Kenya opens search for operator of new container terminal in Mombasa

The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has invited terminal operators to bid to be a concessionaire of the first phase of the second container terminal at the Port of Mombasa.

Phase 1 of the US$300m project, scheduled for completion in February 2016, will comprise two main container berths with lengths of 210m and 300m and depths of 11m and 15m respectively.

By 2016 the new terminal, which is funded by a soft loan from the Japanese government, will have a capacity of 450,000 teu and this will rise to 1.2m teu by 2019.