The Kenyan port of Mombasa has reaffirmed its ranking as the second largest multi purpose port along the whole east coast of Africa behind Durban, and the largest port in East Africa.
In 2012 the port handled a total of 21.92 million tonnes of cargo, mostly imports, an increase of 2.32mt or 11.84% on the 19.6mt achieved in 2011.
The Kenyan port of Mombasa has reaffirmed its ranking as the second largest multi purpose port along the whole east coast of Africa behind Durban, and the largest port in East Africa.
In 2012 the port handled a total of 21.92 million tonnes of cargo, mostly imports, an increase of 2.32mt or 11.84% on the 19.6mt achieved in 2011.
Containers handled at the port also rose 17.33% year on year to finish at 903,443 TEU, making this the second largest container port along Africa’s east and south coasts – bigger than Cape Town, Ngqura or Maputo. In 2011 Mombasa handled 770,000 TEU
The majority of cargo handled at Mombasa remains one-way, tilted in favour of imports, with 85.5% of all cargo being imports. Exports handled by Mombasa totalled 3.04 million tonnes in 2012, consisting largely of tea and coffee.
Imports are heavily slanted towards petroleum products (35%), consumer goods and machinery.
The port continues to serve as the main entrepôt for Kenya’s landlocked neighbours, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Eastern Congo and South Sudan.
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