Some of the berths are general cargo berths, some are for liquid bulk and some are container berths. Only the container berths are supposed to be long, the rest can be half the size... Kwahivyo just counting the number of berths does not equal, and/or is not directly proportional to capacity of a port in TEUs.
Kwa mfano, The new modern berths 20 and 21 in Msa have a combined capacity of 550k TEUs!!! So the new two berths 20,21 in Mombasa are almost equivalent to all your 11 berths in dar combined !!!! How about that?
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The programme, which was to be implemented in three phases, envisaged the construction of a Container Terminal on a total area of 100 hectares and capacity to handle 1.5 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) per annum on completion β making the overall port capacity to over 2.6 million TEUs.
''This new terminal is poised to provide an additional 900 meters of quay length and three (3) berths of 300meters each. The quay length is critical as it indicates the ability to accommodate modern large ships,'' KPA said.
The first phase of the project has been operational since April. KPA said that the Sh28 billion investment has an annual capacity of 550,000 TEUs; - a measure of cargo capacity - also comprises two berths, which are handling increased cargo traffic within the East Africa region. Between June 2017 and June 2018, this facility registered a growth of 59.2 percent after handling 34,837 TEUs compared to 21,882 TEUs handled the previous year.