Second container terminal to cement Kenya's position as the regional hub

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President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to launch the Sh32 billion second container terminal at Mombasa later this month, cementing Kenya's position as the regional hub.

The terminal, to start operations in the coming weeks will accommodate an additional 450 twenty-foot containers and increase the handling capacity to 1.7 million from the current 1.42 million.

It is part of the Mombasa Port Development Programme designed to accommodate larger vessels, giving it a competitive edge over Dar es Salaam and Djibouti ports.

Mombasa Port is the gateway for landlocked countries including Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

“It will have three berths with lengths of 230,320 and 350 metres. The larger berths will handle Panamax container ships of 20,000 deadweight tonnage and post Panamax vessels of 60,000,” said acting Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) managing director John Mwangemi.

The official said the installed capacity at the port keeps up with the constantly growing volumes and the associated demand for services.


By 2023, the Port of Mombasa is expected to handle approximately 1.7 million containers up from the current 1.4 million.

Already KPA has procured multipurpose salvage tugboats and three ship-to-shore gantry cranes at $28.9 million for use at the new terminal to boost efficiency and bulk handling activities.

The project was undertaken by Japan’s Toyo Construction Company commenced in September 2018, and with its completion, it will open up debate on the management of the facility to pay the loan.

One of the conditions for funding the terminal by the Japanese government was that it would be operated privately.

Mombasa Port remains a key facility for the country’s international trade and serves landlocked countries of Uganda, South Sudan, Eastern DRC, Burundi and Rwanda.

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Sh32 billion second Mombasa terminal to launch march

President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to launch the Sh32 billion second container terminal at Mombasa later this month, cementing Kenya's position as the regional hub.

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haina tatizo ila Waganda walikua Dar ku-sign 30% ya Mzigo kupita Dar port!

New agreement to raise Uganda’s cargo volume inked in Dar​

TUESDAY MARCH 08 2022​

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• Currently, it is only about two percent of Uganda’s cargo that passes through the Dar es Salaam port, according to TRC Director General Masanja Kadogosa

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Dar es Salaam. Port and rail service providers in Tanzania and Uganda have signed a freight forwarding agreement with Roofings Group of Uganda in a deliberate effort to raise the volume of cargo to and from the neighbouring land-locked country that passes through the Dar es Salaam port.

The agreement signed yesterday involved the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA), the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC), the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) and was facilitated under the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA).

Currently, it is only about two percent of Uganda’s cargo that passes through the Dar es Salaam port, according to TRC Director General Masanja Kadogosa.

“This will mark an increase in shipping by 30 percent. It is a huge burden and as we speak here Uganda is adding to the Railways’ train heads to facilitate this trade” said Mr Kadogosa.

The chief operating officer of the URL, Mr Okachi Abubakar, said they were signing the agreement when 70 carriages were en route from Uganda and had set up two large ships on Lake Victoria to facilitate the transportation of the cargo.

Mr Abubakar told the company: “We are cooperating with TRC in oil shipping which has not existed for more than 15 years and we know that oil is more delicate compared to the product you want to export (dry).”


A representative from Roofings Group Martin Kyeyune said currently the company has a capacity of 250,000 tons per annum of steel and is expected to grow.

“In as far as the Central Corridor is concerned, our objective is to move all cargo by rail/water for as long as the partners in the logistics chain can handle the cargo” he noted

The TPA director general, Mr Erick Hamis said the authorities continue to promote Tanzania in the provision of port services to foreign countries by finding more traders and stakeholders in those countries, especially those located in East African Community, SADC, Comesa among others.

“Since this business was held by other people we have decided to pursue individual traders due to the fact that out of an average of 16 million tonnes passing through the port 70 percent remain in and only 30 percent go to neighboring countries,” he said.

Executive Secretary of CCTTFA, Dieudonne Dukundane said they are doing everything possible to further strengthen trade between East African countries including preparing professionals by building their capacity to study in various colleges around the world by giving them full funded scholarship.

New agreement to raise Uganda’s cargo volume inked in Dar

Port and rail service providers in Tanzania and Uganda have signed a freight forwarding agreement with Roofings Group of Uganda in a deliberate effort to raise the volume of cargo to and from the...

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“We have provided scholarships to 10 young people, two of them from each country since last year and this yea more will be provuded with scholarship to study at the Dar es Salaam Marine Institute”