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KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK2012-13
CONTENTS
KENYA PORTS HANDBOOK
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Kenya Ports Authority Handbook 2012-13 is published by:
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KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY
PO Box 95009-80104, Mombasa, KenyaTel: +254 41 211 3999/2999Fax: +254 41 231 1867Email: [email protected]
www.kpa.co.ke
land&MARINE
03 FOREWORD POISED FOR GROWTH
05 INTRODUCTION PREPARING FOR A PROSPEROUS
FUTURE
08 HINTERLAND MOMBASA PLAYS KEY ROLE IN
REGIONAL TRADE
12 LOCATION KENYA
14 INVESTMENT PORT EXPANSION MASTER PLAN
TAKES SHAPE
18 CONTAINERS POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR
CONTAINER TRAFFIC
23 AMGECO MULTIPURPOSE SHIPYARD WITH
HERITAGE OF QUALITY
25 CARS DRIVING FORCE FOR CAR
IMPORTS TO EAST AFRICA
27 GRAIN BULK HANDLERS LTD STATE-OF-THE-ART BULK GRAIN
HANDLING
30 CONTAINER FREIGHT STATIONS
CONTAINER FREIGHT STATIONS IMPROVE PORT EFFICIENCY
35 KENYA MARITIME AUTHORITY
MARITIME AUTHORITY STEERS A STEADY COURSE
36 TRANSPORT IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE
EASES FLOW OF CARGO
38 SECURITY SECURITY HAS VITAL ROLE
IN PORT OPERATIONS
41 CRUISE GATEWAY TO A PERFECT
AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
42 LAMU MEGAPORT AT LAMU ONE STEP
CLOSER
44 DONGO KUNDU LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR
DONGO KUNDU
47 PORT AUTHORITY MAKEOVER FOR PORT AUTHORITY
48 WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME MOMBASA IS VITAL LIFELINE
FOR UN FOOD AID
50 OPERATIONS PRIVATE COMPANIES BENEFIT
FROM BUSY PORT
53 SOUTHERN ENGINEERING CO LTD
MULTIFACETED MARINE AND LOGISTICS GROUP
54 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
LOCAL COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM PORT’S PROFITABILITY
55 STATISTICS CARGO FIGURES SHOW
ENCOURAGING UPWARD TREND
57 ITC ITC ROLL-OUT IMPROVES PORT
EFFICIENCY
58 PORT DETAILS
62 COMPANY DIRECTORY
This new Kenya Ports Handbook comes to you at a time of great change at the Port
of Mombasa. We are poised between the successes of the past few decades and the exciting potential of the future.
Within a few years, operations at the port will
be transformed as we bring our new Container
Terminal into service; realise the benefi ts of a
one-and-half-year dredging programme that will
allow us to accept much larger vessels; increase
our capacity with new equipment; continue to
streamline our working practices; restructure
our Authority and at the same time receive an
extended Mombasa Container Terminal.
We are also looking forward to a new Free
Trade Zone at Dongo Kundu, the opening of a
southern by-pass to link the port and the new
Container Terminal with the Free Trade Zone
and the south coast; the start of construction
of the new megaport at Lamu in the north
of Kenya; and also the vast infrastructure
improvements that are under way on the rail
and road networks.
EFFICIENT PORT SERVICES
FOREWORD
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In the future we would also like to see greater
competitiveness in port operations as this
can only lead to greater effi ciency, improved
productivity and better opportunities both for
port workers and for the stakeholders.
Optimism
All the foregoing developments excite us with
great optimism for the future. As a port, we
are experiencing remarkable levels of growth.
We handled about 20 million tonnes of cargo
in 2011. Our forecasts of further growth in the
coming years are anchored on the expected
good rates of economic growth of the coun-
tries of East Africa Community and South
Sudan. In this regard these investments are
essential if we are to cope with demand and
continue to be competitive.
The Port of Mombasa has traditionally been
the major trade gateway to East and Central
Africa and even when the Lamu megaport
comes on stream it will continue to fulfi l that
role. It is our responsibility to ensure that our
land-linked neighbours have effi cient and
adequate access to maritime trade, but one
we take seriously and perform with pride.
This handbook highlights the work we have
done so far and our plans for the future. Rest
assured, we will all continue to work hard to
serve the maritime industry diligently and
effi ciently.
GICHIRI NDUAManaging director
Kenya Ports Authority
The Port of Mombasa in Kenya serves a vast hinterland. As the only major seaport
on Africa’s east coast between Tanzania and the Red Sea, it has a huge responsibility to provide effective, reliable and effi cient mari-time services.
Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of
Congo, South Sudan and Rwanda all rely on
the port for much of their seaborne cargo and
the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has acted
positively to ensure it can go on meeting the
demands placed on its facilities and services
by the ever-growing African market.
Of course, the port also handles all the mari-
time traffi c for Kenya itself and, since Kenya
is one of Africa’s fastest growing economies,
these are signifi cant volumes. In 2011 the port
handled some 19.6 million tonnes of cargo, of
which about 14 million tonnes was imports and
5 million tonnes was in transit to neighbouring
countries.
With this level of imports, the region’s
A PROSPEROUS FUTUREPREPARING FOR
INTRODUCTION
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economic growth and well-being hinges on
the ability of its port to improve productivity
and throughput. The KPA has responded with
a multi-million-dollar investment programme to
transform Mombasa into a world-class seaport
of choice in the region, while more than
doubling its current capacity in the process.
These activities include:
• An ambitious dredging programme to allow
modern post panamax vessels to berth
• Construction of Berth 19
• Construction of a second container terminal
• Expansion and upgrading of the information
and communications technology (ICT) systems
• Investment in new handling equipment.
In addition, work is starting on a mega port in
Lamu, in the north of Kenya, that will open up a
new transport corridor across the region to Ethi-
opia, South Sudan and eventually further west.
This is all backed up by continuous training of
KPA’s staff and improvements to its methods
of administration. Improvements in effi ciency
and productivity remain at the top of the KPA’s
agenda.
HISTORY
Mombasa has been a vital link in the region’s
transport and logistics chain for centuries. The
Port of Mombasa itself has been in exist-
ence since 1895, but its history as a harbour
stretches back much further to when sailing
dhows traded along the east African coast and
Mombasa was a centre for the Indian Ocean
slave trade.
In 1498 the Portuguese navigator Vasco da
Gama became the fi rst known European to
visit Mombasa. The Portuguese took over
the island in 1528 and built Fort Jesus (which
still stands today) in 1593. In 1638 it formally
became a Portuguese colony and was adminis-
tered from Goa.
The town came under the suzerainty of the
Sultanate of Oman in 1698 through its control
of Zanzibar. Briefl y, between 1824 and 1826,
it was a British protectorate, but Omani rule
was restored until 1887 when administration
was relinquished to the British East Africa
Association. Mombasa was formally handed
over to the British in 1898 although Kenya’s
coastal strip remained under Zanzibari sover-
eignty until Kenya’s independence from Great
Britain in 1963.
FIRST LINKS
In 1895 British colonialists decided to build
a rail link between the coast and Kampala
in order to provide their growing interests in
INTRODUCTION
6 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
Uganda with an outlet to the sea. Harbour
facilities were needed to deal with the infl ux
of men and materials coming from overseas to
build the railway. A jetty was hastily assembled
in Kilindini Creek on the west side of the island
of Mombasa. Previously, dhows had berthed
on the north side.
Ambitious
The railway was a highly ambitious project, but
it went ahead using a narrow gauge track, trans-
forming Mombasa into the region’s main ship-
ping hub. This line still operates today, although
it is about to be upgraded to a standard gauge
track more suitable for hauling the thousands of
containers now handled in the port.
Halfway to Kampala, a supply depot was built
where the track passed through an area of
uninhabited swamp. Taking its name from the
local Swahili, that place later became Nairobi,
the capital of Kenya.
A new jetty in Mombasa allowed oceangoing
vessels to discharge their cargo directly to
dedicated shoreside facilities instead of relying
on lighters. Ships calling Mombasa were also
able to load return cargoes for Europe. These
comprised the spoils of Africa plus tea and
coffee exports from the newly established plan-
tations in the highlands of Kenya and Uganda.
DEVELOPMENT
The First World War and the confl ict in East
Africa between Great Britain and Germany
stalled development, so it was not until 1926
that the modern-day Port of Mombasa began
to take shape. Two deepwater berths with
associated transit sheds were constructed and
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a further three added in 1931. The Shimanzi
Oil Terminal and another two berths were
completed during the Second World War.
Kipevu
More berths were opened in the 1950s
as trade continued to grow. At the time of
independence in the early 1960s the fi rst
berths were built at Kipevu, where another oil
terminal was added.
After Kenya gained its independence from
the UK in 1963 the country formed a short-
lived trinational association with neighbouring
Tanzania and Uganda to form the East African
Community. Under this arrangement, the Port
of Mombasa, along with the Tanzanian ports of
Dar es Salaam and Tanga, was administered by
the East African Harbour Corporation.
AUTHORITY
In 1977, however, the Kenya Ports Authority
was formed as the three countries went their
separate ways.
As unitisation swept the shipping industry, the
port handled its fi rst containers in 1975. Even-
tually, KPA converted some existing facilities
into dedicated container berths. These later
became what is now the Mombasa Container
Terminal on Berths 14 to 18
Containers
As container traffi c grew, the KPA set up its
own inland container depots, fi rst in Nairobi
and later in Kisumu and Eldoret. More recently,
the KPA has supported the establishment of
privately run container freight stations around
the Port of Mombasa to get container traffi c
out of the port as fast as possible and improve
dwell times and vessel turnround times. The
port now handles nearly 700,000 teu per year.
FUTURE
The history of the Port of Mombasa has largely
been one of adapting to growth – growth that
has been led mainly by the development of
industries far away in the hinterland.
That growth has continued to this day and the
KPA is now preparing itself for a new chapter
in its long history as it stands at the centre of
one of the largest and most far-reaching devel-
opment programmes the region has ever seen.
East Africa has been forecast to experi-ence the highest growth rates on the
continent in the foreseeable future. While throughput at the Port of Mombasa grew by about 10 per cent in 2010, the region as a whole is growing at an average rate of six per cent, compared with fi ve per cent or less in other regions of Africa.
The Port of Mombasa is the region’s principal
gateway for imports of raw foodstuffs, vehicles,
iron and steel, petroleum products and other
raw materials. The goal of improving the port’s
effi ciency and capacity has driven investment
and development at the port and is vital for the
prosperity of Kenya and the wider region.
Much has already been achieved, but there
is a lot more still to come. New transport
infrastructure, greater use of information and
communications technology (ICT), a new
container terminal and free zone and new
working practices will all help to smooth the
transfer of cargo from vessel to hinterland.
REGIONAL TRADE MOMBASA PLAYS KEY ROLE IN
HINTERLAND
8 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
Much of the investment within Kenya is driven
by the Vision 2030 project, a wide-ranging
development blueprint aimed at transforming
the nation into a middle income economy by
2030.
HINTERLAND
From Mombasa, importers have access to virtu-
ally every country in East Africa including Rwanda,
Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
South Sudan, Uganda and northern Tanzania.
This is a region of over 120 million people, with
an annual economic output of over US$70
billion, and most of it is infl uenced to some
degree by the capacity and effi ciency of the
Port of Mombasa.
Together with domestic growth, increased
economic activity in countries such as Uganda
– one of the region’s big success stories – and
the newly created nation of South Sudan are
expected to result in demand for additional
capacity at the Port of Mombasa.
Oil exploration is expanding in Uganda, while
South Sudan will need huge volumes of
project cargo and supplies for developing its
infrastructure. With few alternatives between
Djibouti and Durban, Mombasa is the only
viable option.
TRANSIT CARGO
In 2011 the Port of Mombasa handled more
than 5 million tonnes of transit traffi c, up nearly
30 per cent since 2006.
Uganda accounts for nearly 80 per cent of
this fi gure – 4.2 million tonnes – of which over
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90 per cent is imports, while the Democratic
Republic of the Congo is the second-largest
transit market, with an eight per cent share of
the total at 430,000 tonnes.
However, the fastest growing hinterland desti-
nation is South Sudan, and this is expected to
grow at a faster rate in the coming years as the
fl edging nation begins to build its infrastructure.
Mombasa not only handles consumer-bound
cargo; it is also the point of entry for World
Food Programme aid and emergency cargoes.
