Marine Services Company Limited

Marine Services Company Limited

Industry	Shipping
Predecessor	Tanzania Railways Corporation Marine Division
Founded	1997[1]
Headquarters	Mwanza, Tanzania
Number of locations	Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi
Area served	inland ports in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia
Key people	Mr. A.F. Mchauru, General Manager[2]
Services	Scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services[1]
Website	Marine Services Company Limited

Marine Services Company Limited is a Tanzanian company that operates ferries, cargo ships and tankers on Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi.^[1] MSC was the Marine Division of the Tanzania Railways Corporation until 1997.^[1] The company's head office is at the former TRC building in Mwanza on Lake Victoria. It has branch offices in Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika and Kyela on Lake Malawi.^[3]

Fleet

MSC's most numerous fleet is on Lake Victoria.^[1] It includes the ferry and former Royal Mail Ship MV Victoria,^[4] train ferry MV Umoja^[5] and cargo and passenger ship MV Serengeti.^[6]

MSC's fleet on Lake Tanganyika includes the ferries MV Liemba^[7] (formerly the Imperial German Navy's SMS Graf von Goetzen) and MV Mwongozo.^[8]

MSC's ferry on Lake Malawi is East African Railways and Harbours Corporation: white hull above the waterline, white superstructure and buff funnel.^[1] The hull below the waterline appears to be dark red.^[1]

References

MV Liemba on Lake Tanganyika

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "Home". Marine Services Company Limited. Marine Services Company Limited. http://mscltz.com/. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Profile". Marine Services Company Limited. Marine Services Company Limited. http://mscltz.com/preview_003.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
3. ^ "Contacts". Marine Services Company Limited. Marine Services Company Limited. http://mscltz.com/preview_005.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
4. ^ "MV. Victoria". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. http://mscltz.com/preview_006.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
5. ^ "MV. Umoja". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. http://mscltz.com/preview_010.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
6. ^ "MV. Serengeti". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. http://mscltz.com/preview_008.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
7. ^ "MV. Liemba". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. http://mscltz.com/preview_012.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
8. ^ "MV. Mwongozo". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. http://mscltz.com/preview_015.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 
9. ^ "MV. Songea". Vessels. Marine Services Company Limited. http://mscltz.com/preview_019.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 

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