A Chinese construction firm has signed a $154 million contract with Tanzania's government to expend the main port in its largest city, Dar es Salaam.

A roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) terminal will be built at the Dar es Salaam port, with seven berths to be deepened and shored-up by the Chinese firm, according to a report by Reuters. The project will be financed by the World Bank.

Tanzania's government says it hopes the container throughput will be increased to 28 million tonnes by 2020 from its current capacity of 20 million tonnes.