These are destined mainly for Somalia, on
Kenya’s northern border, and aid organisations
depend on the port’s effi ciency to get supplies
through in times of need.
TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
Most transit traffi c goes by road and much
of the region’s highway network is being
upgraded to speed the fl ow of trucks and ease
congestion across the country.
The rail network is also receiving attention,
with work about to commence on a new
high-speed standard gauge network linking
the coast with inland destinations. This is an
important and much needed development, not
only to reduce the reliance on more expensive
and polluting truck transport, but also to cope
with the growing throughput at Mombasa. This
is part of a regionwide initiative to modernise
the rail network.
INTEGRATION
Not only are links to hinterland countries being
strengthened in terms of physical infra-
structure, but there is also closer integration
between East African countries in the form of
trade agreements and joint co-operation.
Improvements in effi ciency and handling
capacity at the Port of Mombasa have been
closely observed by many of the landlocked
states in the hinterland as they look for better
and faster ways to import and export.
The KPA encourages visits from other nations
to learn from one another and improve commu-
nication and understanding within the East
African community. The high standards and
improvements achieved by the KPA are widely
viewed by other countries as a benchmark.
For example, the Government of Burundi has
pledged to increase its cargo traffi c through
Mombasa following improvements in cargo
handling operations.
In addition, the KPA operates liaison offi ces
in Kampala and Kigali to support current and
potential users in Uganda and Rwanda of the
Port of Mombasa. The KPA has been praised
for its ongoing customer care initiatives in the
Great Lakes region while promoting East African
common market initiatives.
SOUTH SUDAN
The Port of Mombasa continues to handle
increased volumes of both export and import
cargoes for South Sudan.
South Sudan cargo through Mombasa
currently stands at 223,000 tonnes, including
motor vehicles, vegetable fats and oils, sugar,
beverages, cement, fuel, household items and
machinery for imports. Exports include tea,
timber, coffee and tobacco.
A fl agship infrastructure project under Vision
2030 is the development of a new northern
transport corridor that will serve mainly the
South Sudan and Ethiopia markets. The corridor
will consist of a new standard gauge railway,
a new road network, an oil pipeline, an oil
refi nery, a new airport and a freeport at Lamu.
COMMON MARKET
A major step forward for the region was the
creation of the East African common market
in July 2010, freeing up the movement of
goods, people, services and capital between
fi ve African countries. Burundi, Kenya,
Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda signed up to
the agreement.
HINTERLAND
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It is hoped that these ‘Four Freedoms’ will
substantially increase trade and investments
between member states and should make it
more productive and prosperous.
In addition, the East African Community
Customs Union (EACCU) became fully opera-
tional on 1 January 2010.
The EAC is committed to halving the time
spent waiting at border posts within the
community by reducing or removing Customs
bureaucracy. This strategy embraces more
effi cient border posts for both road and rail
traffi c at Namanga on the Kenya-Tanzania
border and at Malaba on the Kenya-Uganda
border, which the Kenyan Ministry of Transport
has commissioned.
Improving the region’s roads and Customs
procedures is seen by businesses as a key
element in developing cross-border trade.
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A big rise in cargo volumes over recent years at the Port of Mombasa has
prompted the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to fi nd ways of boosting capacity, partly by expanding beyond the original confi nes of the port area.
The ports authority is now in the middle of a far-
reaching expansion and investment programme
that will totally change the way cargo is handled
in Mombasa. This will enable the port to
cope with the further huge increase in cargo
throughput expected in the coming years.
Principally, the port needs to handle larger
vessels, especially larger containerships.
Import of containerised goods has outstripped
all other sectors in recent years and, while the
port has coped with this upward trend so far,
capacity is limited.
PORT EXPANSION
INVESTMENT
14 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
Several projects are running concurrently
to enable this to happen. Landside, there is
ongoing investment in new cranes and equip-
ment, while existing berths are being length-
ened and expanded, and a new container
terminal is being constructed. On the marine
side, access channels and berths are being
dredged to allow larger vessels to berth and
turn in the channel.
DREDGING
KPA’s vision to handle larger vessels means
that it needs larger waterways. In December
2006 it commissioned Japan Port Consultants
to undertake a feasibility study on dredging the
channel and turning basin. The study revealed
that the entrance channel, the turning basin
and Berths 4 to 18 should be dredged.
Since then the dredging has also encom-
passed the new container terminal beyond
Berth 19.
The channel is being dredging to a depth of 15.0
metres in the inner channel, with a width of 300
metres, while the outer channel will be dredged
to 17.5 metres. The new container terminal will
have a depth of 15.0 metres, while the existing
Mombasa Container Terminal will be dredged to
its designed depth of 12.6 metres.
On completion, the turning basin will have
a depth of 15.0 metres and a width of 500
metres, allowing larger vessels into the port.
The project has been going on in phases since
2007. Phase 1 was the consultancy study,
Phase 2 the dredging of the outer and inner
channels, Phase 3 the dredging of the main
channel and Phase 4 the dredging of panamax
MASTER PLAN TAKES SHAPE
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berths Nos 12 to 14, as well as the areas the
near Kipevu Oil Terminal (KOT) and the new
container terminal at Berths 20 to 23.
Carried out by the Dutch company Van Oord
Dredging & Marine Contractors, the US$ 62
million dredging project was initially planned
over two years. As a result of 24-hour working,
however, the project is expected to be
completed by December 2012, several months
ahead of schedule.
While much of the spoil is deposited at
designated areas outside the harbour mouth,
some is being used to reclaim land for the new
container terminal.
BERTH 19
The port’s existing container terminal spans
600 metres over Berths 16 to 18 – suffi cient to
handle three vessels with a maximum length
of 180 metres. However, vessels now calling
Mombasa are between 200 and 225 metres in
length, so only two can berth concurrently.
To overcome this problem, Berth 19 is being
constructed to add a further 160 metres to
the container terminal and bring the total
length to 760 metres, enough to handle three
medium sized containerships of 235 metres
each, with an allowance of 15 metres between
the vessels. This represents an investment of
some US$ 66.7 million. The contractor, China
Road & Bridge Corporation, is expected to
complete work by the end of 2013.
CONTAINER TERMINAL
To further expand its container handling
facilities and to be able to handle the latest
generation of containerships, the KPA is also
developing a new container terminal west
of the Kipevu Oil Terminal on 100 hectares
of reclaimed land. It will have a total berth
length of 900 metres, encompassing three
berths of 320, 320 and 350 metres – Berths
21, 22 and 23 – with a depth alongside of 15.0
metres, giving it an annual handling capacity
of 1.2 million teu. In addition, there will be two
smaller berths of 12.0 metres depth alongside,
which will be Berth 20.
Work on the fi rst phase began in late 2011
by the Toyo Corporation of Japan and is due
for completion by 2015. This will include two
berths and provide an annual capacity of
450,000 teu. The second phase to add another
berth is due for completion in 2017, with the
fi nal berth ready in 2019. Phases 2 and 3
may be combined depending on demand for
terminal use.
The Port of Mombasa has a current installed
capacity of just 250,000 teu – although it
handles more than 600,000 teu per year. To
date, transhipment traffi c has been kept low, or
even refused, to limit congestion. However, this
expansion is a major step forward in developing
Mombasa as a transhipment hub for the region.
OIL TERMINAL
With the construction of Berth 19 on one side
and the new container terminal on the other
side, the Kipevu Oil Terminal (KOT) is likely to
be resited to a more suitable location else-
where in the harbour.
This is also seen as an opportunity to build a
larger fi nger pier that can handle vessels up
to 150,000 dwt, allowing the port to receive
bigger liquid bulk carriers and enabling two
vessels to berth at once. At present, only one
vessel can be handled at a time.
Two sites are being considered. One is
between Berths 10 and 11 and the other is
further west of the new container terminal.
INVESTMENT
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Once the KOT has been moved, it opens the
door to an extension of Berth 19 all the way to
the new container terminal to create a single
quay length of some 1,500 metres.
EQUIPMENT
Complementing this major development in
berths and stacking areas is an equally impres-
sive investment programme in new equipment
and cranes.
On the existing quays, three more ship-to-
shore gantry cranes were purchased in mid
2011 as well as four reach stackers and 14
terminal tractors. Ten rubber tyred gantry
cranes were also bought in 2010.
In addition, two new harbour cranes of up to
100 tonnes capacity were introduced to handle
conventional cargo and containers at Berths 11 to
14, adding to the one already purchased in 2010.
Investment in equipment will continue as the
new berths come into operation. The intention
is to upgrade equipment that is reaching the
end of its useful life as well as to order addi-
tional ship-to-shore cranes and mobile harbour
cranes as demand dictates.
Container handling is the major growth sector at the Port of Mombasa. From
2006 to 2010 throughput grew by over 30 per cent, outstripping all other cargo streams at the port.
To cope with this growth, Kenya Ports
Authority (KPA) has come up with new and
innovative ways of dealing with container
traffi c, which is forecast to go on rising at
above-average rates for the foreseeable future.
In 2011 the port handled about 770,000 teu
which accounted for about 35 per cent of total
throughput. This represents an increase of 12.5
per cent compared with 2010.
FACILITIES
The container terminal is located on Berths 16,
17 and 18 and has a total length of 600 metres
POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR CONTAINER TRAFFIC
CONTAINERS
18 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
with a maximum depth alongside of 12.6
metres. The terminal is served by seven ship-
to-shore gantry cranes of 40 tonnes capacity,
three of which were commissioned in 2011.
There is a container stacking area of 137,000
square metres to the rear of the container
terminal served by 22 rubber tyred gantry
cranes, 10 of which were commissioned in 2010.
STACKING
In addition, containers are handled across
Berths 12 to 14 using ships’ own gear and
mobile harbour cranes. An additional stacking
area close to Berths 12 to 14 allows loaded
containers to be stacked fi ve high to create up
to 2,000 ground slots.
Thanks to a big improvement in effi ciency and
productivity, together with the introduction of
off-port container freight station (CFS) facilities
and the use of Berths 12 to 14, the port now
handles over 650,000 teu each year, despite the
terminal having a capacity of just 250,000 teu.
EXTENSION
An extension to the existing container terminal
– which will be located on Berth 19 – is due
to enter service by the end of 2012. This will
allow the port to handle three vessels of 235
metres at the same time compared with its
current capacity of three vessels of 180 metres
or two of 235 metres.
In addition, there are plans to develop the area
from Berth 11 to the edge of Berth 16 as a
third dedicated container terminal, perhaps
offered on a concessionary basis to a private
operator. This project has many benefi ts for the
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port authority and its customers, but there are
several hurdles to clear before it can go ahead.
PRODUCTIVITY
Ongoing improvements to working practices,
combined with heavy investment in new and
better equipment, has meant that average waiting
time for vessels has been reduced to two days,
while productivity has improved to 20 moves per
crane per hour. This means the average ship turn-
round time is also down, to just three days.
In the past, one of the biggest problems
was the dwell time of containers in the port.
This was exacerbated by the rising level of
incoming containers as well as delays in
removal by customers. The problem was
largely solved, however, by the introduction of
nominated off-port container freight stations.
By 2011 there were eight KPA-nominated CFS
facilities taking containers directly from vessels
to off-port locations for clearance and onship-
ment. This move reduced the average dwell
time from 11 to 5.8 days.
The CFS facilities handle only domestic
containers, however. All transit containers are
stored and cleared from the port.
TRANSHIPMENT
Signifi cantly, transhipment of containers is less
than 1 per cent of current fi gures with this traffi c
either refused at the port or kept to a minimum.
Currently, the port simply does not have enough
space to handle transhipment traffi c.
This is all set to change, however, with the
construction of a second container terminal to
the west of Kipevu Oil Terminal. By 2015 the
new container terminal will have a capacity of
450,000 teu rising to 1.2 million teu by 2019.
The ambition is for Mombasa to become one
of the largest transhipment ports in the Indian
Ocean.
Many of the region’s smaller ports – especially
in Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar and
Zanzibar – would be obvious destinations for
feeder vessels from Mombasa.
In addition, the development of a mega port at
Lamu in the coming years will boost Kenya’s
container handling capacity still further as it
channels most of the traffi c heading for South
Sudan and Ethiopia away from Mombasa.
