Mombasa to get VLCC discharge capability?

News was prepared under the information support of Online Daily Newspaper on Hellenic and international Shipping "Hellenic Shipping News".

12 Nov 2011

According to state-owned National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) a feasibility study is being conducted for the construction of a single buoy mooring, or offshore jetty to handle tankers up to 280,000 dwt.

The offshore facility will be near or outside the port of Mombasa, which currently has a limitation for tankers of about 80,000 dwt.
NOCK managing director Sumayya Hassan-Athmani said a report based on the feasibility study was expected to be ready in January 2012.
News courtesy of Ports & Ships Maritime News based in Durban, South Africa.
Source: Tanker Operator