International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom Vol. IV, Issue 7, July 2016 Licensed under Creative Common Page 651 http://ijecm.co.uk/ ISSN 2348 0386 PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF SAFETY AND SECURITY IN TANZANIA MARITIME LOGISTICS: EVIDENCE FROM ZANZIBAR PASSENGER FERRY BOAT, TANZANIA Mohammed Suleiman Department of Procurement and Logistics Management, School of Business (SOB), Mzumbe University, Tanzania masuleiman@mzumbe.ac.tz Abstract The issue of safety and security is paramount importance in Tanzania due to the number of fatal marine accidents. For Instance, in Zanzibar within the past decade, nine ferries accident has been reported result to fatalities and death. This article aimed at analysing the safety and security issues in maritime logistics in Tanzania by focusing on passengers ferry boats and ship which travel across Dar es Salaam – Unguja - Pemba corridor. This study adopted a cross- sectional survey research design in which mixed paradigm of qualitative and quantitative was used. The survey was carried out through administration of questionnaires to ferry boats and ship users in which 400 questionnaires were distributed to different respondents in Dar es Salaam, Unguja and Pemba. A total of 290 questionnaires returned made a response rate of 72.5%. The study found some improvement in safety matters after recently maritime misfortune. Unfortunately, security it is not at a satisfactory level, the descriptive findings provide some alert to the authorities responsible for marine and security in Tanzania not takes for granted the security concern in passenger ferry boats and ship. Keywords: Logistics, Safety management, Security, Maritime, Zanzibar INTRODUCTION Zanzibar is located in the Indian Ocean, which is 35km off the coast of East Africa from Tanzania mainland and comprised of two big islands of Unguja and Pemba and other small islands (Abdalla, 2009). The traditional way to reach Zanzibar is through travelling using ocean