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KENYA
A dredging vessel
The Deeper the Better
…as Mombasa Commences Expansion of its Entry Channel
wo PMAESA member ports December last year at an approximate January 2011.
namely Maputo in Mozambique cost of USD 87 Million. The Authority is also working on
Tand Mombasa in Kenya have The project is expected to be completed conversion of berths 11 to 14 to a
embarked on a major exercise to deepen in 2013. container handling facility which-upon
their entry channels to enable them The tender for dredging was recently completion will be operated privately.
accommodate the larger post panamax won by a Netherlands Company, Van On other port infrastructure developvessels.
Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors. ments, designs for construction of the
The dredging exercise is expected to Other firms that submitted their tender second container terminal are ready and
improve the ports' competitiveness in documents were China Road & Bridge the contractor was expected on site by
terms of bulk and container traffic in the Corporation (K), Rohde Nelsen a/s c/o February 2011. After the completion of
region. Kenya Marine Co, Jan de Nul Nv, these projects, the port will see purchase
A circular by Mr. Kenneth Shirley, the Baskalis International and SinoHydro of various modern containers handling
Maputo Ports Authority Director to all Corporation. equipment. Already KPA has placed
port users stated that: “The port access The project involves dredging of the orders for the equipment including
channel have been dredged to a new channel to a depth of 15 meters and a marine operations equipment.
depth of 11 meters below Chart Datum.” width of 300 meters. The anchorage The modern equipment include s ship to
The initial port's draft was 9.4 meters. basin is expected to be dredged to shore Gantry Cranes (STS), 10 Rubber-
The five month Maputo project which between 10 and 11 meters deep, 375 tyred Gantry Cranes, 4 reach stackers, 10
was concluded in January this year was a meters wide and a length of 1,500 meters. terminal tractors and 2 boats. The RTGs
joint venture between CFM, Grindrod On completion the turning basin will and reach stackers will be delivered by
and DP World, the joint owners of port have a depth of 15m and a width of 500m November while the rest are expected by
operating company Maputo Port allowing into the port larger vessels. This August next year.
Development Company. will subsequently position the Port of The port Mombasa will be able to meet
The project was funded by equity Mombasa as a transshipment hub. the ever growing demands of the
contributions from the shareholders and To enhance capacity, KPA has progressed regional economies upon completion of
by external debt provided by the plans to expand the existing container these projects. The second container
Standard Bank of South Africa. The cost terminal in extending berth 18 by 160 terminal alone is expected to handle
according to port sources will be passed meters so as to accommodate three 1.2million TEUs per year compared to
on to port users through a dredging tariff standard size container ships. The berths the current terminal which was designed
to be introduced in due course. currently handle three smaller vessels. with an annual handling capacity of
Meanwhile dredging of the Mombasa The works had been tendered and actual 250,000 TEUs.
Port channel was to commence in construction was expected to start in
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