Editing Transport in Uganda (section)

== Waterways ==
[[Lake Victoria]] is the principal waterway with commercial traffic. In conjunction with train services, the railway companies of Uganda and Tanzania operate [[train ferry|train ferries]] on the lake between railhead ports of the two countries and Kenya.  These ferries load [[Passenger car (rail)|rail coaches]] and [[Goods wagon|wagons]]. [[Jinja, Uganda|Jinja]] and [[Port Bell]], on a {{convert|7|km|0}} branch line from Kampala, are the [[railhead]]s for Uganda, connecting to [[Mwanza]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Kisumu]], Kenya.<ref name="21R">{{cite web| url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1233573/govt-repair-grounded-ships |title=Uganda: Government to Repair Grounded Ships |access-date=10 June 2018 |date=29 October 2009 |
newspaper=[[New Vision]] |first=Samuel | last=Balagadde |
location=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="22R">{{cite web|date=10 September 2008 |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/ppda-finally-allows-repair-mv-pamba/ |title=PPDA finally allows repair of MV Pamba | last=Kagenda |newspaper=[[The Independent (Uganda)]] | first=Patrick |location=Kampala |access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref>

The Port Bell ferry wharf is visible on high-resolution Google Earth photos at latitude 0.2885° longitude 32.653°.<ref name="23R">{{google maps|title=Location of Port Bell Wharf Pier | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B017'19.0%22N+32%C2%B039'12.8%22E/@0.288604,32.6513577,451m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x177dbef39eacb315:0xbafaca80609e6e55!2sPort+Bell,+Kampala,+Uganda!3b1!8m2!3d0.2977615!4d32.6531763!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d0.2886041!4d32.6535406 |access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref> Other [[Ferry|ferries]] serve non-railhead ports on the lake.<ref name="24R">{{cite web|url=https://atcnews.org/2014/04/12/new-ferry-starts-services-from-entebbe-to-kalangala-ssese-islands/ |
title=New ferry starts services from Entebbe to Kalangala/Ssese Islands |access-date=10 June 2018 |date=12 April 2014 | publisher=Aviation, Travel and Conservation News |author=Atcnews Staff |location=Kampala}}</ref> There are [[dry dock]] facilities at Port Bell ([[Luzira]]), which were under renewed use as of June 2018.<ref name="25R">{{cite web|date=24 February 2018 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Govt-pressured--revamp--ship-servicing-Luzira/688334-4318306-nddseb/index.html | title=Government pressured to revamp ship servicing in Luzira |
access-date=10 June 2018 |first=Henry |last=Lubulwa |
newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |location=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="26R">{{cite web|title=Government Clears Operations at Dry Dock |url=https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/governments-clears-operations-at-dry-dock |access-date=10 June 2018 |date=20 February 2018 |publisher=[[Uganda Radio Network]] |first=Ezekiel |last=Ssekweyama |location=Kampala}}</ref><ref name="27R">{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/MV-Kalangala-suspends-operations-23-days-under-servicing/688334-4368326-13meihd/index.html |title=MV Kalangala suspends operations for 23 days to undergo servicing |access-date=10 June 2018 |date=2 April 2018 |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |author=Al-Mahdi Ssenkabibrwa | location=Kampala}}</ref>

A new [[inland port]], [[Bukasa Inland Port]] is under development on the northern shores of [[Lake Victoria]], at Bukasa, in [[Wakiso District]], about {{convert|20|km|0}}, by road, south-east of the central business district of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.<ref name="28R">{{cite web| url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Post%20Office%20Building%2C%20Kampala%20Road%2C%20Kampala%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Kirombe%2C%20Kampala%2C%20Uganda&dt1=ChIJXyfX9IC8fRcRorrkbY-nufI&dt2=ChIJT5sOldO-fRcR7KAdrFoyH_Q |
title=Distance between Post Office Building, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda and Kirombe, Kampala, Uganda |date=10 June 2018 | access-date=10 June 2018 |publisher=Globefeed.com | author=Globefeed.com}}</ref> When completed the inland port is designed to handle up to 5.2 million tonnes of freight annually.<ref name="29R">{{cite web | access-date=10 June 2018 | url=http://256businessnews.com/bukasa-inland-port-secures-funding | title= Bukasa Inland Port secures funding | date= 25 April 2016 | publisher=256 Business News (256BN)| author=256BN}}</ref> The port will facilitate movement of goods from the [[Tanzania]]n ports of [[Dar es Salaam]] and [[Tanga, Tanzania|Tanga]], via rail to the port of [[Mwanza]] on Lake Victoria. Barges would then bring the cargo over the lake to Bukasa. This would reduce Uganda's near-total dependence on the port of [[Mombasa, Kenya]].<ref name="30R">{{cite web|access-date=10 June 2018 | url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-uganda-port-idUKBRE91B0NY20130212 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817130717/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-uganda-port-idUKBRE91B0NY20130212 | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 17, 2016 | title= Uganda to build inland port to reduce reliance on Kenya | date=12 February 2013 | first=Elias | last=Biryabarema | publisher=[[Reuters.com]]}}</ref>
[[File:PORT BELL PIER.jpg|thumb|Port Bell Pier]]
[[Lake Kyoga]] and the [[Victoria Nile]] south of the lake constitute the second most important commercial waterway.  There used to be a steamboat service between [[Namasagali]], a railhead port on the Nile, going as far as Masindi-Port on the other side of Lake Kyoga.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} Other waterways such as [[Lake Albert (Africa)|Lake Albert]], [[Lake George (Uganda)|Lake George]], [[Lake Edward]], and the [[Albert Nile]] do not carry commercial traffic to any great extent.