GATEWAY
Mombasa is a gateway for other markets
besides Kenya. Traffi c also goes to hinterland
countries such as Uganda, South Sudan,
Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of
Congo and Tanzania.
The port is served by 23 shipping lines, 13
of which are dedicated container lines. The
largest of these is Maersk, which has priority
access across Berths 13 and 14 using ship’s
gear. Other major operators include MSC,
CMA CGM, PIL (K) and EMSI, although newer
customers such as Evergreen and Zim are now
generating signifi cant volumes of traffi c.
INLAND DEPOTS
Part of the transport chain to inland destina-
tions is provided by two KPA-operated inland
container depots (ICDs). These are linked by
rail with the Port of Mombasa and provide
shippers with ‘dry port’ facilities.
The aim of the ICDs is to bring port services
closer to shippers in the hinterland through
specialised railtainer services as well as easing
congestion in Mombasa.
The largest of these facilities is the Inland
Container Depot Embakasi (ICDE), located
off Mombasa Road in Nairobi, which handled
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38,000 teu in 2010. This facility covers 29
hectares and its stacking area is designed to
handle over 180,000 teu per year. The depot
has two rail sidings, allowing two railtainer
trains to be offl oaded simultaneously.
The second, smaller ICD is the Inland Container
Depot Kisumu (ICDK) at Kibos on the shores of
Lake Victoria in western Kenya. It occupies 17.5
hectares with a stacking area designed for an
annual throughput of 15,000 teu.
Both facilities can handle containerised and
loose cargo, with stuffi ng and stripping,
consolidation, storage and a range of other
services.
A one-stop shop for importers and exporters
in the hinterland, these ICDs offer a range of
benefi ts to shippers including secure transport,
through bills of lading and reduced dwell time.
They can also be used for storage of empty
containers awaiting shipment.
Located in Mombasa’s Kilindini Harbour, the shipyard of African Marine & General
Engineering Co Ltd (AMGECO) is a multipur-pose facility dating back to 1928.
The shipyard’s dry dock, in operation since
1977, has the distinction of being the only ISO
certifi ed dry dock on the east coast of Africa.
With a length of 180 metres and an entrance
width of 24.75 metres, it can accommodate
vessels of up to 20,000 tons.
CONSTRUCTION
A construction dock alongside the dry
dock is fully equipped for shipbuilding. The
company has been building vessels since 1957
and many of these are still in service. The
construction dock is 40.25 metres long and
18 metres wide at the gate with a maximum
depth of 4.0 metres over the sill.
Floating repairs are carried out mostly alongside
the lay-by wharves on the east and west sides
HERITAGE OF QUALITYMULTIPURPOSE SHIPYARD WITH
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of the dock. The shipyard has 340 metres of
wharves with piled jetties where vessels up to
200 metres in length and a maximum draught
of 8.0 metres can be accommodated. Mobile
cranes can be used at both the jetties.
SLIPWAYS
In addition, there are two slipways for barges,
lighters and small harbour craft of up to 20
metres length and 6 metres width. Tugs are
also available for towage and general duties,
although they are used mainly for drydocking
of vessels.
The company is ISO 9001:2008 certifi ed and
employs a skilled workforce of about 300.
The yard offers a wide range of other
marine and non-marine engineering services
including:
• Sales, service and hire of refrigeration and
air conditioning units
• Vessel conversions. Past work includes
adding a second deck to two ferries,
converting trawlers into tankers, and
converting tankers into cargo vessels
• Onsite certifi ed liferaft services
• Afl oat repairs along the coast, on lakes and
inland waterways within East and Central
Africa.
The shipyard has been under new management
since January 2010 and is fully owned by Alba
Petroleum, which took over the facility in 1998.
Alba Petroleum is a major bunker supplier to
the Port of Mombasa, offering bunker barge
services to vessels at sea and in port.
The Port of Mombasa is rapidly becoming a major car import centre for East Africa as
volumes continue to grow at an annual rate of 10 to 12 per cent. Since 2006 the numbers have almost doubled, with 111,000 vehicles being discharged in 2010.
As well as new and used cars, the port
handles a wide variety of trucks, buses, mobile
equipment and machinery such as bulldozers
and construction plant.
Vehicles are discharged from ro-ro vessels and
dedicated car carriers at the port’s multi-user
berths and placed in temporary holding areas or
moved to external storage in container freight
stations (CFS) ready for clearance and collection.
About 60 per cent of the vehicles are destined
for local dealers, while 40 per cent are in transit
DRIVING FORCEFOR CAR IMPORTS TO EAST AFRICA
CARS
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to neighbouring countries. Of the vehicles in
transit, more than three-quarters go to Uganda.
Over 90 per cent of the traffi c is passenger
cars. Sixty per cent of these are used cars
from Japan, with others from Dubai and
Europe. Just 10 per cent of the vehicles are
new, for sale through dealers.
The other 10 per cent consists of trucks, buses
and heavy plant, especially for the mining
industry. These generally come from Asia,
China and Europe.
BOSS FREIGHT TERMINAL
Boss Freight Terminal, opened in 2006, was
the fi rst dedicated off-port facility for car
handling to be built in Mombasa. The seven-
acre terminal was built as Phase 1 of a larger
development which the company hopes will
eventually encompass direct access to a ro-ro
terminal at the Mbaraki wharf and a multi-
storey vehicle park that would boost the termi-
nals’s capacity from 2,400 to 6,000 cars.
With a dedicated ro-ro berth for car carriers
right beside the terminal, Boss Freight would
be able to offer a more secure, ‘one-stop’
facility for car importers, speeding up the rate
of discharge and improving turnround times
for both ships and vehicles. It would also
offer stevedoring-only services for importers
wishing to use a different CFS.
The creation of this new integrated and stream-
lined facility would also benefi t the Port of
Mombasa, as vehicles would no longer compete
for limited road space in the port and city. It
would reduce congestion in the port area and
allow other cargo to be handled more effi ciently.
Grain Bulk Handlers Ltd (GBHL) is a state-of-the-art bulk grain terminal built on a
15-acre site in the Shimanzi industrial area, close to the Port of Mombasa.
Licensed by Kenya Ports Authority, this
privately owned terminal handles seaborne
imports of bulk grain such as wheat, maize and
soya beans.
The common-user terminal serves a large
customer base including commercial millers in
Kenya and the Great Lakes Region, traders and
relief agencies. The company began operating
in 2000 and handles a large number of bulk
grain vessels from across the world. Its serv-
ices include:
• Discharging of vessels via conveyors into
silos at a rated capacity of 900 tonnes per
hour, equivalent to 21,600 tonnes per day
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• Daily deliveries by road and rail
• Fumigation of grain, and bulk deliveries
• Bagging of grain into polypropylene and
jute bags
• 75,000 tonnes of long-term silo storage.
In addition to storage and warehousing, the
company is registered as a Customs area and
can receive bonded cargo for its customers.
EXPANDED
Over the years, the company has expanded
in line with customer demand and is now
investing in an expansion of its long-term silo
capacity by 55,000 tonnes.
In addition, the company attends to staff and
social welfare by supporting education and
health-based programmes for its staff and for
local communities.
The company believes its employees are its
greatest asset. This is refl ected in its human
resources practices and in the resources dedi-
STATE-OF-THE-ART
cated to social awareness and skills training at all
levels of the organisation. GBHL strives to achieve
fair social conditions for all its employees.
GBHL is a member of the International
Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH)
and complies fully with the ISPS Code and
ISO Standards, published from time to time
by the IAPH, to ensure the safety of cargo,
employees and customers. Terminal opera-
tions are kept as eco-friendly as possible
through the use of industrial dust extractors
and continuous maintenance and fumigation
programmes using high tech equipment. The
company uses industrial weighing machines
and stringent procedures to minimise cargo
spillage, thus benefi ting its customers.
UPGRADING
The company has invested heavily in upgrading
its equipment in line with international inno-
vation within the industry. It is now able to
discharge panamax vessels at a rate of 900
tonnes per hour.
GRAIN BULK HANDLERS LTD
MACKENZIE MARITIME (EA) LTDMackenzie Maritime (EA) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Grain Bulk Handlers Ltd, provides a range of services to its customers, many of which are customers of GBHL.
The company specialises in transport of cargo from the port to inland destinations and off ers the following services:
• Clearing and forwarding
• Local shunting to destinations in Mombasa and its outskirts
• Warehousing of bagged and general cargo
• Local shunting of containers to various depots
• Leasing of mobile cranes and fork-lift trucks
• Transport of bulk and bagged cargo to destinations outside Mombasa
• Transport of specialised cargoes, liquid products, containers and other cargo.
In order to provide these services, the company continues to invest in good quality trucks and equipment. It recently embarked on a fl eet modernisation programme, with 20 Mercedes-Benz AXOR tractor and trailer units now in operation.
The company is planning to expand and has placed orders with UK suppliers for more trucks. This will ensure that the just-in-time import, transport and supply chain is maintained without interruption.
Mackenzie Maritime (EA) Ltd is committ ed to providing high quality services and adopts quality improvement processes in order to identify and fulfi l its customers’ needs.
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Container throughput and effi ciency have been signifi cantly improved, and conges-
tion reduced, within the Port of Mombasa thanks to the introduction of a series of inde-pendently operated off-port container freight stations (CFS), the fi rst of which opened for business in 2007.
Before 2007, the port received more inbound
containers than it had space available to
stack or handle them. An alternative way was
needed to remove the containers from the port
quickly so they could be processed and sent
on to fi nal destination without undue delay.
Slow container throughput was pushing
up costs for importers and was a constant
problem for the port authority. The solution,
however, turned out to be simple. Off-port
container freight stations were established and
run by independent operators and, in essence,
became extensions of the port area.
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30 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
While there are more than 15 freight stations
serving Mombasa port, only eight are
appointed by KPA to handle bonded container
imports. All KPA-appointed CFS facilities are
within 10 km of port limits and they handle
only domestic containers. All transit cargo is
handled directly through Mombasa port.
INCOMING
Incoming containers are discharged from the
ships at KPA’s Kilindini terminal and taken
quickly by truck or tractor to the designated
CFS. The freight station operator is responsible
for transporting the containers from the ship to
a secure stacking area within the CFS.
Each container can then be cleared for oncar-
riage to its fi nal destination or, in the case of
LCL containers, stripped into a warehouse for
customer collection or groupage.
Each CFS is a self-contained facility with
government agencies on site including
Customs, police, the standards authority and
sanitary inspectors.
NOMINATED
The KPA has a meeting every morning to
decide which CFS will be assigned to each
incoming container carrier.
The decision is determined by available space,
capacity and the ability to handle the number
of incoming containers that day. In addition,
carriers may nominate a CFS independently of
the KPA process.
As well as handling containers, freight stations
can be used for all types of unitised cargo
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such as machinery and vehicle imports. Most
have 24/7 operations and they must comply
with KPA tariffs and regulations. Cargo owners
benefi t from a faster, more effi cient service at
no additional cost.
The fi rst KPA-appointed facilities to enter
service were Mombasa Container Terminal
and Consolbase, in Changamwe. They were
followed by Portside Terminals, Awanad CFS
Logistics, Interpel Investments, Mitchell Cotts
Freight, Compact Freight Systems and Focus.
INTERPEL INVESTMENTS
Interpel Investments operates and manages
one of the nearest CFS facilities to the port,
handling both cars and containers. The yard can
accommodate about 500 cars or 250 containers
at a time and has a 5,000 sq ft warehouse as
well as designated areas for the examination
and verifi cation of cars and containers.
While its main clients are domestic importers,
Interpel also caters for vehicles in transit to
neighbouring countries.
World-class computer systems are used to
ensure a prompt and effi cient service at all
times. Cargo safety and security are given top
priority. The terminal has CCTV surveillance
and a 24/7 security guard patrol.
AWANAD
Located at Mikindani, on the Mombasa-
Nairobi road, Awanad CFS is about 6 km from
Mombasa port and offers 162,000 sq ft of
open storage for containers and vehicles as
well as over 4,000 sq ft of warehousing for
stripping operations.
About 70 per cent of its business comes from
KPA nomination and to meet growing demand
the company has expanded its facilities with
a new CFS next to the existing facility. As
well as standard containerised cargo, the
freight station handles refrigerated containers,
containerised and loose vehicles, bulk cargo
and groupage and has extensive warehousing
for bulk cargo.
