According to allAfrica, the dredging of Mombasa Port is almost completed.
The port has now been dredged to minus 15 metres in the inner channel, with a width of 300 metres in the narrowest point.
The turning basin, where a large ship can turn around, has also been dredged to a depth of minus 15.0 metres and widened to 500 metres.
Previously Mombasa Port has only been accommodating ships of around 200 metres long and with around 2,000 TEUs capacity.
Once the dredging has been fully completed in a few weeks time, the port should be able to handle ships with up to 4,500 TEUs capacity.
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Dredging Today Staff, April 17, 2012;