Nairobi — There has been substantial progress in Kenya Ports Authority's operational performance this year. Container dwell time is now 5.5 days against 7.3 days recorded in the corresponding period of 2009. This is an improvement of 24.7 per cent or 1.8 days. However, the average port time per ship is 4.0 days in 2010 against 3.8 days recorded in 2009. This slight decrease in performance was as a result of increased turnaround time of container, bulk vessels, barge and tanker vessels.
In our continued efforts to improve operational efficiency, we have placed orders for a number of modern cargo handling and marine operations equipment. They include; three Ship-to-shore Gantry Cranes (STS), 10 Rubber-tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs), four reach stackers, 10 terminal tractors and two boats. The RTGs and Reach stackers will be delivered by next month while the rest are expected by August next year.
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