{"id":103,"date":"2013-07-08T08:24:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T08:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/water-transport-in-burundi\/"},"modified":"2016-06-07T18:57:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T18:57:40","slug":"water-transport-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/water-transport-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Transport in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Tanganyika is used for transport, with the major port on the lake being Bujumbura.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Means of Water transport on Lake Tanganyika<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MV Liemba<\/strong><br \/>\nMV Liemba ferry is a passanger and cargo ferry that moves along the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika that moves between Kigoma and Mpulungu<\/p>\n<p><strong>MV Mwongozo<\/strong><br \/>\nMV Mwongozo is a mixed passenger and cargo ferry on Lake Tanganyika that moves between Kigoma and Bujumbura.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tanganyika Transport Company<\/strong><br \/>\nTanganyika Transport is a private limited liability company. It is a family enterprise having a self-propelled unit, the MV Mbaza moving from Bujumbura &#8211; Kigoma and Bujumbura &#8211; Mpulungu waterways<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local boats<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are also local wooden boats that transport passengers and cargo on Lake Tanganyika to various destinations<\/p>\n<p>As lake transport is the cheapest way of transporting goods, the Government has made it a priority to improve the standard of the services offered by the port of Bujumbura, which is managed by the company holding the concession to operate the port, (EPB).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Tanganyika is used for transport, with the major port on the lake being Bujumbura. Means of Water transport on Lake Tanganyika MV Liemba MV Liemba ferry is a passanger and cargo ferry that moves along the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika that moves between Kigoma and Mpulungu MV Mwongozo MV Mwongozo is a mixed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4Xm5Y-1F","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}