MOMBASA CONTAINER TERMINAL
Mombasa Container Terminal (MCT) is wholly
owned by the Bolloré Group and relocated to
a new state-of-the-art facility at Port Reitz, off
the Airport Road, in Changamwe, Mombasa, in
December 2010. It is strategically located 3.5
km from the Port of Mombasa.
There is a container stacking area of 33,949
square metres and 1,785 square metres of
warehousing. The yard also has a dedicated
area for Customs X-ray scanners. As an ISO
9001: 2000 certifi ed organisation, MCT can
offer customers a guaranteed quality of service.
MCT has a large transport fl eet with HF
communications and adequate cargo handling
equipment.
FOCUS
Focus is one of the newest freight stations in
Mombasa, opened in November 2010. It is
just 500 metres from the port gates and offers
13.5 acres of hardstanding for 2,000 cars and
4,000 teu simultaneously. There is also 20,000
sq ft of warehousing for container stripping
and repacking operations.
The modern yard is equipped with four reach
stackers and two fork-lift trucks of 3 and
7 tonnes capacity. As an added benefi t to
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customers, Focus has extended the free dwell
time from fi ve to 10 days.
MAKUPA TRANSIT SHADE
Due to open late in 2011, the Makupa Transit
Shade is the newest CFS in Mombasa and is
on the boundary of the Mombasa port limits,
just behind the fi re station.
The 9.4 acre facility is less than 1 km from the
container terminal and is the closest CFS to
the port. Containers arrive in the freight station
the moment they leave the port area. The yard
is linked to the main highway at the back of
the property, so vehicles can avoid the main
bottlenecks.
Part of the Tal Group, the company has
built this new facility to a high standard,
fully compacted with 300 mm concrete and
completely walled. Security cameras are
provided and there is underground ducting for
power and communication cables.
Initially, the yard will have between 2,500 and
3,500 teu of container standing capacity with a
possible throughput of three to four times that,
depending on equipment.
Established as recently as 2004, the Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) has
played an important role in advancing Kenya’s maritime reputation and the future development of its maritime activities.
The government established the KMA in 2004
to strengthen its maritime administration,
transferring responsibility for shipping matters
from the Merchant Shipping Department
of Kenya Ports Authority to an independent
governmental authority.
The KMA’s wide-ranging responsibilities
include:
• Enhancing maritime safety and security by
ensuring the seaworthiness and safe opera-
tion of vessels in Kenyan waters
• Protection of the marine environment by
setting up programmes to prevent and
respond to marine pollution
• Advising the government on enforcing
international maritime conventions to which
Kenya is a party
• Optimising commercial maritime activities
for the socio-economic benefi t.
The KMA is also responsible for the Kenya
Ship Register, for issuing boat licences and
for supervision of training and qualifi cations of
maritime personnel.
A major turning point for the KMA was the
new Merchant Shipping Act, enacted in 2009.
This replaced the previous Act, which had not
been revised since 1967. One of its main provi-
sions was to allow bareboat chartered vessels
access to the Kenya ship register, which previ-
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KENYA MARITIME AUTHORITY
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ously had been restricted to Kenyan nationals
and interests.
In 2010 Kenya was admitted to the Interna-
tional Maritime Organisation (IMO) white list,
meaning it is in full compliance with the Inter-
national Convention on Standards of Training,
Certifi cation and Watchkeeping of Seafarers
(STCW).
Maritime certifi cates and other endorse-
ments issued in Kenya will now be recognised
worldwide, so Kenyan seafarers can work in
foreign-going vessels. This is an important
step forward as, with a shortage of qualifi ed
seafarers worldwide, it provides an opportunity
of creating new jobs in Kenya.
For the future, the KMA is also co-ordinating
its own activities and mandates around the
government’s decision to increase private
sector involvement in Mombasa port.
The KMA is ISO 9001:2008 certifi ed for quality
management, following an intensive two-year
orientation and specialised training programme
for all departments. This is seen as the fi rst
step in introducing a culture of quality within
KMA as well as helping to fulfi l the ever-
changing needs of its customers.
With as many as seven neighbouring countries using the Port of Mombasa
for their external trade, the transport chain between coast and hinterland is a key area of concern for shippers
The fi rst – or last – link in the chain is the
port itself and a key priority for Kenya Ports
Authority (KPA) has been to enable, and
encourage, the removal of cargo from the port
as quickly as possible. In this regard it has
been moderately successful, with container
dwell times almost halved in recent years
while throughput has risen signifi cantly.
By using modern ICT systems, more effi cient
yard equipment, off-port container stations
and, of course, the inland container depots
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TRANSPORT
36 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
at Kisumu and Nairobi, the KPA is meeting
the challenge of speeding the fl ow of cargo.
Having put its own house in order, however,
it is also seeking and encouraging improve-
ments elsewhere.
UPGRADING
The Kenya Roads Board (KRB) is responsible
for the upkeep of 63,000 km of classifi ed
roads in Kenya. Only 14 per cent of these are
surfaced, the rest being gravel or dirt roads.
A long-overdue upgrade of the main highways
is now under way. The main highway between
Nairobi and Mombasa has already been refur-
bished, leading to much reduced transit times
between the two main centres.
Other projects are under way to trans-
form the region’s road network. One is the
Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa Road Corridor,
co-fi nanced by the African Development Bank
Group, the European Union, and the govern-
ments of Ethiopia and Kenya. An estimated
US$ 500 million is being spent to improve
transport links between the two countries.
Another project of key importance is the
proposed southern by-pass of Mombasa. This
will greatly ease the fl ow of traffi c transport
north and south as well as encouraging more
trade links with northern Tanzania.
RAIL SYSTEM
Perhaps even more pressing is the need for
an upgraded rail system in Kenya. Most of the
country’s existing rail system uses 1 metre
gauge track dating from the 1890s – too narrow
for the reliable movement of loaded containers.
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Because of this, less than four per cent of
Mombasa port’s freight goes by rail. Trans-
port costs are generally high because of the
dependence on expensive trucking. A more
effi cient rail network could reduce transport
costs by at least 30 per cent, say forecasters.
Upgrading the region’s rail network presents
huge challenges. Nevertheless, all fi ve
members of the East African Community have
agreed to build a new standard gauge network.
CONCESSION
Rail operations in Kenya have been concessioned
to Rift Valley Railways (RVR), while Kenya Rail-
ways continues to oversee the service.
The 1,920 km track between Mombasa and
Malaba will be replaced by standard gauge
track by 2017, with branchlines to Moyale (for
Addis Ababa) and Lodwa (for Juba) at a cost of
some US$ 5.2 billion.
The task ahead is enormous. Work is due to
start in 2012 and the entire project covering the
region will not be fully completed until 2050.
PHASES
The Mombasa-Malaba-Kampala line is the fi rst
of four phases. There will also be a line from
Lamu to Lokichogio, which will connect with
Juba in South Sudan. These projects are part
of Kenya’s Vision 2030 development plan and
their importance cannot be overstated.
The Port of Mombasa handles about 20 million
tonnes of cargo per year. The forecast is only
upwards and, without an ugraded rail system,
within a few years one truck will have to leave
the port every minute of every day to keep up
with demand. This is clearly unsustainable, so
the modernisation of the rail system is not only
necessary but essential.
In the long term, the idea of a rail link between
Lamu and Douala, in Cameroon, is also being
explored. This would reduce haulage time to
just four and a half days compared with 25
days by sea.
Port security is a key area of concern for the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). Already
compliant with the ISPS Code, the port is taking additional steps to protect cargo and vessels and to ensure that personnel can work in a safe and secure environment.
ISS
The principal project under way is the introduc-
tion of an Integrated Security System (ISS)
that will signifi cantly improve the security of
Mombasa port and the two inland container
depots at Nairobi and Kisumu.
The ISS will consist of security and communi-
cations subsystems linked to the vessel traffi c
management system (VTMS) and integrated
into one comprehensive security system while
being operated and maintained by main and local
security centres.
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38 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
In the long term, the following systems will be
put in place:
• Access control and time management
including digital badges with photo identity
• Licence plate recognition
• Monitoring of serial numbers of containers
• Gate access devices
• Dock water barriers and sliding gates
• CCTV system with 400 cameras
• Digital video recording
• Dedicated data communication system
• Command and control system with security
management software (SMS)
• Radio communication system
• Integration of SMS with the SAP/ERP system.
The project also includes training of security staff
and an awareness programme for stakeholders.
Work is expected to start in September 2012
with a budget of US$ 21.4 million. The ISS will
allow KPA to monitor and respond electroni-
cally, reducing the need for physical security.
It will also provide more effective control of
personnel and visitors in the port area.
RADIATION MONITORS
Eleven radiation portal monitors have been
installed at strategic locations in the Port of
Mombasa to cover gates, yards and quay opera-
tions. This is part of the National Nuclear Secu-
rity Administration’s Second Line of Defense
(SLD) Megaports Initiative, which was commis-
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sioned in Mombasa in February 2011 following
a memorandum of understanding between the
governments of Kenya and the United States.
The monitors can deter, detect and interdict illicit
traffi cking in nuclear and other radiological mate-
rials passing through the port and are positioned
to ensure maximum sensitivity to the target
material, particularly uranium and plutonium.
Mombasa is one of 100 ports worldwide
taking part in the Megaports initiative, which
aims to scan about 50 per cent of international
container traffi c by 2015.
ANTI-CORRUPTION
Corruption is regarded as one of the biggest
threats to security and the KPA has taken a
fi rm stance with a zero tolerance approach.
Divisional corruption committees look at areas
of risk, and ways of reducing that risk, in areas
such as procurement, fi nance and recruitment.
Each division has its own Integrity Offi cers,
who act as information sources as well as
conduits for intelligence to combat corruption.
Offi cers are sent to Nairobi for training. One
of their main tasks is to make the people in
their departments more aware of corruption
issues – how to spot the danger signs and how
to report instances of corruption – as well as
implementing an ethical code of conduct.
PIRACY
The Port of Mombasa is a key player in the war
against the recent upsurge of piracy. Mombasa
has been affected by piracy more than any
other port in the region because of its prox-
imity to Somalia. This has become expensive
for the port, for the shipping lines and for the
consignees of the goods they carry, as vessels
are often obliged to take longer, more indirect
routes to Mombasa to avoid the high risk
areas. In particular, the port’s cruise business
has been affected.
CONFIDENCE
However, the KPA is fi ghting back with all
the means at its disposal in an attempt to
instil confi dence in the region after some high
profi le incidents.
Mombasa is the largest piracy-reporting
centre on this coast and the Mombasa
Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRSC) is also
located there. All incidents are reported to
the Mombasa facility and rescue or arrest
attempts are co-ordinated from there. In fact,
most of the pirates arrested on the high seas
are brought ashore in Mombasa.
PORTAL
All this information is available to vessels and
shippers via a web portal.
Furthermore, to limit incidents in its immediate
environs, the KPA has established a Maritime
Security Zone offshore from Mombasa and
has designated it a safe area, with Kenya Navy
vessels on hand to protect waiting ships. The
navy regularly patrols all parts of Kenya’s terri-
torial waters.
Mombasa has a lot of offer as a cruise destination, both for cruise ship operators
and for passengers. While operators have a full range of services available, passengers can visit a number of attractions including a top quality game park in just one day.
ATTRACTIONS
Mombasa offers easy access to the nearby
Tsavo East and West National Parks – and
to the even closer and smaller Shimba Hills
National Reserve.
Tsavo is just two hours from Mombasa – an
easy day trip. It is an ideal place to view the
Big Five as well as other animals. Shimba
Hills is more compact and its animals include
buffalo, elephant and waterbuck.
Mombasa’s main tourism attraction is Fort
Jesus, built by the Portuguese in 1596. The
fort is surrounded by the Arab quarter, the
original part of Mombasa town, with its narrow
and picturesque alleyways.
Further afi eld, operators have the option of
calling at the remote island of Lamu, where
visitors can explore Lamu Old Town, a Unesco
World Heritage Site.
FACILITIES
KPA has allocated Berths 1 and 2 for cruise
ships. Although this is a cargo berth, cruise
ships have priority. The quay has been made
level for buses and foot passengers and can
easily be cordoned off securely.
Pre-arrival arrangements are prepared well in
advance in co-ordination with all the relevant
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authorities so that passengers can be swiftly
disembarked and directed to their transport
for the day. Most passengers will normally
board pre-assigned and numbered seven-seat
safari buses.
