LAPSSET: Lamu Port and South Sudan Ethiopia Transport: News & Photos

Kafrican said:
Ifikie Geza na wengineo wanaofikiria projects Kenya zilisimama
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Kafrican said:
New Kipevu Ofshore Oil Terminal

U/C , It will be the biggest oil Terminal on the Eastern Seaboard of Africa!

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Hizo pilons/pipes zinatengezwa Lamu kwa workshop iliotumika kutengeneza pilons za Bandari ya Lamu na husafirishwa na meli hadi Mombasa...

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eliakeem joto la jiwe Geza Ulole mkorinto Ndekrepha Mbolabilika bagamoyo MOTOCHINI ichoboy01 Chamoto ndio hii Port of Bagamoyo
 
Mekatilili said:
Grand expansion for Mombasa, Lamu, inland depots

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The ambitious expansion plan of 2012 has made the Port of Mombasa the biggest in East and Central Africa.

It is currently ranked fifth in Africa in terms of cargo volume after Port Said in Egypt, Durban in South Africa, Tanger Med in Morocco and Alexandria in Egypt.

The Kenya Ports Authority management is undertaking huge infrastructure projects within the Port of Mombasa, Lamu Port, Shimoni Port and the Kisumu Port.

Lamu Port’s berth Number 1 and Kisumu Port’s Sh33 billion facelift are also awaiting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s official opening.

In Mombasa, Phase II of the Second Container Terminal (CT2) is 40 per cent complete since construction began in February 2019.

Toyo Construction Co Ltd of Japan is undertaking Phase II of CT2.

In an earlier interview, KPA Managing Director Dr Daniel Manduku said completion of Phase II of the Second Container Terminal will increase Mombasa port's container handling capacity by more than one million Total Equivalent Units (TEUs).
Phase I of the Second Container Terminal, which was commissioned in 2016, can handle 550,000 TEUs, whereas Phase II can handle 450,000.

Last year, the Port of Mombasa handled 1.2 million TEUs and it aims to handle 1.4 million TEUs by the end of this year.
In September this year, the port already had handled 1.06 million TEUs (containers) compared to last year’s 957,568 TEUs within the same period — a 10.7 per cent increase.

“Going by our daily handling of 3,500 TEUs and 4,000 TEUs, simple arithmetic tells us that we might even surpass 1.4 million TEUs in 2019. We are optimistic that we shall surpass our target for this year," Manduku said.
According to KPA’s 30-year (2018-2047) Master Plan, Mombasa Port will be handling about 10 million containers annually within three decades.

Manduku said Mombasa Port has been growing steadily in cargo throughput and container traffic for the last decade.
“By the year 2027, we are looking to handle 2.9 million TEUs, 5.5 million TEUs in 2037 and 9.8 million TEUs in 2047,” Manduku said.

To boost Coast tourism, Mombasa port is also building a Sh350 million Cruise Ship Terminal at Berth Number 1 within the port.
The Cruise Ship Terminal will have an immigration centre, a hotel and accommodation facilities and other amenities. It is 95 per cent complete.

It is expected to be opened in December.

The terminal will allow the simultaneous berthing of two Oasis-class cruise ships, the world's largest.
South of Mombasa, the KPA management is developing the Sh30 billion Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone, which will have additional berths at Mombasa Port.

“We shall also expand and modernise infrastructure, specifically the construction of new berths to the west at the Port of Mombasa,” he said.

KPA is also developing an oil- handling facility by relocating Kipevu Oil Terminal to a more suitable location to allow for expansion.
Meantime, Lamu Port will have new berths for general cargo, liquid bulk and dry bulk.

The first Lamu berth has been completed. The first commercial vessel is expected to dock next month.

Manduku says trans-shipment business for Kenya has grown over the last few years.

This year, KPA had projected to 86,255 TEUs of transhipment cargo at Mombasa, but within the first nine months, it had already handled 153,327 TEUs.

“The Port of Mombasa has performed well in trans-shipment cargo. However, we are banking on Lamu Port to be the biggest trans-shipment port in the region,” Manduku said.

The Lamu port will have a capacity of 76 million tons by the year 2047.

Manduku said Lamu port has very attractive traffic regimes for shipping companies and aggressive marketing strategies to ensure it can compete with other ports of the world.

In Nairobi, Manduku said the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi was revamped and its capacity increased to 450,000 TEUs annually.

“Following construction and operationalisation of the SGR, the use of cargo trains has greatly increased traffic to the ICDN, it is recommended the facility’s capacity be expanded to one million TEUs annually,” he said.

The ort boss said container volumes ferried by the SGRareprojected to increase to 732,000 TEUs in 2022, 909,000 TEUs in 2027, 1.33 million TEUs in 2037 and 2.20 million TEUs in 2047.

'Plans are underway to put up other ICDs proposed to be near major economic and logistics centres and national borders ," Manduku said.

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Grand expansion for Mombasa, Lamu, inland depots

Cruise ship terminal opens next month for world's biggest vessels.
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Very good but, only when the written is true! It is unfortunate that this lust for the best, the biggest, etc. can make you wish to have the largest number of COVID-19 patients. It is hell in a country!
 
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DP World Completes 400 Meter Expansion Of Somaliland’s Berbera Port.
13th August 2020 Godfrey Ivudria0 Comments

DP World this week announced the completion of a 400-meter expansion of the Berbera port in Somaliland.

