THE port of Mombasa handled ten containerships during the week ended June 6, up from eight that loaded and discharged cargo the week earlier
THE port of Mombasa handled ten containerships during the week ended June 6, up from eight that loaded and discharged cargo the week earlier. During the week under review a total of 26 cargo ships were handled by the Kenyan port. Twelve towering ship-to-shore cranes discharged export and import containers. Seventy-eight terminal tractors were deployed to move export containers from the yards ready for loading onto berthed vessels, Business Daily, Nairobi reported.
While the cargo handling activities took place, container stacking operations by 50 diesel powered rubber-tyred gantries went on simultaneously. Also happening at the yards was the loading of import containers onto trucks ready for delivery through exit gates.
At the back-end of the second container terminal went on the loading and shunting of standard gauge rail freight service trains.
During the week under review, the container terminals registered a ship average working time of 2.63 days and import container dwell time of 2.68 days.
Deliveries of containers by road transport recorded 9,204 TEU while the Mombasa-Nairobi?Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) registered 3,997 TEU. Local destined containers amounted to 4,227 TEU while transit bound registered 5,285 TEU.