For total passenger reassurance, the KPA
provides 24-hour surveillance of all cruise
ships as well as full security measures such as
sniffer dogs, police escorts, navy pilot escorts
and divers.
Mombasa could also be an ideal home port. As
well as extensive port services, it has a large hotel
capacity and an international airport close by.
At its peak, the Port of Mombasa was
receiving 40 cruise ship calls a year, bringing
some 16,000 passengers, but recent concerns
over piracy have reduced that number to only
a handful in 2011. However, the KPA remains
optimistic that Mombasa will be able to attract
cruise ship calls in the future.
East Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing economic regions, but its future
growth is limited by access to adequate port facilities on the Indian Ocean. With throughput at the Port of Mombasa growing by 10 per cent each year, an alternative trans-port corridor will be essential in a few years.
The island of Lamu, in the north of Kenya, has
been identifi ed as the ideal location for this
new ocean megaport. Currently, Lamu handles
only the occasional cruise ship and some of
the small merchant vessels that have plied the
waters off East Africa for centuries. But it has
a lot of potential.
The site benefi ts from a wide access channel
and natural deepwater facilities. Draft plans
suggest it could eventually offer up to 10 km of
quay with a draught alongside of 18.0 metres.
The proposed project, which is expected to cost
about US$ 3.5 billion, will form part of a new
freight corridor between Lamu, Ethiopia and
South Sudan known as LAPSET (Lamu Port,
South Sudan, Ethiopia Transport Corridor).
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42 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
Once completed, the new port is expected to
have a total of 22 berths in an area of about
1,000 acres, although the fi rst phase will be
limited to the construction of three berths to
handle containers and conventional cargo.
Lamu will also be connected to Addis Ababa
in Ethiopia and Juba in South Sudan by a
standard gauge railway as part of a larger
regional master plan to upgrade rail infrastruc-
ture across 11 countries in East Africa with
some 15,000 km of new track.
PROJECTION
Dry cargo throughput at Lamu is expected to
be in the region of 23 million tonnes by 2030.
The project is also expected to generate thou-
sands of sustainable new jobs in the region
and to create a new fi nancial and political
stability across the northern province.
The birth of the new nation of South Sudan in
2011 provides a new impetus for the development
of the megaport and freight corridor. The fl edging
nation will not only need huge volumes of imports
for its infrastructure development, but will also be
a focus for new oil exploration, which will need
considerable imports of machinery and supplies.
Development plans will be released during 2011
with work expected to start in 2012. The scale of
the project is staggering in its size and ambition.
The feasibility study, the Lamu Port Corridor
consultancy, by Japan Ports Consultants, was
the largest such study ever held in Kenya.
STUDY
The feasibility study also addressed a 20-year
master plan for the development of the
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corridor and the port including detailed designs
and tender documents for dredging and
construction of the fi rst three berths.
Kenya’s Lamu Port Corridor proposal is part
of the government’s Vision 2030 project and
would be Kenya’s biggest-ever civil engi-
neering project.
SCALE
As well as the new megaport, the Lamu Port
Corridor would encompass a pipeline to deliver
oil from South Sudan to a refi nery near Lamu;
a tanker terminal to handle the oil shipments;
over 1,700 km of highways and railways linking
Lamu with South Sudan and Ethiopia; three
new airports; and tourist resorts in Lamu, Isiolo
and at Lake Turkana. The scale is enormous.
On a wider scale, there are plans to make
Lamu the Indian Ocean hub for a continent-
wide road and rail link stretching some
4,000 km to Cameroon in West Africa.
From its location in northern Kenya, at the
eastern end of the northern corridor through
Ethiopia, South Sudan and Central Africa, the
Lamu port will serve a different market from
Mombasa, although it is still expected to
come under the auspices of the Kenya Ports
Authority (KPA). The KPA has already opened
a waterfront offi ce in Lamu in 2009 in anticipa-
tion of work starting on the project.
Traffi c bottlenecks in Mombasa, and espe-cially at the Likoni Ferry, could become a
thing of the past following the government go-ahead to build a southern by-pass linking Mombasa with the south coast.
The proposed route, passing to the south of
Moi International Airport and west of Port
Reitz harbour, will also link the new container
terminal, now under construction, with the
Mombasa-Nairobi highway, thus avoiding
congestion in the suburb of Kipevu, which
traffi c using the existing container terminal has
to pass through.
The by-pass will also pave the way for the
future development of the much heralded
Dongo Kundu free zone and will connect the
Likoni-Diani and Mombasa-Nairobi highways
for the fi rst time.
This will remove a signifi cant proportion of
passenger and freight traffi c from Mombasa’s
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44 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
streets and will ease congestion on the
Likoni Ferry, currently the only link between
Mombasa and the south coast.
HIGHWAY
The KES 4 billion highway, known as Dongo
Kundu, has been a long time coming, but is
set to provide the Port of Mombasa with far
better access to markets in the south as well
as considerably helping the south coast’s
tourism potential. It is also badly needed
by daily commuters who live on the south
mainland and work on Mombasa island or on
the northern mainland and have to rely on the
Likoni Ferry.
Currently, the Likoni Ferry has to handle a
staggering 200,000 passengers and 3,500
vehicles a day; and although it has received
new vessels in 2010, an alternative would be
welcomed by all users, especially truck traffi c
and tourists.
ALTERNATIVE
Three alternative routes for the by-pass were
considered: one almost directly across the
harbour; a second using both land and bridges;
and a third almost entirely land-based, but
much longer. The second option was fi nally
chosen in a trade-off between the longer third
option and the shorter fi rst option that would
limit further development and access to the
upper reaches of the harbour. However, the
option chosen will still need a signifi cant bridge
across Mwache Creek.
When completed in 2013 the by-pass will be
about 18 km long, from Miritini on the main-
land to Ng’ombeni on the southern mainland.
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The highway will run 2 km west of Moi Interna-
tional Airport and will connect the Likoni- Diani
and Mombasa-Nairobi highways.
The proposed route is also expected to
enhance the growing cross-border trade with
Tanzania. The border is just 129 km south of
Mombasa.
FREE ZONE
The highway will also provide the essential
infrastructure to start work on the Mombasa
free zone, similar to the one in Dubai, just
across the Port Reitz harbour from the new
container terminal.
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) owns
3,000 acres of land in Dongo Kundu which
is expected to be developed into a free trade
zone and free port facilities through public-
private partnership agreements.
FRONTAGE
At present, the area is partially used by the
Kenya Navy, but with several kilometres of
deepwater frontage, it is ideal for a future
port development. It is a key development
target within the ‘Vision 2030’ document, a
strategic blueprint for transforming the Kenyan
economy.
The project has already received fast track
status from the Ministry of Transport and a
number of major national projects have been
earmarked for the area including a 300 MW
coal-fi red power station.
The modernisation and expansion of the Port of Mombasa is being applied not only
to its infrastructure but also to the way the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is organised.
In addition to the Port of Mombasa, the KPA is
the authority for several minor ports including
the soon-to-be-developed Lamu. Until now the
KPA has provided the infrastructure, facilities
and stevedoring for all port operations. But this
is set to change.
The Port of Mombasa is gradually being
transformed into a landlord port in line with the
government’s restructuring policy, as outlined
in the Integrated National Transport Policy and
the Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth
and Employment Creation (2003-2007) as well
as other government policy documents.
Several of the port’s facilities are already
managed and operated by private sector part-
ners and the hope is that more will follow suit
in the years to come.
MAKEOVER FOR PORT AUTHORITY
PORT AUTHORITY
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In its strategic plan, the authority has high-
lighted some areas to be restructured:
• Stevedoring services for dry, general and
conventional cargo
• Concessioning of dockyard facilities and
inland container depots
• Privatisation of Mombasa Container Terminal
• Restructuring of marine services
• Rehabilitation and operation of cruise
passenger terminal
• Bandari College to have autonomous status.
RESTRUCTURING
Since 2002 the KPA has been continually
reviewed and restructured to meet the opera-
tional demands placed on the port. Over the
years it has seen changes in its business proc-
esses. These include the embracing of informa-
tion and communications technology (ICT) and
the involvement of private sector partnerships.
The organisation’s structure is regularly reviewed
to refl ect these changes and to keep it in line
with the current business plan and strategy.
Some of the main tasks of the review are:
• To identify any bottlenecks that may hamper
decision-making
• To establish synergies with a view to
enhancing the channels of communications
• To improve effi cient use of resources
• To ensure that the authority’s pay structure
is competitive
• To ensure the KPA’s employee performance
appraisal system is compatible with its
objectives.
The Port of Mombasa remains one of the world’s busiest ports for handling aid
cargoes for the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations.
Depending on the need within Kenya and the
wider region, Mombasa handles between
350,000 and 700,000 tonnes of aid cargo each
year. This consists mainly of bulk cereals as
well as blended foods, pulses and vegetable
oil. Bulk cereals can be discharged and bagged
using conventional facilities alongside the
berth or via the silo facilities of Grain Bulk
Handlers Ltd.
CONTAINERISED
A growing trend has been the arrival of
new ‘smart’ foodstuffs such as high energy
biscuits, plumpy’nut and other fortifi ed food
items that can be made available in the fi rst
stages of an emergency intervention.
This, together with a shift away from conven-
tional cargo, has led to a sharp rise in contain-
erised cargo in the past few years, with an
average annual increase of 10 per cent. A total
of between 6,000 and 10,000 teu per year is
handled. Single shipments can be more than
500 teu.
The WFP aims for a minimum dwell time in the
port. Cargo is moved quickly from the terminal
thanks to close co-ordination with the shipping
lines and Kenya Ports Authority.
Incoming cargoes are predestined for else-
where as much as possible. Ideally, the WFP
will aim for direct transhipment, thus helping
to reduce time spent in port, warehousing,
handling and costs.
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48 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
From Mombasa, the WFP reaches deep
into the heart of Africa with aid cargoes for
Somalia, the eastern region of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan,
Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi as well as for
rural and arid areas of Kenya, where an average
of some 3 million people depend on food aid.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
The continuation of La Niña into 2011 heavily
infl uenced both the failure of the short rains
(October 2010 to January 2011) and the erratic
and below-normal long rains (March to May
2011) in the eastern part of the Horn of Africa.
Pastoralist incomes and short rain harvests in
the pastoral and marginal agricultural liveli-
hood zones of northern and eastern Kenya and
Somalia have been badly hit, affecting house-
hold access to food. This, together with the
continuing confl ict in Somalia, affected millions
of people, drawing on all available resources
within the WFP to mount an appropriate
response.
The Port of Mombasa once again played
a key role in WFP relief efforts by sea and
overland, further augmented by air transport
using Mombasa International Airport in the
initial stages. In an effort to further reduce lead
times for the delivery of life-saving supplies,
the WFP has chosen the Mombasa corridor to
establish a Forward Purchasing Facility, rolled
out in the second half of 2011 with an antici-
pated fi rst 94,000 tonnes of selected food
items.
The WFP has dedicated warehousing with a
total capacity of 12,000 tonnes at BP1 shed,
which it leases from the KPA. The WFP also
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rents other dedicated space from private
companies and from freight forwarders
according to demand. All told, these facilities
provide about 60,000 tonnes of dedicated
capacity in and around the port area.
In order to meet growing requirements, the
WFP is seeking to control more of its own
capacity both within the port and outside the
port gates. The size of the WFP operation can
be gauged from the fact that it has 72 dedi-
cated staff in Mombasa, of whom about 35 are
directly involved in the programme’s ware-
housing operations.
In the coming years, WFP will continue to
further develop and consolidate its port activi-
ties with the aim of establishing a dedicated
humanitarian logistics terminal to meet its own
special needs.
QUALITY
Notwithstanding the often diffi cult and chal-
lenging operational environment, the WFP
strives to maintain high quality standards along
its entire supply chain. This means a higher
demand on performance by WFP private
sector partners, continuous training of its own
key personnel and conformity with the regula-
tory frameworks.
STEVEDORING
The KPA provides the WFP with all its steve-
doring services both for containers and conven-
tional cargo. Bagging services are hired from the
private sector. Containers are usually cleared
inside the port area and, depending on the size of
shipment, block stacking is requested to ensure
swift movement from the terminal.
