The Port of Mombasa is the gateway to East and Central Africa and is one of
the busiest Ports along the East African coastline. The Port provides direct
connectivity to over 80 Ports worldwide and is linked to a vast hinterland
comprising Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,
Northern Tanzania, Southern Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia by road. A railway
line also runs from the Port to Uganda and Tanzania. The port is divided
into two sections designated for conventional cargo operations comprising
nine berths and container handling terminals comprising eleven berths,
bringing the total berths at Mombasa to twenty. Container section is served
by two terminals which make up the total container capacity of the Port to
2.2 million TEUs annually. The terminals are adequately equipped with shore
and yard equipment to ensure faster and efficient movement of cargo.
Specialized
Terminals
The Port of Mombasa operates specialized berths for express handling of
specified cargo within the port. The Port has dedicated Berth 3, 9,
Mbaraki Wharf, Base Titanium, Shimanzi Oil Terminal and Africa Gas and
Oil Limited as specialized terminals for handling of Bulk Grains, Bulk
Soda Ash, Bulk Clinker & Coal, Titanium, Bulk Liquid & Gas Cargo
respectively.
Kipevu Oil
Terminal
The new Kipevu Oil Terminal is an off-shore oil facility with an
island terminal. The terminal facility has four berths with a total
length of 770m and one work boat wharf at Westmont area for landing
facilities. KOT facility handles six different hydrocarbon import
and export products. It is also fitted with a Liquified Petroleum
Gas (LPG) facility, crude oil and heavy fuel oil. KOT has provisions
for handling three types of white oil products (DPK – aviation fuel,
AGO – diesel and PMS – petrol). There are risers each dedicated to
the separate oil products as well as six onshore pipelines that
connect the terminal to the Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited and
Kenya Pipeline Company storage tanks. Other support facilities of
the KOT project include electrical power distribution system which
is drawn from a substation on-shore. It also has an elaborate water
supply and drainage system, firefighting and detection facilities,
telecommunications SCADA and control monitoring systems, and
navigation aids. The Terminal can accommodate three ships
concurrently with a capacity of 170,000 DWT tons. A fourth berth has
already been constructed provisionally, which will be fitted with
facilities in future commensurate with demand, to be able to handle
four ships at a go.
Cruise
Terminal
We operate a modern state of the art passenger cruise terminal at
the Port of Mombasa. Kenya is the ‘Home of the Safari’ and this
facility caters to the cruise passengers from across the world that
visit our magnificent country for the white sandy beaches and the
safari adventures. The eco- friendly facility which is fully solar
powered has modern amenities including passenger lobby, duty free
shops, restaurants and conference facilities
Multipurpose Terminals
At the Conventional cargo, the port operates multipurpose berths
that handle varied cargo. Berths 1 and 2 serve steel, container
and RORO ships while berths 5,11 and 12 serve Conventional and
Container ships with own gear.