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Port of Mombasa (Kenya): The largest East African port

  1. Introduction to the Port of Mombasa (Kenya): the largest East African port
  2. Gateway to Burundi, the DR Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, and Tanzania
  3. Other ports of Kenya: Kiunga, Lamu, and Malindi

Transport and Logistics in Africa. Corridors, ports

Maritime Transport in Africa (East African Ports).

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Port of Mombasa (Kenya)
Port of Mombasa, Kenya. Gateway to Burundi, the DR Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, and Tanzania

Foreign Trade and Business in East Africa

Port of Mombasa (Kenya).

The Port of Mombasa is the largest port in East Africa and Kenya; this port is a gateway to other regional markets: Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and the DR Congo.

Other Kenyan ports are Kiunga, Lamu, Malindi, Kilifi, Mtwapa, Funzi, Shimoni, and Vanga.

Port of Mombasa:

  1. The Port of Mombasa is the largest port in East Africa
  2. Gateway to the East and Central African Markets
  3. Port Hinterland (by Road):
    1. Central Africa: Burundi, Rwanda, and the DR Congo (Eastern provinces)
    2. East Africa: Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania (Northern regions), and Uganda
  4. Railway to Uganda and Tanzania (Rail Transport in Africa)

Rail Transport

  1. The main Import/Export products are cars, crude oil, cement, coffee, tea, sugar, and Containerized cargo
  2. Management of the Port of Mombasa: Kenya Ports Authority
  3. Sixteen Deepwater berths
  4. Two petroleum terminals: Kipevu and Shimanzi
  5. Container Terminal of the Port of Mombasa (250,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) annually)
  6. General cargo berths. Ro-ro facilities
  7. Project: Export Processing Zone and/or Free Trade Zone
  8. Access to the Kenyan cities: Nairobi, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret

Distance in nautical miles (Nm). From the Port of Mombasa to:

Africa.

Kenya.

  1. Kipini: 105
  2. Malindi: 60
  3. Kilifi: 30
  4. Mtwapa: 9
  5. Lamu: 130

Madagascar. Majunga: 790

Mauritius. Port Louis: 1,419

Mozambique.

  1. Maputo: 1,467
  2. Beira: 1,139

Seychelles. Mahe Island: 949

Somalia.

  1. Berbera: 1,622
  2. Kismayu: 301
  3. Mogadishu: 499

Tanzania.

  1. Dar es-Salaam: 171
  2. Lindi: 384
  3. Mtwara: 368
  4. Tanga: 66
  5. Zanzibar: 134

Djibouti: 1,729

South Africa.

  1. Cape Town: 2,503
  2. Port of Durban: 1,703

Middle East.

Yemen. Aden: 1,615. Al Mukalla: 1,436.

Oman. Muscat: 2,114

Europe.

  1. United Kingdom. East London: 1,956

Asia.

India.

  1. Madras: 3,037
  2. Bombay: 2,392
  3. Kandla: 2,411

Pakistan. Karachi: 2,349

Sri Lanka. Colombo: 2,496

The Port of Mombasa belongs to the East African Economic Area.

More information about Kenya (EENI African Business Portal).

  1. Transport in Kenya
  2. Bethwell Allan Ogot
  3. Ali Al'amin Mazrui
  4. Naushad N. Merali
  5. Bhimji Depar Shah

Trans-African Roads.

  1. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor
  2. Lagos-Mombasa Corridor
  3. Asia-Africa Corridor

African Regional Economic Communities:

  1. IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development
  2. EAC (East African Community)
  3. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
  4. Tripartite agreement COMESA-EAC-SADC

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