The WFP uses three modes of transport to get
food aid from Mombasa to where it is most
needed: rail (most preferred but least used),
road and sea. The WFP has over 50 local trans-
port companies proud to be working on its
behalf. These operators serve delivery points
as far away as the DRC.
In terms of sea transport, the WFP primarily
offers transhipment by chartered vessels to
Somali ports, which can only be done with a
naval escort.
As in other African ports, the private sector has had a limited involvement in port
operations in Kenya. However, the Privatisa-tion Act of 2009 has made it easier for the private sector to participate; and, with the Kenya Ports Authority looking to become a landlord authority in the near future, there will be many opportunities.
These changes will lead to further improve-
ments in port operations and will reinforce the
status of Mombasa as the most effi cient and
competitive transport hub in the region.
As a landlord authority, the KPA will build and
own the infrastructure while the private sector
provides the superstructure and other port serv-
ices. The concessionaire can also invest in other
facilities in order to provide an effi cient service.
PRIVATE SECTOR
So far, eight privately operated container
freight stations have been established at off-
BENEFIT FROM BUSY PORTPRIVATE COMPANIES
OPERATIONS
50 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
port locations and various sheds have been
leased to other companies and organisations
including the World Food Programme. The
KPA has also leased land to oil marketing
companies for storage of petroleum products
as well as allowing oil products to be trans-
ferred from vessels to onshore storage tanks.
A few operators already lease land from
the KPA or operate terminals on KPA land,
accounting for a signifi cant share of the port’s
cargo throughput. Products handled include:
SODA
The largest and longest established operator
is Magadi Soda, which has been exporting
soda ash through the Port of Mombasa since
1934. Soda ash is used to manufacture glass,
detergents and industrial chemicals and is the
largest export commodity by volume handled
at the port.
The terminal handled nearly 400,000 tonnes of
soda ash in 2010. Shipments from Mombasa
tend to be in handysize bulk carriers, but
Magadi Soda is also the single largest exporter
of loaded containers from the port.
The soda ash is taken from surface deposits
recovered in the Great Rift Valley area about
120 km south-west of Nairobi and conveyed to
the port by train.
GRAIN
The towering grain silo of Grain Bulk Handlers
Ltd (GBHL) is a landmark in the Port of
Mombasa, although it is located outside the
port gates. A conveyor system takes grain
from vessels to the company’s silos and
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processing facilities. GBHL can discharge
vessels at rates of up to 900 kg per hour.
CEMENT
The Bamburi Cement Company operates a
dedicated facility at Mbaraki Wharf for loading
bulk cement for export. The facility was
purpose-built in 1968 by the then East African
Railways and Harbours Corporation.
Today, the Mombasa-based plant can produce
up to 1.1 million tonnes per year. Bamburi
Cement has a concession from KPA to manage
its own operations and to carry out its own
refurbishment.
LIQUID BULKS
Mbaraki Bulk Terminal Ltd (MBTL) was estab-
lished in 2005 when the MJ Group acquired all
the assets of East African Molasses Company
at Mbaraki Wharf.
MBTL is a liquid bulk facility, equipped to handle
diesel (automotive gas oil), edible oil (palm oil),
heavy fuel oil, bitumen and kerosene (DPK).
Its facilities consist of 33 tanks with a total storage
capacity of 28,000 tonnes for diesel, DPK, edible
oil and heavy fuel oil and an underground tank
for fuel oil with a total capacity of 10,000 tonnes.
The terminal also includes a rail and road loading
station, a weighbridge for trucks of up to 80
tonnes and space to develop warehousing with up
to a capacity of 120,0000 tonnes.
The company has plans to expand in the near
future, adding a further 31,000 tonnes of
storage for heavy fuel oil, diesel and DPK while
also building an edible oil refi nery with its own
processing and packaging plant, a lubricant
processing plant and separate blocks for the
storage and refi nery units.
Gulf Stream Ltd also operates a bulk liquid-
storage terminal within the port. The terminal
can store around 26,000 tonnes of vegetable
oils, oil derivatives and related chemicals in
dedicated tanks. It is equipped with ship-to-
shore offl oading pipelines as well as rail and
road overhead loading gantries.
FLUORSPAR
Kenya Fluorspar Company Ltd (KFC) is a large-
scale mining and metallurgical operation and one
of Kenya’s leading foreign exchange earners.
In 2010 KFC exported 31,000 tonnes of fl uor-
spar through the Port of Mombasa, down from
a peak of more than 100,000 tonnes in 2008.
Southern Engineering Co Ltd (SECO), a member of the Alpha Group of compa-
nies, occupies a strategic location in the Port of Mombasa with its own private jetty facility that is under 24-hours customs supervision.
SECO specialises in shipbuilding, shiprepair,
marine and offshore engineering, structural
and civil engineering services. The company
operates a 160 metre long private berth and an
engineering/ship yard covering approximately
40,400 square metres with 4,000 square
metres of covered workshop space.
It has a fully equipped shipyard with two
modern fl oating docks with a combined lifting
capacity of 1,200 tonnes for vessels up to 60
metres LOA. SECO’s two fl oating docks are
the largest of their kind in East Africa.
The core activity of SECO is shipbuilding
including design, outfi tting, conversions and
jumboisation. The shipyard has its own range
of workshops including modern fabrication,
machine, carpentry and electrical workshops.
As a part of the Alpha Group, SECO can also
call on the services of other companies in the
group involved in marine logistics, supply base
services, offshore engineering, container/
reefer terminal services, cold chain manage-
ment, shipping and road logistics.
ALPHA LOGISTICS SERVICES
Alpha Logistics Services (ALSL) offers various
services including, marine logistics, vessel
charters, salvage, towage, civil engineering
works, specialised supply base services and
the provision of specialised container utility
units across East Africa.
LOGISTICS GROUPMULTIFACETED MARINE AND
SOUTHERN ENGINEERING CO LTD
53
These services are provided to various
organisations including those in the industrial,
mining, construction, oil and gas exploration
sectors, as well as to the United Nations.
Other company activities include:
• Offshore engineering works
• Jetty and berth construction
• Dredging and wreck removal operations in
East Africa
• Piling and geotechnical works
• Hydrographic and underwater surveys, hull
cleaning and underwater welding
• Commercial diving
• Rig moves
• Specialised marine and non-marine refriger-
ation work including repair and maintenance
of reefer containers
SOUTHERN SHIPPING SERVICES
Southern Shipping Services Ltd (SSSL),
located close to the Mombasa port, manages
a cold chain management facility and a reefer
and dry container terminal. The cold chain
facility can accommodate up to 1,000 tonnes
of cold storage for palletised frozen foods.
SSSL provides repair and maintenance of
reefer/dry containers and provides logistics
services as well.
Since 2001 the Kenya Ports Authority has donated one per cent of its profi ts each
year to needy causes as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. In 2010 this amounted to some KES 30 million.
Education is by far the largest benefactor,
receiving about 65 per cent of the fund along
with healthcare projects. The remaining 35
per cent is allocated to charities, disaster and
relief funds, and fi nancial assistance to needy
causes.
In 2010 the authority spent about KES 20 million
on infrastructure projects such as new school
buildings and essentials such as books and
computers as well as healthcare clinics and
dispensaries. In addition, a further KES 10 million
was provided in fi nancial aid to various causes.
The KPA has recently been responsible for the
building or expansion of about three schools a
year, often transforming children’s educational
prospects as they typically move from an
outdoor makeshift classroom with no facili-
ties or materials to a purpose-built room with
books, writing materials and shelter.
LOCAL COMMUNITIESBENEFIT FROM PORT’S PROFITABILITY
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
54 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
Since the programme began, the KPA has
assisted with the construction or expansion
of over a dozen schools, offering both primary
and secondary education, as well as building
four dispensaries. For larger projects, the
fi nance is phased over two years.
Development is focused on the Coast region of
Kenya – that is, those regions that depend directly
on the maritime industry for their well-being.
FUNDING
Needy causes are identifi ed by the Public
Relations and Managing Director’s offi ce and
amended or approved by the port’s Executive
Committee, with the PR offi ce overseeing the
implementation and eventual handover of the
facility of funding to the community.
In fact, the community often benefi ts twice
from the programme, as local contractors and
companies are used wherever possible. Once
completed, there is an offi cial handover to the
local community.
Recent assistance included the provision of
300 refurbished computers for local schools,
the opening of the Jilore and Mahoo high
schools and a dispensary in Sangeroko.
In contrast with many other port operations in the region, and indeed worldwide, Kenya
Ports Authority has continued to enjoy a steady increase in cargo throughput.
Despite diffi cult economic and operational
times, container throughput at Mombasa Port
registered a growth rate of 12.5 per cent in
2011 against a global fi gure of 8.9 per cent.
Total tonnage was up 3.5 per cent. In 2011 the
port handled over 770,000 teu and registered
a total cargo throughput of 19.6 million tonnes.
Since 2006 overall throughput has grown by
24 per cent, while container traffi c is 32 per
cent higher. The largest increase has been in
imported cargo, while exports have remained
steady at about 2.5 million tonnes per year.
Transhipment still accounts for less than
one per cent of total throughout, standing at
158,000 tonnes in 2011. With a new container
terminal on the way, however, transhipment
ENCOURAGING UPWARD TRENDCARGO FIGURES SHOW
STATISTICS
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traffi c is expected to climb dramatically over
the coming decade.
TONNAGE
In tonnage terms, petroleum, oil and lubricants
account for about 35 per cent of all imports.
Other major imports are clinker, wheat, iron
and steel, plastics, fertilisers, paper products,
rice and vehicles. On the export side, the
largest commodity is tea, at 18 per cent, then
soda ash, coffee and other food products.
Transit cargo for neighbouring countries
accounted for around 5 million tonnes out of
all of the cargo imported via Mombasa in 2011.
About 80 per cent of this transit traffi c goes to
Uganda and the rest mainly to South Sudan,
Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Tanzania and Somalia.
Container throughput has been enhanced by
improved port productivity, with dwell time
down to 5.7 days and an average of 20 move-
ments per crane per hour. While the number of
ship calls has fallen to 1,579 – down by nearly
300 compared with 2006 – this has been offset
by an increase in average vessel size.
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The roll-out of enhanced ICT technology is generating huge benefi ts for the Port
of Mombasa in terms of productivity and effi ciency.
The positive impact of these changes can be seen
both on the quayside and within the administrative
departments of the Kenya Ports Authority.
Around 80 per cent of port operations are now
computerised in some way, with more to follow.
The most important development was the
installation of the Kilindini Waterfront Auto-
mated Terminal Operating System (KWATOS),
which went live in July 2008. This has auto-
mated key port operational areas including
container, conventional cargo and marine
operations at the Port of Mombasa as well
as operation of the Nairobi and Kisumu inland
container depots.
Not only did this software help reduce the
average dwell time of containers from 11 to 5.8
days, but it also made an immediate impact on
revenue, which increased by 30 per cent.
In 2002 KPA adopted a fully integrated Enter-
prise Resource Planning (ERP) system using
the Systems Application Product (SAP) soft-
ware. Fully web enabled, it includes modules
that handle human resources management,
fi nancial planning and control, material manage-
ment, plant maintenance, project systems
management, payroll and travel management.
Also being computerised are employee records
including salary and working hours manage-
ment, using the SAP system. These are linked
to employees’ medical records through on-port
clinics run by the port authority.
PORT EFFICIENCYITC ROLL-OUT IMPROVES
ITC
The port radically upgraded its ICT systems
in 2010 with new high memory servers. The
project created two disaster contingency
recovery sites outside the port. KPA can now
pride itself on having a sound ITC infrastruc-
ture providing 99.9 per cent availability.
E-PORT
The focus now is on transforming the Port of
Mombasa into a fully fl edged e-port, with the
principal project being the introduction of the
national single electronic window system.
When fully implemented, this will provide
all stakeholders with access to cargo data
through a single interface. The project will
operate a common platform right across
Kenya, bringing together cargo owners,
forwarders and government authorities such
as the revenue service and Customs.
The KPA’s efforts to automate and compu-
terise all its systems have been welcomed by
port users, port staff and other stakeholders.
The benefi ts are enormous, helping to reduce
costs and boost productivity.
PORT DETAILS
58 KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY HANDBOOK 2012-13
LAMU
AIRPORTLamu, 2 km (light aircraft only).
