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According to container the terminal of the port of Mombasa it will become operating in 2015
It will have a annual ability to traffic of 1,2 million teu
April 29, 2013
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has announced today the state of advance of the work for the construction of according to container the terminal of the port of Mombasa, project whose first phase - second the last forecasts - will become operating in 2015.
The project, that it is completed for 34% about of the total, previews the construction of a terminal of the annual ability to traffic of 1,2 million teu on an obtained area of 100 hectares with the filling of watery mirrors, the realization of three docks of 230, 320 and 350 linear meters and the dredging of the backdrops until a depth of -15 meters. The first phase previews the construction of two docks.
Last year the port of Mombasa has enlivened altogether 21,92 million tons of goods, with an increase of 9.9% on 2011. The traffic of the container has been pairs to 903.463 teu (+17.2%).
According to the forecasts of the KPA, in the 2016 traffic enlivened from the port of Mombasa it will go up to about 27 million tons and the traffic of the container to 1,3 million teu.
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Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has announced today the state of advance of the work for the construction of according to container the terminal of the port of Mombasa, project whose first phase - second the last forecasts - will become operating in 2015.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
