THE Port of Mombasa is on track to achieve its target of 1.3 million containers this year after the facility breached the one million TEU mark early last year, according the Kenya Ports Authority managing director Daniel Manduku.
Last year, the port handled 1.2 million TEU. Mr Manduku said with only three months remaining to the close of the year, they are optimistic they will beat their 1.3 million-target with a bigger margin.
In February, KPA launched its five-year (2018-2022) plan to improve services at the Mombasa port, targeting to handle 1.59 million by 2022.
In the last five years, container traffic has grown 28.71 per cent to 1.2 million TEU last year compared to 1.01 million TEU handled in 2014.
'On Monday (last week), we surpassed the one million-mark TEU. Normally, in the maritime sector, one million TEU is a very high threshold and I'm happy to announce that almost four months to the end of the year, we have already surpassed the one million mark,' said Mr Manduku.
He said with the increased efficiency at the port, they might even handle 1.5 million TEU, reports Kenya's The Sun.
Speaking during a media tour, Mr Manduku said they are currently constructing the phase 11 of the second container terminal.
'After the completion of the second container terminal, the port will have a total capacity of over three million TEU annually,' he said, pointing out that the second container terminal is being constructed on a reclaimed part of an Indian Ocean.
Currently, Mombasa is the fifth biggest port in Africa with a capacity of 1.2 million TEU.
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Last year, the port handled 1.2 million TEU. Mr Manduku said with only three months remaining to the close of the year, they are optimistic they will beat their 1.3 million-target with a bigger margin.
In February, KPA launched its five-year (2018-2022) plan to improve services at the Mombasa port, targeting to handle 1.59 million by 2022.
In the last five years, container traffic has grown 28.71 per cent to 1.2 million TEU last year compared to 1.01 million TEU handled in 2014.
'On Monday (last week), we surpassed the one million-mark TEU. Normally, in the maritime sector, one million TEU is a very high threshold and I'm happy to announce that almost four months to the end of the year, we have already surpassed the one million mark,' said Mr Manduku.
He said with the increased efficiency at the port, they might even handle 1.5 million TEU, reports Kenya's The Sun.
Speaking during a media tour, Mr Manduku said they are currently constructing the phase 11 of the second container terminal.
'After the completion of the second container terminal, the port will have a total capacity of over three million TEU annually,' he said, pointing out that the second container terminal is being constructed on a reclaimed part of an Indian Ocean.
Currently, Mombasa is the fifth biggest port in Africa with a capacity of 1.2 million TEU.
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