KPA feted as Mombasa port emerges best in Eastern and Southern Africa

KPA feted as Mombasa port emerges best in Eastern and Southern Africa

The Port of Mombasa has been declared the best transit and supply logistics Port in Eastern and Southern Africa.

In a colourful African Ports Awards ceremony held on Thursday in held in Livingston, Zambia on Thursday, The Port of Mombasa managed by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) also emerged second runners up in the category of best container terminal productivity after South Africa’s Port of Durban and Port of Ngqura respectively.

In this category, the Ports of Durban and East London under the Transnet National Ports Authority of South Africa took position two and three respectively in a hotly contested competition that featured 12 Ports from the region.

Speaking while receiving the award on behalf of the Authority after a two-day Port Management of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) investment forum and annual conference in Zambia, KPA Managing Director Mrs. Catherine Mturi-Wairi expressed delight for the award.

The award comes after the Port of Mombasa was recently named, for the third year in a row, the best cruise Port in Africa by the World Travel Awards.

South Africa’s Ports under Transnet National Ports Authority scooped most of the awards with all their four major commercial Ports featuring in the competition.

Besides winning in the category of best container terminal in productivity, the Port of Durban also emerged leader in transshipment as well as best facility in management information system in the competition where entries for the award were coordinated and evaluated by CODEX African Ports Awards Consultant Company based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

In the category of best quay productivity, South Africa’s Port of Saldanha Bay, Port of Durban and Port of Elizabeth took positions one, two and three respectively while in the category of transshipment, the Port of Durban was followed by the Port of Ngqura (also from South Africa) and the Port of Louis from Mauritius under Mauritius Ports Authority.

The Port of Victoria of Seychelles managed by Seychelles Ports Authority emerged number one under the best performing/progression for traffic growth 2015-2016 and was followed by Port of Louis (Mauritius) and Port of East London (South Africa) in that order while Namibia’s Port of Walvis Bay under the Namibian Port Authority was named the best port policy for capacity building.

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