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Peter Van Bruggen: Projectwise

8 years ago

Despite Tanzania’s many lakes and waterways, there was a time that buying a locally built, commercial vessel “was impossible”, Peter Van Bruggen of Dutch-based Projectwise told MJ. “In fact, it was the same story across the whole of East Africa,” he said. “You couldn’t award a contract to a local yard, there just weren’t any, not in Tanzania, or even in Uganda or Kenya.”

Peter Van Bruggen: “At first, people had to be convinced that local builders can do the job well... but now there’s no doubt.”

Despite Tanzania’s many lakes and waterways, there was a time that buying a locally built, commercial vessel “was impossible”, Peter Van Bruggen of Dutch-based Projectwise told MJ. “In fact, it was the same story across the whole of East Africa,” he said. “You couldn’t award a contract to a local yard, there just weren’t any, not in Tanzania, or even in Uganda or Kenya.”