China's CCCC Wins $398 mln Contract to Build Mombasa Oil Terminal
China Communications Construction Co has won a $398 million contract to build a new oil terminal at Kenya's main port of Mombasa, the acting head of the Kenya Ports Authority said on Thursday.Daniel Manduku said the new terminal, whose construction will take 18 months, will raise the port's oil handling capacity to 100,000 dead weight tonnes from the current facility's 20,000-tonne capacity.Reporting by John Ndiso; Writing by Duncan Miriri
Kipevu Oil Terminal at Mombasa Port to Relocate
Kenya Ports Authority annoucend: Kipevu Oil Terminal at Mombasa Port will be relocated early next year, to Dongo Kundu area, as a result of the ongoing capacity expansion programme. New, upgraded modern oil terminal is expected to have a capacity to accommodate four vessels of up to 200 000 DWT. The project also involves building new cargo handling facilities with both, subsea and land based pipelines and four berths capable of loading/discharging crude oil, HFO, DPK-aviation, AGO-Diesel and PMS-Petrol.
Denmark's NIRAS to Design New Oil Terminal in Kenya
Denmark's NIRAS has won a government contract to design a replacement oil terminal in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, which will be larger than the current 50-year old terminal and will ease the flow of fuel imports, a government official said. The Indian Ocean port of Mombasa, the biggest in east Africa and the region's trade gateway, handles fuel and consumer goods imports as well as exports of tea and coffee from landlocked neighbours such as Uganda and South Sudan. The economies in the east African region have been growing…
