Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer
The Kenya Ports Authority is expected to receive the berth 19 by the end of this month after works on the project are fully completed. The berth whose construction begun in July 2011 is set for commission next month after the handover.
The 240 metre long berth is expected to boost container handling operations at the port as well as the increased capacity. The berth will have an annual capacity of 200,000 20-foot equivalent container units (TEUs).It will see ship quay area at the port container terminal extended to 840m and a container staking yard increased by about 15 acres.
The port which handles cargo for Kenya and her neighboring countries had the traffic grow by 9.9 per cent last year. According to statics by KPA, the port handled 21.92 million tonnes of cargo last year up from 19.95 million tonnes handled the previous year.
The Mombasa port is increasingly becoming a favorite importation door thus increasing activity there. The Mombasa recently underwent dredging to create room for bigger vessels. The Kilindini harbor channel was deepened by 15 metres and widened to 500 metres to accommodate larger vessels. The channel will allow the port to handle ships of up to 4,500 TEUs.
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