabbanja aforesaid.

Nabbanja but noted that there’s got to make sure the new vessel is cheap for people who wish to use it to avoid situations of a white elephant.

She another that there wants  to be additional vessels on Ugandan waters to move product and make sure the country’s roads ar saved from injury.

“We lose heaps of cash to repair roads rather than investment in such vessels.”

Works and Transport Minister, info Katumba Wamala aforesaid the come back of MV Pamba can boost Uganda’s capability to handle business on lake.

“With MV Pamba attending to sail, we have a tendency to ar attending to increase on the tariff we have a tendency to ar transportation through the lake. we expect that on a monthly basis, we should always be able to herald a minimum of twenty one,000 heaps of product into the country,” he said.

Prime Minister Nabbanja within the restored vessel.

The 36-year-old vessel can treat lake between Port Bell , Jinja, Mwanza and city creating a median of twelve journeys per month.
According to Stanley Ssendegeya, the Uganda Railways Corporation director, the sole ship will carry up to one thousand heaps of product or 1,000,000 litres of fuel per trip.

“We charge but 0.5 the opposite modes of transport in terms of costs. we are going to charge $20 between Mwanza and city,”Ssendegeya aforesaid.

MV Pamba

Built in 1986 by the Belgian Ship Incorporation, MV Pamba was factory-made below identical arrangement as MV Kabalega, MV Kaawa and MV Mwanga.

The government closely-held vessel is managed by Uganda Railways Corporation however was grounded in 2005 when colliding with MV Kawa a number of metres removed from Port Bell.

In 2020, Chinese engineering company, Mango cluster was given the contract to rehabilitate and upgrade the vessel.

The vessel with twenty four crew has the capability to hold twenty two wagons(22 40ft containers or forty four 20ft containers)