More massive Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) Cranes arrives for SGR

[MK254]

The last four new Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) Cranes between berths 11-14 arrive at the port of Mombasa. They are valued at Sh375 million each. Photo | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG


The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has received four new cranes to boost the volume of cargo transported to Embakasi Inland Depot via the standard gauge railway (SGR).

The equipment is also expected to improve efficiency and enable the ports agency to load at least seven freight trains a day.

“With a monthly increase, we expect by December to hit 10 trains...The cranes have a capacity of 65 metric tonnes and have the latest technology, which uses electric power,” said KPA acting managing director Daniel Manduku.

Currently, seven trains cargo trains leave Mombasa for Nairobi daily. The rail mounted gantry cranes are crucial for loading and discharging rail wagons.

They are part of the six cranes the KPA ordered from China in December 2016 a cost of Sh2.12 billion. The other two, which were delivered in May, are operational.

“KPA continues to invest in equipment maintenance and acquisition to improve service delivery and customer satisfaction. We will ensure that the Port of Mombasa remains one of the best equipped in the region,” said Dr Manduku after he received the equipment, adding that the cranes will serve the SGR trains at the newly created loading zones adjacent to berth No. 11 to 14.

“The offloading of the equipment is usually a meticulous process thus we expect this exercise to take approximately 14 days to offload and pull to the RMG area, which is 200 metres from the berths,” said Dr Manduku.

The process, KPA said, is likely to interrupt normal operations.

“Therefore, efforts have been made to ensure sections of the terminal are left clear for traffic flow during the operation...The cranes will be commissioned in four weeks after completion of the offloading process,” he said.

Dr Manduku said plans to expand and modernise the Mombasa port are still on course.

“We are already witnessing positive results after acquiring one new ship-to-shore-gantry crane and 12 rubber-tyred gantry cranes between April and June, for the second container terminal,” he said.

“That explains the recent record performance in our container operations following the discharge of 3,872 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in less than eight hours.”

KPA gets more cranes to boost rail cargo delivery

 

[MK254]

Wimbo ni ule le...SGR mble kwa mbele

 

[mwaswast]

Hapa huwezi waona wanachungulia tu na kuugua kwa wivu.

 

[Depay]

Lazima wamelose weight for thinking of how to kill The Kenyan Spirit..... Poor Danganyikans.

 

[Uhuru n Umoja]

Lazima wamelose weight for thinking of how to kill The Kenyan Spirit..... Poor Danganyikans.

Wewe Tindiga, daraja limeporomoka mahala!

 

[Depay]

Wewe Tindiga, daraja limeporomoka mahala!

Leo vipi hujapata Albino

 

[Uhuru n Umoja]

Leo vipi hujapata Albino

Albino is a gone story and the vicious crimes against them have been well contained by the state security organs. And BTW, how do they relate to this issue? daraja la SGR limeporomoka mahala na Mikenya ilivyo Mipoyoyo iko huku inaongea Mashudu.

The Chinese have over 4500 workers in your SGR while more than 40% Kenyans are jobless; most of those Chinese workers stay in luxurious suburbs while unemployed silly Kenyans live in slums.

Ndio maana nawaita Matindiga , SGR madaraja yanaporomoka, da! Mchina kapinda sana.

 

[Depay]

Albino is a gone story and the vicious crimes against them have been well contained by the state security organs. And BTW, how do they relate to this issue? daraja la SGR limeporomoka mahala na Mikenya ilivyo Mipoyoyo iko huku inaongea Mashudu.

The Chinese have over 4500 workers in your SGR while more than 40% Kenyans are jobless; most of those Chinese workers stay in luxurious suburbs while unemployed silly Kenyans live in slums.

Ndio maana nawaita Matindiga , SGR madaraja yanaporomoka, da! Mchina kapinda sana.

Hahahaha.... Burying head in the sand. Dangagizan style. I hate people who pretend, they are worse than murderers

 

[Uhuru n Umoja]

Hahahaha.... Burying head in the sand. Dangagizan style. I hate people who pretend, they are worse than murderers

Pretend! How? can you be kind enough and point out any known previous attack against people with albinism in Tanzania? The situation has ever since been well contained, I only hear such attacks in South Africa, Burundi, Congo and recently Mozambique.

With regard to Chinese workers: Most of you silly motherfu-cke-rs are far more stupid than most people think of you. How can you probably agree to such ridiculous arrangements that see the country with massive unemployment issues outsourcing unskilled labor-force from a foreign country? huu ni UTINDIGA wa kiwango cha juu sana. Poyoyo.

I am tempted to think, every Kenyan is a glue smoker

 

[MENGELENI KWETU]

HONGERA kwa Kenya.

 

[Depay]

Pretend! How? can you be kind enough and point out any known previous attack against people with albinism in Tanzania? The situation has ever since been well contained, I only hear such attacks in South Africa, Burundi, Congo and recently Mozambique.

With regard to Chinese workers: Most of you silly motherfu-cke-rs are far more stupid than most people think of you. How can you probably agree to such ridiculous arrangements that see the country with massive unemployment issues outsourcing unskilled labor-force from a foreign country? huu ni UTINDIGA wa kiwango cha juu sana. Poyoyo.

I am tempted to think, every Kenyan is a glue smoker

Tihahahhaaaaa.... Now see, Don't eat me up. I am not living with Albinism. Don't confuse me for one.Who would want to believe a Danganyikan on matters satanism. You will never erase that dark act from your dingy country friend.You ate just bad people. Full stop.

 

[Kafrican]

 

[1academ]

magu akipata midude kama hii ataizindua wiki nzima dahh!