Kenya Ports Authority owns and operates two Inland Container Depots (ICDs) in Nairobi and Kisumu. These dry ports are linked by rail with Mombasa Port and provide shippers with ‘dry port’ facilities

The major objectives of the ICDs is to bring port services closer to shippers in the hinterland through specialized rail-tainer service as well as decongesting the port of Mombasa

ICD Nairobi

The Inland Container Depot Embakasi (ICDE) is located in Industrial Area opposite General Motors, off Mombasa road.

The facility occupies 29 hectares of land and has a stacking area designed to accommodate a throughput of over 180,000 Twenty Equivalent Units (TEUs) per annum.

There are two railway sidings into the facility which enables the off loading of two railtainers simultaneously.

ICD Kisumu

The Inland Container Depot Kisumu (ICDK) is located in Kibos  in Western Kenya on the shores of Lake Victoria along the Kibos road in Kondele. The facility is linked to the Port of Mombasa by railtainer service.

It occupies 17.5 hectares of land with a stacking area designed to accommodate a throughput of 15,000 TEUs per annum.

SERVICES OFFERED :

·        Both facilities have the capacity to handle;

·        Both containerized and loose cargo

·        Stripping and stuffing of containers

·        Consolidation, storage of full containers and loose export cargo

·        Storage of empty containers

·        Hire of labour and equipments

·        Weighing of containers

·        Special services e.g. cleaning of containers

·        Cargo documentation finalized at ICDs

·        Leasing of slots to shipping lines on request

Benefits

·        Secure transport for shippers

·        Port services are brought closer to customers

·        Through Bill of Lading (TBL) by rail containers’ dwell time at the port is significantly reduced.

·        Security and safety of cargo both on rail and at the depot is assured

·        Importers are allowed 12 days free storage

·        Exporters are allowed 15  days free storage for consolidation  and nomination of vessels

·        Exporters responsibility ends when cargo is handed in at the  ICD

·        Importers responsibility begins when cargo is railed into the ICD

·        ICDs provide one stop shop services

·        Trained and dedicated work force

·        The ICDs operates on a 24hour schedule.

Goverment agencies like Kenya Revenue Authority, Kenya Bureau of Standards, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services, Veterinary Department and Port Health are also located within the depots to ensure faster documentation processing.

Messina and Maersk Shipping lines are some of the lines that have already leased slots at the facility for the storage of empty containers are Messina and Maersk

For further details , contact;

The Manager,

Inland Container Depots,

P.O. Box 20072,00200

Tel: 254 020 6931000/3540224/79

Fax: 254 020 3502101/823614

Email : micd@kpa.co.ke

The Depot Manager

Inland Container Depot, Kisumu

P.O. Box 4487-401403 Kisumu

Tel: 254 057 2028054

Fax: 254 057 2028860