ACCOMMODATIONSecure port with three anchorages for vessels
of 91.43 metres LOA and 5.18 metres draught
to enter the harbour at LWST. Spring tide rise
is 3.35 metres.
Depth at anchorage: Shella 6.4 metres, Lamu
South 5.8 metres, Lamu Upper 8.8 metres.
Loading and discharge by dhows of 5 to 60
tons capacity.
DEVELOPMENTConstruction of the fi rst berths of what is
expected to become a new mega port for the
Indian Ocean should start in 2012.
POSITIONLat 2°18’S; long 40°55’E.
TOWAGETugs of up to 4,626 hp available from Mombasa.
PORT DETAILS
MOMBASA
Includes Kilindini Harbour, Port Reitz, the Old
Port and Port Tudor. The port is the main outlet
for the landlocked East African countries of
Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
ACCOMMODATIONThe port has two harbours: Kilindini Harbour
on the south-west side of Mombasa Island
and, on the east side of the island, Mombasa
Old Port, which is entered between Ras Serani
and Mackenzie Point about 0.8 km NNE. The
Old Port is used only by dhows, small coasters
of 53.33 metres LOA and bulk cement carriers
up to 145.08 metres LOA and 7.92 metres
draught. These moor off the bulk cement
loading installations on the mainland side of the
Old Harbour on Ras Kidomoni (English Point).
There is a total of 3,044 metres of deepwater
quays with depths of 9.45 metres to 15.0
metres at LWOST. Berths are numbered
from 1 to 18. Two berths for handling bulk/
bagged cement at Mbaraki with a total of 315
metres length and 10.5 metres depth. A depth
of 10.97 metres may be achieved by placing
additional Yokohama fenders.
The North and South lighterage wharves, with
a total length of 412 metres, are also available.
Berth 9 is used for loading of soda ash by
conveyor. Two tanker berths and one oil jetty.
AIRPORTMoi International Airport, Mombasa, 6 km.
APPROACHEntrance channel to Old Port has a minimum
depth of 11.6 metres. Entrance from the sea
to Kilindini Harbour is by an approach channel
7 nautical miles long, 300 metres wide, now
being increased to minus 15 metres, on a
transit of 301° (Ras Serani leads), thence
directly to the harbour between Ras Mwa
Kisenge on the mainland south and Ras Mzimili
on the south of Mombasa Island about 0.6 km
SW of Ras Serani lighthouse.
ANCHORAGESKilindini is a fi ne sheltered harbour with anchor-
ages for oceangoing vessels of between
6.0 and 12.0 metres draught. Anchorage for
coasters and fi shing vessels also available.
Anchorage outside the port area is not recom-
mended because of poor holding grounds and
strong currents.
AUTHORITYKenya Ports Authority (KPA)
PO Box 95009-80104, Mombasa
Tel: +254 (0)41 231 3999
Fax: +254 (0)41 231 1867
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.kpa.co.ke
BUNKERSAvailable by barge.
CONTAINER AND RO-RO FACILITIESMainly at Berths 16, 17 and 18 with a back-up
area for stacking and handling containers.
Ro-ro facilities available at Berths 5 and 13.
CRANESQuays and port areas are served by travelling
cranes of 5 to 20 tonnes capacity, three electric
portal cranes of 5 to 20 tonnes and 11 mobile
cranes. Berths 16 to 18: equipment includes
seven rail-mounted ship-to-shore gantry
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cranes – three (new) of 45 tonnes capacity
and four (old) of 40 tonnes capacity. Two
rail-mounted gantry cranes, 22 rubber tyred
gantry cranes plus mobile yard cranes of 5 to 35
tonnes. Various mobile cranes and rail-mounted
cranes from 5 to 25 tonnes operate in the port
area.
CRUISE TERMINALCruise ships are usually accommodated at
Berths 1 and 2. There are plans to build a dedi-
cated cruise terminal at these two berths.
DEVELOPMENTPlans to build a free zone at Dongo Kundu;
construction of a new 1.2 million teu container
terminal now under way; Kipevu Oil Terminal
to be relocated; road and rail infrastructure to
be built and modernised; dredging programme
will be completed in 2012.
FRESH WATERFresh water is always available from shore
hydrants at Berths 1 to 3. Average rate is
20 tonnes per hour. Fresh water available at
anchorage and other berths by barge (max
300 tonnes per trip) and harbour tug ‘El-Lamy’
(max 150 tonnes per trip).
IMPORTS AND EXPORTSMain imports: crude oil, fertilisers, salt, sugar,
paper, iron and steel, motor vehicles, farm
machinery, wheat, maize.
Main exports: coffee, tea, soda ash, cement,
canned fruit.
LARGEST VESSEL The port can accommodate vessels up to
13.25 metres draught and 259 metres LOA.
LOCAL HOLIDAYSLabour Day (1 June) and Christmas Day are
normally the only holidays on which the port
is closed, except for necessary pilotage of
ships in and out of harbour and for dealing
with mail, passengers, baggage, livestock
and perishables. On other public holidays,
restricted working may be carried out at over-
time rates.
MEDICAL AIDPrivate and public hospitals in the town.
PILOTAGECompulsory for all vessels except pleasure
boats and small fi shing vessels. VHF Channels
16 and 12.
POSITIONLat 4°04’S; long 39°41’E.
PROVISIONS Fresh meat, fruit and vegetables available.
ISSA members on hand.
RADIOAvailable 24 hours a day on VHF Channels 12
and 16.
SHIPREPAIRAfrican Marine & General Engineering Co. One dry
dock, length 180 metres, entrance width 24.75
metres, maximum water depth HWS 7.9 metres.
Most types of repair work undertaken. Southern
Engineering Co Ltd also has repair facilities.
STACKINGTotal stacking area at the container terminal is
137,000 square metres.
STORAGEEight main quay transit sheds with a total fl oor
area of 62,890 square metres and three other
transit sheds with 36,952 square metres of
fl oor area.
TANKER TERMINALSKipevu Oil Terminal (KOT), at Port Reitz, can
accommodate crude oil tankers up to 100,000
dwt and 259 metres LOA. Depth alongside is
13.41 metres at LOWST.
Shimanzi Oil Terminal (SOT) can accommodate
vessels up to 35,000 dwt, 198.0 metres LOA and
9.75 metres draught. Slop tank facilities available.
Cased Oil Jetty between Berth 10 and
Shimanzi Oil Terminal can accommodate
vessels up to 73 metres LOA and 6.0 metres
draught. Currently not in use.
TIDESTidal range is 4.0 metres maximum at spring
tide and 2.5 metres at neap tides.
TOWAGECompulsory. Tugs up to 4,626 hp (3,450 kw)
and 57.8 tons bollard pull available.
Marine operations: three berthing tugs, four
pilot boats (one for security patrols) and two
mooring boats have been acquired.
New 55 to 60 ton bollard pull tugs are multipur-
pose. A fourth tug, the ‘El-Lamy’, was refur-
bished and is also in service.
TRAFFICThe port handled a total of 19.6 million tonnes
of cargo in 2011.
WASTE RECEPTIONShips’ agents appoint waste collectors
licensed by the National Environment Manage-
ment Authority (NEMA) and Kenya Ports
Authority (KPA).
WORKING HOURS07.00 to 15.00, 15.00 to 23.00. Extension of
regular hours, Saturdays, Sundays and public
holidays all constitute overtime.
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USEFUL ADDRESSESKENYA PORTS AUTHORITY (KPA)PO Box 95009, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 231 2211Fax: +254 (0)41 231 1867Email: [email protected]
KENYA MARITIME AUTHORITYPO Box 95076 - 80104MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 2318398Email: [email protected]; [email protected]. maritimeauthority.co.ke
KENYA RAILWAYSOff Haile Selassie AvenuePO Box 30121-00100, NairobiTel: +254 (0)20 204 476Fax: +254 (0)20 340 049; 224 156Email: [email protected]
LLOYD’S AGENTMcLarens Toplis, Maritime House Moi Avenue, PO Box 82208, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 1068Email: [email protected]
ASSOCIATIONSCRUISE INDIAN OCEAN ASSOCIATION (CIOA)c/o PO Box 99209-80107, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 3245Fax: +254 (0)41 222 8344Email: [email protected]
KENYA INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT & WAREHOUSING ASSOCIATION (KIFWA)PO Box 94018, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 230069Email: [email protected]
KENYA SHIPS AGENTS’ Association (KSAA)Mogadishu RoadPO Box 83908, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 3742; 202 3529Fax: +254 (0)41 222 3742Email: [email protected]
KENYA TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (KTA)Mama Ngina DrivePO Box 88502, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 231 1958Fax: +254 (0)41 312015Email: [email protected]
THE TRANSIT TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION AUTHORITY OF THE NORTHERN CORRIDOR (NCTTCA)House 1196, Links Road, NyaliPO Box 95341-80104, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 200 0881; 470 734Fax: +254 (0)41 470 735Email: ttca @ ttcanc.org www.ttcanc.org
PORT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN & SOUTHERN AFRICA (PMAESA)PO Box 99209-80107, MombasaTel: +254 41 222 3245Fax: +254 41 222 8344Email: [email protected]
BANKSCENTRAL BANK OF KENYANkrumah Road, PO Box 86372 MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 246000Fax: +254 (0)41 222524Email: [email protected]
CITIBANK NA KENYAPO Box 90681-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 1071Fax: +254 (0)41 231 2231Email: [email protected]
COMMERCIAL BANK OF AFRICAPO Box 90681-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 4711/2Fax: +254 (0)41 231 5274Email: [email protected]
FIRST AMERICAN BANK OF KENYA LTDPO Box 87820, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 228016Fax: +254 (0)41 228034
KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK (KCB)PO Box 90254, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 312523/8Fax: +254 (0)41 228443Email: [email protected]
BULK HANDLERS (DRY AND LIQUID)
GRAIN BULK HANDLERS LTD (GBHL)Grain House, Beira Road, Shimanzi, PO Box 80469-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 223 0183/5, 223 0233/5/8Fax: +254 (0)41 223 0232Email: [email protected]
GULF STREAM INVESTMENTS LTD (GSIL)PO Box 1670-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 231 5420Fax: +254 (0)41 231 5540Email: [email protected]
MBARAKI BULK TERMINAL LIMITEDMbaraki Wharf,PO Box 90147-80100, Mombasa. KENYATel: +254 (0)41 2224910, 2311103, 2313606 Fax: +254 (0)41 2227544, 2223858Email: [email protected]
BUNKER SUPPLIERSALBA PETROLEUM LIMITED PO Box 97155Tangana RoadMbaraki CreekMombasa 80112Tel: +254 41 231 7001/2/8/9Fax:+254 41 231 7010 Email: [email protected]
FOSSIL FUELS LTDP0 Box 87126, 80100, MombasaTel: +254 41 2319936/20 8070284� 5 Fax: +254 208070281/3Cell: +254 723685317 / 736391602Email: [email protected]/fossil
KENYA SHELL LTDPO Box 90250, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 249 5041Email: [email protected]
OCEANIC BUNKERING & PRODUCTS LTDPO Box 81737, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 220270Fax: +254 (0)41 220 085Email: [email protected]
CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT AGENTSNEFF AUTO SPARES & HARDWARE LTD (NASH)PO Box 89026, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 224464Fax: +254 (0)41 229623Email: [email protected]
PASICO EASTERN AFRICA LTDPO Box 27643-00506, NairobiTel: +254 (0)20 201 5775/7Fax: +254 (0)20 201 5770Email: [email protected]
TRADECON (MSA) LTDPO Box 97897-80112, MombasaTel: +254 0(0)41 249 3100Fax: +254 (0)41 249 3076Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
