Bagamoyo.
South of the East African Navy base, on the southern bank of the Little Rhine River, a new construction site was taking shape. Bagamoyo Shipyard was under planning and construction.
The factory grounds had already been completed. Following the model of the Venice Shipyard and adapting it to Port Bagamoyo's geographical conditions, an East African shipyard of equal scale was being built.
Bagamoyo Shipyard was the largest project East Africa had proactively introduced thus far, intended to strengthen East Africa's capacity for independent shipbuilding.
Belster, a technician from the Venice Shipyard, was introducing the project to Constantin.
"The main reason for relocating the Venice Shipyard to Bagamoyo is to avoid squeezing Dar es Salaam Port's operating space. Although Dar es Salaam's conditions and infrastructure are superior to Bagamoyo's, Dar es Salaam is an open port and occupies an important position in the East African economy. East Africa's import and export shipping capacity is mainly concentrated in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa. At present, building shipyards in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa is not impossible, but considering the future development of East Africa's various ports, His Highness the Crown Prince specifically instructed us to site the shipyard outside the free-port zones. Among the non-free ports, only Bagamoyo and Mogadishu have the best conditions, but Mogadishu lies too far north, and Somalia's climate leaves it short of the relevant raw materials."
Shipbuilding still relied heavily on timber, while Mogadishu, as an oasis city, happened to be at a disadvantage when it came to raw materials.
"Bagamoyo itself has excellent conditions, with favorable water depth. Zanzibar Island lies opposite it, canceling out most of the sea winds, and like Dar es Salaam, it sits in a sheltered bay on the mainland's lee side. All these conditions give Port Bagamoyo potential no less