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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Sh28 billion facelift for Mombasa port

Friday, May 3, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY CHARLES MGHENYI
The construction of the second container terminal at the Kenya Ports Authority is 34 percent complete, the port management has said.
KPA head of corporate affairs Bernard Osero yesterday said they are focused on making the port services efficient and of international standards.
“Its main objective is to expand container handling capacity of the port of Mombasa in order to match future trends,” he said. Phase one of the project which was initiated last year is expected to be ready by 2015.
 The new Sh28 billion terminal will handle 1.2 million twenty feet equivalent units which will increase the overall port capacity by 15 million tonnes.
Osero said they want to be competitive in cargo handling and facilitate economic development in the Eastern and Central Africa region. The new container terminal, west of the current container terminal, is being constructed on 100 hectares of reclaimed land and will have three berths that measure 230, 320 and 350 meters.
KPA anticipates growth especially now that elections are over. “It is projected that close to a million TEUs will be handled at the end of 2013 and a total throughput of about 22 million tonnes,” he said. The authority said it will handle approximately 27 million tonnes total throughput and 1.3 million TEUs by 2016.
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-119035/sh28-billion-facelift-mombasa-port

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