Last Updated 16 years ago by Kenya Engineer
Detailed designs for the construction of a second container terminal at the Mombasa port will be ready August, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has said. “These designs will pave way for actual construction works for the new terminal, west of Kipevu at a total cost of Sh16 billion,” the port operator said in a statement.
The government plans to construct a second 1.2 million TUE capacity terminal to help match a steady increase of container traffic at the facility that serves Kenya and other countries in the hinterland such as Uganda and South Sudan as well as those in the Great Lakes Region. The second terminal, whose first phase should be operational in 2013, will be financed by a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) loan. “Kenya Ports Authority has witnessed increased growth in container traffic over the years hence the need to establish a second facility to meet the demand,” the port handler said while projecting further growth at the port this year as business activity across most world markets picked up on improved economic climate.
Despite poor global market conditions, overall throughput at the port of Mombasa grew by 16.1 per cent in 2009 to post the best ever performance of 19.06 million tonnes. Container volumes throughput on the other hand reached 618,816 tonnes in 2009, nearly a 40 per cent increase in just five years while total freight handled by the port rose by over 10 per cent from 16.41 million tonnes in 2008 to 19.06 million tonnes in 2009.
Over a quarter of the total throughput, or 4.98 million tonnes, was transit cargo. Ugandan goods accounted for just under 80 per cent. According to KPA the new facility will be operated by a private concessionaire a position that could help stir efficiency and competition.
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