Taiwan’s Evergreen eyes Mombasa as KPA expands port capacity
Evergreen Line, the world's seventh-largest container carrier, held talks in Mombasa this week. KPA is preparing to complete Berth 19B, which is expected to add about 300,000 TEUs of annual capacity, The Star reports.
Taiwan's Evergreen Line is the latest global shipping line to show interest in the Port of Mombasa, The Star reported. Evergreen President K.H. Wu visited Mombasa this week with a company delegation. Bahaa Badr, chairman of the line's agent Gulf Badr, also joined the visit. They discussed port infrastructure, operational capacity and the outlook for maritime trade. Evergreen is investing in a new generation of vessels. They include ultra-large ships that can carry 24,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Mombasa is among the line's major destinations in the Indian Ocean. Evergreen has ordered 23 feeder and medium-sized container ships and 11 LNG dual-fuel mega vessels. It operates about 244 container ships with a combined capacity of 2.06 million TEUs. That is about 5.9 per cent of global capacity. Sudi Mwasinago, KPA General Manager for Cargo Operations, represented KPA chief executive William Ruto at the talks. He outlined the authority's expansion plans, including the imminent completion of Berth 19B. The berth is expected to add about 300,000 TEUs to Mombasa's annual container capacity. Planned work at Berths 23 and 24 will add more. Mwasinago said Mombasa remains the main gateway for Kenya and the Northern Corridor. He said the Port of Lamu offers extra capacity and a longer-term platform for regional trade, mainly transshipment. KPA projects that…
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