The Dubai Port Company that is contracted to expand the port said once operational, it will increase the terminal’s capacity by 500,000 TEUs per year and further strengthen Berbera as a major regional trade hub servicing the Horn of Africa.

In a tweet, DP World stated: “We have just completed a 400m quay and a new extension at Berbera Port, Somaliland. Once operational, it will increase the terminal’s capacity by 500,000 TEUs per year and will further strengthen Berbera as a major regional trade hub servicing the Horn of Africa.”

The news has elicited excitement within the Somaliland government with the vice president Abdirahman Abdilahi saying: “As Deputy President of Somaliland and on behalf of the people, words can’t express my great excitement about the nearing completion of the Berbera port expansion. my gratitude goes to the Sheikhs of the UAE and the DP World.”

DP world, the Dubai based world’s largest port operator is the key player in the rebuilding of Berbera, they have invested $442 million for the expansion of the port and are also the economic free zone. It has projected to complete work by February next year.

In 2017 when the original agreement was signed, the CEO of DP World Mr. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem drew a parallel between the growth of Dubai and the development path Somaliland is on and added “Our vision is to make Berbera a trading and transportation hub for the Horn of Africa.”

Berbera port is among the few corridors in the Horn of African region, which serves for both military and commercial purposes.

The Berbera Port was built in 1964 by the Soviet Union and further expanded by the United States of America (USA) in 1982. It has served for both the Soviet Union and the U.S military within a span of 20 years.

Once completed, facilities and service will surpass those in the neighbouring Djibouti according to the contractors.

According to the DP World, the port will be able to handle the biggest ships compared to the other ports in the region and will complement activities at the Port of Djibouti and the Lamu Port which is also under expansion in the coast of Kenya.

The Berbera Port expansion is the largest investment in Somaliland since it parted ways with Somalia in 1991.

Work on the port expansion has reduced due to the measures put in place in the fight against the spread of the deadly coronavirus but the Somaliland government and the DP World have projected all facilities will be ready for operation early 2021.

“We are very much on course. Of course the coronavirus has affected the speed at which we were on, but we will soldier on and deliver the most modern port facility in Berbera,” an official of the DP World said.

The Berbera port expansion, designed to equip the Somaliland port for major vessels and transform it into one of Africa’s pre-eminent facilities.

Expansion of the port started early last year with the first phase at a cost $101 million.

Federico Banos-Linder, Vice President External Relations, DP World, said once the port is done, Somaliland will be one of the biggest and most modern players in the maritime industry in the Horn of Africa.

“Already with phase one of the three phases done, we have increased the container capacity by 50 per cent and pushed volumes by 70 per cent which is a massive improvement.

“We are now exporting 4 million livestock from 1.5 million just less than a year ago,” said Banos-Linder.

Total investment of the two phases will reach $442m. The port’s current capacity is around 150,000 twenty-foot equivalent units [a measure of ships container carrying capacity] and is set to expand to 450,000 TEUs once development is complete.

DP World firm will also create an economic free zone in the surrounding area, targeting a range of companies in sectors from logistics to manufacturing, and a $100m road-based economic corridor connecting Berbera with Wajaale in Ethiopia

“Our aim is to make this an important regional hub for the maritime industry in the Horn of Africa,” DP World chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sultan bin Sulayem said.

“We are within schedule in our work,” he added.

DP World holds a 51 per cent stake in the Berbera port, while Ethiopia holds 19 per cent and Somaliland the rest.

DP World completes 400 meter expansion of Somaliland's Berbera Port. - East African Business Week


MY TAKE
In a span of 3 years the port is running whereas Lamu port was launched over 8 years back during kibaki era and yet not complete!
LAPSSET Corridor: President Kibaki launches 18.5bn euro Lamu port project - Kenya Engineer
 
Mwaka wa nane kitu hakina umeme wala barabara ya kuunganisha na Ethiopia na South Sudan!


This project was expected to be ready in 2016!


More of white elephant projects (Isiolo Resort City) from Kibaki era
 
Tullow suspends early oil pilot scheme over poor roads
By FREDRICK OBURA | January 15th 2020 at 12:30:32 GMT +0300
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Crude Oil being transported from Turkana fields to Mombasa

Tullow has suspended Turkana’s early oil pilot scheme (EOPS) due to severe damage to roads caused by adverse weather in the fourth quarter of 2019.

In a statement, Tullow said trucking remains on hold until all roads are repaired to a safe standard. Work continues with Joint Venture Partners and the Government of Kenya to progress the development project.

The transfer of stored crude oil from Turkana to Mombasa by road commenced on June 3, 2018, in a ceremony that was attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto.

The first truck arrived at the Kenya Petroleum Refinery Ltd in Mombasa on June 7 of the same year.

The crude oil trucking from Turkana to Mombasa has however had several challenges. In late 2018, Turkana County residents halted the process due to protests.

The community in Lokichar had protested against insecurity in the area, which they said was among the issues the Government had promised to address as it started the implementation of the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS).

Kenya formally started exporting oil to international markets in August last year when President Uhuru flagged off 200,000 barrels from Mombasa.

Tullow suspends early oil pilot scheme over poor roads
 
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