A total of 29 vessels will call the Port of Mombasa in a 14-day performance outlook with 16 vessels being container cargo.
Three car carriers and three oil tankers will discharge vehicle units and petroleum products respectively with seven conventional cargo vessels expected to dock.
In a notice, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) says the last vessel- Morning Celesta-containing motor vehicles is expected to dock on January 25.
Cargo vessels containing steel products, steel coils, bulk wheat and ethanol are also expected during the period.
Mombasa Port has continued to witness an increase in the number of cargo it handles mainly attributed to investment in modern equipment and expansion of berths among others.
The Port posted a growth of 2.08 million metric tonnes in the total cargo output handled which is equivalent to a 6.1 per cent increase in 2023 compared to 2022.
From January to December 2023, the port handled a total of 35,963,114 metric tonnes compared to 33,879,542 tonnes in 2022.
Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen recently said Mombasa is the most efficient in the continent compared to Dar es Salaam and Djibouti which are facing congestion.
The container turnaround time at the port, he said, is two days while their neighbours take 38 days.
“With our planned investments including public-private partnership (PPP), we shall be far ahead in facilitating regional trade and creating more jobs for our people,” he said.
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) expects the transhipment traffic to grow further due to the congestion currently experienced in other regional ports.
According to the authority, the port is projected to handle a total of 35 million metric tons of cargo throughput by the end of the year in comparison to 33.88 million metric tonnes recorded in 2022.
The total container traffic is projected to hit 1.6 million TEUs by the end of 2023 as compared to 1.43 million TEUs in 2022.
Transshipment traffic registered 177, 144 TEUs in January-November 2023 which is a drop of 11.0 percent compared with the same period in 2022.