The Port of Mombasa has registered a new performance record of 1450 moves within an eight-hour shift in the container operations.
The record was set by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) container vessel MSC Maxine in her maiden call at the Port of Mombasa on Wednesday (Oct. 24) beating the previous record of container carrier Livorno of 1265 moves registered late June this year.
MSC Maxine, with a container capacity of 9,411 TEUs, the largest container carrier to dock at the Port, also...
SGR Yesterday, the maiden double-stack train snaked its way from Mombasa to Nairobi’s Inland Container Depot (ICD). “KPA is proud to announce the commencement of double-stacked trains from the Port of Mombasa to the ICD Nairobi,” said Kenya Ports Authority MD Daniel Manduku yesterday.
Currently, each of the eight SGR freight trains transports 108 containers from Mombasa to Nairobi. Reports by KPA indicate that container off-take from the port to the ICD has registered tremendous growth,...
Hapag-Lloyd is continuing to focus on the growing market in East Africa. With annual growth rates of approximately six percent, the region tops the list on the African continent. Kenya, in particular, is developing with significantly rising import and export figures as well as massive investments in public infrastructure.
In April 2018 Hapag-Lloyd launched the East Africa Service (EAS), its first dedicated service to East Africa. The weekly service sails from Jeddah to Mombasa, and from there to...