This news item was announced 3 August 2005. Nothing is happening quickly.

"Tanzania Ports Authority announced that it will remove passenger vessel MV ZAHARA (ex KEFALLINIA, EXPRESS PAROS) from its territorial waters. The derelect ferry has been lying at the Dar es Salaam port since it was barred from sailing Tanzanian coastal waters in 2001. According to the TPA public relations manager, her owners have failed to comply with orders for its removal for more than three years and will be charged for the costs of removal. Failure to comply will result in the ship being scrapped. ZAHARA, reportedly owned by Victoria Marine Passenger Services, formerly operated the vessel from Dar es Salaam to MTwara, but was prevented in sailing in 2001 after the ship broke down at sea with hundreds of passengers onboard. The vessel was built in Greece in 1965 as KEFALLINIA at Perama shipyards for Strintzis Lines, where she had a successful career in the Ionian Sea until she was sold in 1993 to Katapoliani and renamed EXPRESS PAROS also sailing in Greek waters. In 1999 she was purchased and brought to Tanzania for Dar es Salaam - Zanzibar service."

source: http://www.maritimematters.com/shipnews2005b.html