CARGO INSPECTIONCOTECNA INSPECTION EAST AFRICA LTDPO Box 86337, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 226 683Email: [email protected]
SGS KENYA LTDPO Box 90264-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 6677Fax: +254 (0)41 222 8703Email: [email protected]
CEMENT PRODUCERSBAMBURI CEMENT LTD6th & 9th fl oors, Kenya Re Towers Mara Ragati Road, Upper Hill PO Box 10921-00100, Nairobi Tel +254 (0)20) 271 0510; 271 0487-9Fax: +254 (0)20 271 0581/2 Cell: +254 (0)722 205 001; (0)720 627 000; (0)733 633 333Email:[email protected]
CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIESBUREAU VERITAS KENYA LTD1st fl oor, ABC Place Waiyaki Way, NairobiTel: +254 (0)20 445 0560/1/2/3/4/Fax: +254 (0)20 445 0565
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COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENTSOUTHERN SHIPPING SERVICES LTDMiritini, Mombasa/Nairobi Rd, Jomvu-Miritini/next to Caltex Petrol StationPO Box 40268, MombasaTel: +254-41-2227235Fax: +254-41-2316029Email: [email protected]
CONTAINER FREIGHT STATIONSAWANAD LOGISTICS & CFSPO Box 2868, MombasaTel: +254 (0)20 233 1187Email: [email protected]
COMPACT FREIGHT SYSTEMS LTDPO Box 86232-80100, MombasaTel: 254 (0)41 419 342/501Cell: +254 (0)720 270 845Email: [email protected]
CONSOLBASE LTDRefi nery Road, ChangamwePO Box 86391-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 343 0265/6/7/8Fax: +254 (0)41 343 4508Email: [email protected]
FOCUSPO Box 43092, Changamwe, MombasaTel: +254 702139149Email: [email protected]
INTERPEL INVESTMENTS LTD PO Box 86823-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 343 0105/6/7Fax: +254 (0)41 343 0108Email: [email protected]
MITCHELL COTTS FREIGHT (K) LTDVoi Street, ShimanziPO Box 42485-89100, MombasaTel:254 (0)20 231 5780; 222 5509; 222 9609Cell: +254 (0)722 880 688Fax: +254 (0)20 222 6181Email: [email protected]
MOMBASA CONTAINER TERMINAL LTDOff Mombasa/Nairobi Road, ChangamwePO Box 90253, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 1703; 343 3430Fax: +256 (0)41 222 8565; 343 4038
PORTSIDE FREIGHT TERMINALS LIMITEDPO Box 99686 –80107, Mombasa Tel: +254 (0)20 2039642Fax:+254 (0)20 2039643Email: [email protected]
CONTAINER HANDLINGSOUTHERN SHIPPING SERVICES LTDMiritini, Mombasa/Nairobi Rd, Jomvu-Miritini/next to Caltex Petrol StationPO Box 40268, MombasaTel: +254 41 222 7235Fax: +254 41 231 6029Email: [email protected]
CONSTRUCTORSLEE CONSTRUCTION LTDPO Box 28969, NairobiTel: +254 (0)20 531 583/4Fax: +254 (0)20 531 580Email: [email protected]
ENERGY PROVIDERSTHE KENYA POWER & LIGHTING CO LTDElectricity HousePO Box 90104, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 225 564/7Email: [email protected]
FERRY OPERATORSKENYA FERRY SERVICES LTDPO Box 95187, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 229679Email: [email protected]
FREIGHT FORWARDERSBAMBURI SHIPCHANDLERS (K) LTDP.O Box 81728 - 80100, Mombasa, KenyaTel: +254 (0)41 231 7295Fax: +254 (0) 41 231 4943Cell: +254 (0)727 737 777, +254 (0)773 737 777Email: [email protected], [email protected]
EXPRESS KENYA LTD(Mombasa Freight Department)Zanzibar RoadPO Box 90631, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 231 2461/3; 231 1800Email: [email protected]
FREIGHT FORWARDERS KENYA LTDPO Box 90682, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 227 573Email: [email protected]
KENFREIGHT (EA) LTDPO Box 88598, MombasaTel: +254 41 231 6800/1Fax: +254 41 231 6115 Email: [email protected]
MAERSK LOGISTICS KENYA LTDMaritime Centre, Archbishop Makarios Close, off Moi AvenuePO Box 89911, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 1273/6; 222 0056Fax: +254 (0)41 222 0086; 231 6260Email: [email protected]
MITCHELL COTTS FREIGHT (K) LTDVoi Street, ShimanziPO Box 42485-89100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)20 231 5780; 222 5509; 222 9609Cell: +254 (0)722 880 688Fax: +254 (0)20 222 6181Email: [email protected]
SDV TRANSAMI (K) LTDChangamwe RoadOff Mombasa-Nairobi RoadPO Box 90263-80100, Mombasa Tel: +254 (0)41 343 3430Fax: +254 (0)41 343 4037Email: [email protected] www.sdvkenya.com
INLAND TRANSPORTSOUTHERN SHIPPING SERVICES LTDMiritini, Mombasa/Nairobi Rd, Jomvu-Miritini/next to Caltex Petrol StationPO Box 40268, MombasaTel: +254-41-2227235Fax: +254-41-2316029Email: [email protected]
LOGISTICSALPHA LOGISTICS SERVICES (EPZ) LTDMbaraki Wharf, Near Likoni FerryPO Box 40268-80100, MombasaTel: +254-41-2227232/2227235 Fax: +254-41-2313407/2316029Email: [email protected]
SIGINON FREIGHT LTDPO Box 55953 - 00200, NairobiTel: +254 20 344272Email: [email protected]
OIL REFINERIESKENYA PETROLEUM REFINERIES LTDRefi nery Road, ChangamwePO Box 90401-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 433511Fax: +254 (0)41 343 2603Email: refi [email protected]
QUALITY & SAFETY SERVICESINTERTEK TESTING SERVICES (EA) (PTY) LTDDavid Kayanda RoadPO Box 611-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 4693/4Fax: +254 (0)41 222 8251Email: [email protected]
SEAFOOD PRODUCTIONEAST AFRICA SEA FOOD LTDRoad A off Enterprise Rd, PO Box 10271-00400, NairobiTel: +254 20 3513510/3513502/3513503/6533355/6531610Fax: +254 20 3513501/6533750/6532616Email: [email protected], [email protected]
SHIP CHANDLERSBAMBURI SHIPCHANDLERS (K) LTDP.O Box 81728 - 80100, Mombasa, KenyaTel: +254 (0)41 231 7295Fax: +254 (0) 41 231 4943Cell: +254 (0)727 737 777, +254 (0)773 737 777Email: [email protected], [email protected]
GREEN ISLAND SHIP CHANDLERS (K) LTDPO Box 88244, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 223 0835; 231 1096; 222 9993Cell: +254 (0)722 411 969Fax: +254 (0)41 223 0835Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
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SHIPPING AGENTSAFRICAN LINER AGENCIES LTDMaritime House, Moi AvenuePO Box 43181, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 9485Fax: +254 (0)41 222 9364Email: [email protected] Lines Represented:
GLOBAL CONTAINER LINEDelmas Kenya LtdKipevu Rd ChangamwePO Box 90262, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 343 3430/343 5262Fax: +254 (0)41 343 5263Email: [email protected]
DIAMOND SHIPPING SERVICES LTD9th Floor, Cannon Tower IIPO Box 1185-80100Moi Avenue, Mombasa Tel: +254 (0)41 222 8810 Fax: +254 (0)41 222 9118Email: [email protected]
GAC-SEAFORTH SHIPPING (KENYA) LTD1st fl oor, Cotts House, Moi AvePO Box 85593-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 231 3776/7; 222 9113Fax: +254 (0)41 231 4513Email: [email protected]
GREEN ISLAND SHIPPING SERVICES (K) LTDPO Box 88244, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 223 0835; 231 1096; 222 9993Cell: +254 (0)722 411 969Fax: +254 (0)41 223 0835Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
I. MESSINA KENYA LTD3rd fl oor, Tarachand PlazaMakarios Close, Off Moi AvePO Box 87641-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 231 9640/1/2Tel: +254 41 231 9643Email: [email protected]
INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICESInchcape House, Archbishop Makarios RdPO Box 90194, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 8226/231 4245Fax: +254 (0)42 231 4662Email: [email protected]
KENYA NATIONAL SHIPPING LINE LTD1st fl oor, Canon Towers II, Moi AvenuePO Box 88206-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 5885; 222 1443Fax: +254 (0)41 222 2158Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
MAERSK KENYA LTDHarbour House, Moi AvenuePO Box 89911, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 0056 Fax: +254 (0)41 222 0086Email: [email protected]
MAKEDONIA MARITIME (K) LTDBaggage Hall, KilindiniPO Box 16876, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 231 4421/231 1196Fax: +254 (0)41 223 0120Email: [email protected]
MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING CO (MSC)MSC Plaza, Moi AvenuePO Box 80637, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 3446/7Fax: +254 (0)41 231 5886/231 1250Email: [email protected]
MOTAKU SHIPPING AGENCIES LTDMotaku House, Tangana RdPO Box 80419, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 9065Fax: +254 (0)41 222 0777Email: [email protected]
PIL (KENYA) LTD2nd fl oor, Inchcape House Mikanjuni RoadPO Box 43050, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 5361Fax: +254 (0)41 222 5927Email: [email protected]
SEA BULK SHIPPING SERVICES LTD89 St Edward ClosePO Box 84385, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 2972/222 7127Fax: +254 (0)41 222 9095Email: [email protected]
SEATRADE AGENCIES (K) LTD Cotts House, Moi AvenuePO Box 83633, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 231 3776/7; 222 9113Fax: +254 (0)41 231 4513Email: [email protected]
SHARAF SHIPPING AGENCY (K) LTD3rd fl oor, Inchcape House Mikanjuni RoadPO Box 1125-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 8888Fax: +254 (0)41 222 1915Email: [email protected] www.sharafshipping.com
SHIPMARC LTDLiwatoni, GanjoniPO Box 99543, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 9241Fax: +254 (0)41 704 2328
SPANFREIGHT SHIPPING LTDCreek Marine House, Nyali RdPO Box 99760-80107, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 1540Fax: +254 (0)41 231 092Email: [email protected]
STAR EAST AFRICA COPO Box 86725-80100,MombasaTel. 254 (0)41 222 2044Fax: +254 (0)41 222 7701/222 9197Email: [email protected]
STURROCK SHIPPING (K) LTD2nd fl oor, Harbour HousePO Box 80147, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 5589; 231 2662Fax: +254-041 231 3813Email: [email protected]
WANANCHI MARINE PRODUCTS (K) LTDLiwatoni Complex, Liwatoni RoadPO Box 81841, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 6479/222 0517/8Fax: +254 (0)41 222 7577Email: [email protected]
W.E.C. LINES KENYA LTD Mezzanine fl oor, MSC Plaza Moi Avenue, PO Box 99774-80107 MombasaTel. 254 (0)41 231 1071/231 1072Fax: +254 (0)41 231 1070Email: [email protected]
WILHELMSEN SHIPS SERVICE (WSS)Bawazir House, Nyerere AvenuePO Box 84530-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 7964/223 0278Fax: +254 (0)41 223 0277Email: [email protected]/shipsservice
SHIPYARD/SHIPREPAIRAFRICAN MARINE & GENERAL ENGINEERING CO LTD (AMGECO)PO Box 90462-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 222 1651/4; 222 2407Fax: +254 (0)41 231 3168; 222 0732Email: [email protected]
SOUTHERN ENGINEERING CO LTD (SECO)Mbaraki Wharf, Near Likoni FerryPO Box 84162 - 80100, MombasaTel: +254-41-2227235/2229378 Fax: +254-41-2316029/2313407Email: [email protected]* A member of Alpha Group Marine Division
SODA EXPORTERSMAGADI SODA CO LTDPO Box 90492-80100, MombasaTel: +254 (0)41 231 5451Fax: +254 (0)41 222 3681Email: [email protected]; [email protected]* Head offi ce located in Magadi
SUPPLY BASE PROVIDERALPHA LOGISTICS SERVICES (EPZ) LTDMbaraki Wharf, Near Likoni FerryPO Box 40268-80100, MombasaTel: +254-41-2227232/2227235 Fax: +254-41-2313407/2316029Email: [email protected]
TUGSDAMEN SHIPYARDSPO Box 14200AA GorinchemThe NetherlandsTel: +31 (0)183 63 99 11Fax: +31 (0)183 63 21 [email protected]
VEHICLE HANDLINGBOSS FREIGHT TERMINAL LTDPO Box 3386Off Mbaraki RoadMombasaTel: +254 41 231 8034 [email protected]
KENYA PORTS AUTHORITYPO Box 95009-80104, Mombasa, KenyaTel: +254 (0)41 211 3999, +254 (0)41 211 2999Wireless: +254 (0)20 357 5880/8Mobile: +254 (0)72 020 2525, +254 (0)73 431 2211Fax: +254 (0)41 231 1867Email: [email protected]� .kpa.co.ke