Maritime and Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) is offering consultancy services for developing a master plan for the ports.
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) announced on its website that MTBS will carry out the project together with Nairobi based Runji and Partners.
Rotterdam based company has been contracted to plan for building of 11 ports in the country.
Maritime and Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) is offering consultancy services for developing a master plan for the ports.
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) announced on its website that MTBS will carry out the project together with Nairobi based Runji and Partners.
The master plan will facilitate the development of the ports “taking due cognisance of the long term development framework as outlined under Vision 2030. The KPA is responsible for the Port of Mombasa and today’s coastal small ports such as Funzi, Shimoni and Vanga located in the south coast, Mtwapa, Kilifi, Malindi, Lamu and Kiunga further north,” said part of the announcement.
KPA said that apart from the 11 ports, an assessment has been made regarding other potential sites along the coast.
Two additional potential port sites identified are Takaungu and Ngomeni.
In Lamu, KPA and the national government are developing a second commercial port at Manda Bay.
The port is meant to tap into the South Sudan and Ethiopia markets under the LAPSSET initiative.
It will consist of a total of 32 berths when completed. Shimoni Port in Kwale is situated off Wasini Island in the South Coast. It is small and has limited connection to the hinterland. With volume of about 10,000 metric tonnes, it is by far the largest port of all small coastal ports.
Destinations from the port are mainly Pemba Island and Zanzibar. The facility has potential to accommodate rising coastal trade volumes.
KPA is working in collaboration with the Kwale county government to develop Shimoni Port into a fishing and tourist facility.
Malindi Port is situated in Malindi town and consists of a pier which is used as a landing site in the unsheltered sea. It mainly serves the local fishing industry.
KPA plans to develop the pier to enable fish and tourist boats to land at the port. There is a jetty for fish landing on the beach, handling about 1,250 tonnes per year and 8,000 tourist boat moves.
KPA intends to acquire 2,500 square metres of land for port development. The authority will build offices, cold storage for fish, ice making and boat repair facilities as well as fuel stations and tourist offices.
KPA also plans to acquire land around Ngomeni in Kilifi County to build a jetty for handling fish and other cargo with potential to develop into a major port.
The port currently handles about 550 metric tonnes of fish, about 1,500 kilos per day.
It also handles about 1,500 metric tonnes of other merchandise.
“Ngomeni Port has a natural sheltered harbour with good nautical access, 20km North of Malindi,” KPA says on its website.
The authority also plans to develop a small scale fish landing point and some marina berths in Mtwapa
It has already found land for the project, which is considered suitable to develop an artisanal fishing port.
In Kiunga, KPA has assessed two sites. The current landing site has been proposed as a port for fish landing as well as cotton and coconut exports.
The port handles about 2,500 metric tonnes of fish per year and 1,000 metric tonnes of mainly cotton and coconut.
On its website, KPA says it plans to acquire 20 acres of land for the development of the facility into a fishing port.
It will also dredge the channel and build a jetty, put up administration buildings and a fish storage facility.
Last Friday, Maritime and Transport Business Solutions announced that it started consultancy services on July 10 and was mapping out East Africa Community (EAC) ports as well as the transport infrastructure to facilitate trade.
The EAC plans to develop an integrated regional transport network to facilitate intra-regional trade.
“MTBS was selected by the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa to provide consultancy services to support the East African Community (EAC) in establishing a regional policy guideline for the development of port projects.
“The ports include Mombasa, Lamu, Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, Bujumbura, Kisumu, Rubavu, Rusizi, Juba, Kigoma, Mwanza, Mbamba Bay, Port Bell and Bukasa.
“MTBS will identify port development projects for the short, medium and long-term and will perform an economic cost benefit analysis to prioritise projects that must be developed in the short-term,” the statement on the its website states.
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