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PORT NEWS
Messina Shipping Makes Port of
Mombasa its Transshipment Hub
We have now invested in
a full container vessel; we
have a normal line service
with four calls in a month.
Historically Messina has had
services in Mombasa for the past
35 years and hopes to continue
its operations here-Capt. Fedele
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Cpt Ruto added that the ship is coming
from Europe and its first call was
Djibouti with Mombasa being its
second port enroute to Durban and
will come back to Mombasa to pick up
export cargo and other transshipment
cargo coming from other ports within
the region.
He said the Lamu Port being a
transshipment port will start its
services to handle transshipment cargo
as they expect to receive ship-to-shore
crane equipment next month.
“I hope the Lamu port will kick start its
operations soon. We are not worried
since we expect shippers to adjust to
the new port,” he said.
Captain Tommaso Elmetto thanked the
Mombasa Port management and
requested for reinforcement of the Above: KPA Managing Director
agreement, and cooperation between Capt. William Ruto with
the Messina line and the Port of
Capt. Tommaso Elmetto of
Mombasa.
“Our relations with KPA go way back; MV Jolly Gaida (Below): Messina
line Regional Managing Director
this is why we are using Mombasa as a
Capt. Giuseppe Fedele
transshipment hub. We are planning to
improve our services,” he said.
container vessel; we have a normal line
Messina line Regional Managing service with four calls in a month.
Director Captain Giuseppe Fedele said Historically Messina has had services in
he port of Mombasa is now a transshipment hub for the Messina shipping that MV Jolly Gaida is the fifth full Mombasa for the past 35 years and
T line which has now become a regular caller at the port. container line vessel coming to the hopes to continue its operations here,”
port and there are more vessels ready he said.
to come in in a bid to support each
A full-capacity container vessel, the Ignazio Messina line, MV Jolly Gaida docked at Fedele said that due to the popularity
the port of Mombasa recently. The vessel was loaded with around 2000 Twenty other. and efficiency of the Mombasa port,
Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs). “We have now invested in a full they chose it as a transshipment hub.
Addressing the press thereafter, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director
Captain William Ruto said it is an opportunity for KPA since Messina line has
invested in complete full container vessels.
He said the shipping line was used to bring Ro-Ro vessels at the port of Mombasa,
which they used to berth at berth number one.
The MD attributed the growth in business to the port's efficiency saying new
cranes are operating the ship hence new lines have changed their mode of delivery
from Ro-Ro to full container vessels.
Captain Ruto added that the authority appreciates the Messina line for converting
the port of Mombasa into a transshipment hub.
“Of the containers discharged from the ship, more than 35 percent belong to
other ports, mainly Dar es Salaam. The port of Mombasa is acting as a
transshipment hub for the Messina line and all their cargo heading to Dar es
Salaam will be transshipped from this port. This is building us an excellent business
and we thank them for building confidence in us as a port,” he added.
He said the port will commit to offering operational efficiency and reduction of
ship waiting time so that the ship owner and the importer get value for money.
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