Rwanda secures dry port in Kenya

[Suley2019]

Rwanda has secured a dry port in Kenya’s Naivasha town easing Rwanda’s access to the port of Mombasa for exports and imports.

The dry port located about 560 kilometers from Port of Mombasa will be among other ways to reduce the journey freight trucks have to take for outbound exports and inbound imports.

Goods will be ferried to and from the inland port of Mombasa via rial which is cheaper and faster compared to road transport.

According to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Vincent Biruta, dry port will allow imports to be received in Naivasha as opposed to Mombasa which will reduce the distance covered by road for goods destined to Rwanda or exported from Rwanda as well as costs of logistics.

The Rwandan government is in consultation with the private sector to establish ways to make the most of the dry port, Biruta said.

Discussions on how the country can use Lake Victoria to transport the goods up to Port bell in Kampala to further reduce the cost of transport are taking place.

The development could to some extent reduce the cost of imports in the country through Mombasa as well as the competitiveness of Rwanda’s exports as operational costs reduce.

This will complement the Dar-es Salaam route through the Central Corridor where a significant volume of cargo goes through.

As of 2018, unofficial estimates put the cost of shipping a six-metre-long container from Shanghai China to Mombasa at between $500 USD to $1,000 USD, a distance of about 10,000 kilometres while the transport costs for the same container from Mombasa to Kigali are estimated up to $4,000 USD, a distance of about 1,400 km by road in about two days.

Reduction of the 1,400 km distance by road will to a great extent reduce the cost of goods and consequently competitiveness.

With a significant volume of imports is capital and intermediary goods, the development could further mean that reduced cost of projects in Rwanda.

Manasseh Nshuti the Minister in charge of East African Community (EAC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said that as a landlocked country, it is important to find solutions to access ports.

“Naivasha to Mombasa is 560 km. Goods will use rail reducing road transport which is more expensive and time consuming. Naivasha to Kigali will be shorter. We also have two options, Naivasha to Kigali by road or we can use Naivasha to Kisumu via road which is about 200 km, then barges from Kisumu to Port Bell in Uganda. By sea it will be cheaper,” Nshuti said.

 

[Bia yetu]

Km ni kweli kagame atakuwa na akili za kitoto

Mwaka juzi walipanga kitu km hicho wakavurugana wakatawanyika

 

[mwathadan]

Rwanda has secured a dry port in Kenya’s Naivasha town easing Rwanda’s access to the port of Mombasa for exports and imports.

The dry port located about 560 kilometers from Port of Mombasa will be among other ways to reduce the journey freight trucks have to take for outbound exports and inbound imports.

Goods will be ferried to and from the inland port of Mombasa via rial which is cheaper and faster compared to road transport.

According to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Vincent Biruta, dry port will allow imports to be received in Naivasha as opposed to Mombasa which will reduce the distance covered by road for goods destined to Rwanda or exported from Rwanda as well as costs of logistics.

The Rwandan government is in consultation with the private sector to establish ways to make the most of the dry port, Biruta said.

Discussions on how the country can use Lake Victoria to transport the goods up to Port bell in Kampala to further reduce the cost of transport are taking place.

The development could to some extent reduce the cost of imports in the country through Mombasa as well as the competitiveness of Rwanda’s exports as operational costs reduce.

As of 2018, unofficial estimates put the cost of shipping a six-metre-long container from Shanghai China to Mombasa at between $500 USD to $1,000 USD, a distance of about 10,000 kilometres while the transport costs for the same container from Mombasa to Kigali are estimated up to $4,000 USD, a distance of about 1,400 km by road in about two days.
Reduction of the 1,400 km distance by road will to a great extent reduce the cost of goods and consequently competitiveness.

With a significant volume of imports is capital and intermediary goods, the development could further mean that reduced cost of projects in Rwanda.

Manasseh Nshuti the Minister in charge of East African Community (EAC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said that as a landlocked country, it is important to find solutions to access ports.

“Naivasha to Mombasa is 560 km. Goods will use rail reducing road transport which is more expensive and time consuming. Naivasha to Kigali will be shorter. We also have two options, Naivasha to Kigali by road or we can use Naivasha to Kisumu via road which is about 200 km, then barges from Kisumu to Port Bell in Uganda. By sea it will be cheaper,” Nshuti said.

 

[Wakudadavuwa]

When did the "coalition of the willing" died like a rat?

 

[Imeloa]

Maendeleo ya Afrika bado yatakuwa tabu sana kupatikana, yaani gharama za usafirishaji ni kubwa hivyo, kilometa 10,000 inakuwa nafuu kuliko kilometa 1,400..!! Afrika bure kabisa, tutaendelea kuwa "The Laughing Stock of the World", hamna namna.

 

[mng'ato]

Maendeleo ya Afrika bado yatakuwa tabu sana kupatikana, yaani gharama za usafirishaji ni kubwa hivyo, kilometa 10,000 inakuwa nafuu kuliko kilometa 1,400..!! Afrika bure kabisa, tutaendelea kuwa "The Laughing Stock of the World", hamna namna.

Hata nauli za ndege from Dar to Arusha/Mwz kuna muda zinakuaga bei kubwa kuliko nauli ya Dar to J'berg.

 

[Don YF]

Tafadhali ondoa hii taarifa hapa, usizoe kuumiza watu, kua mpole kaka, corona na umasikini imetesa ya kutosha.

 

[Chamoto]

Discussions on how the country can use Lake Victoria to transport the goods up to Port bell in Kampala to further reduce the cost of transport are taking place.

Tafadhali ondoa hii taarifa hapa, usizoe kuumiza watu, kua mpole kaka, corona na umasikini imetesa ya kutosha.

Do you guys have any idea who rehabilitated that line from Port Bell to Kampala?

 

[Ndombwindo]

We wish Rwanda all the best especially on that part of the article which indicated that they are negotiating with Uganda to be granted usage of port Bell as a link to Their country. After all they are Africans, shouldn’t they be free to use any means of transportation through their preferable regions within the continent other than TZ?

 

[MK254]

Do you guys have any idea who rehabilitated that line from Port Bell to Kampala?

Pia watatumia bandari ya Kisumu hadi Port Bell, hivyo Naivasha hadi Kisumu 200km kisha mizigo inapakiwa kwenye meli.
Kwa kifupi hapa game imechezwa ndefu sana, bao la maana.
Huwa nashangaa tunang'ang'ania na nyie kwa mteja ambaye hatupo naye mpaka mmoja.
Kwa huu mchezo tunaiteka DRC Kaskazini yote.....na wao pia hatujachangia mpaka.

 

[mng'ato]

Pia watatumia bandari ya Kisumu hadi Port Bell, hivyo Naivasha hadi Kisumu 200km kisha mizigo inapakiwa kwenye meli.
Kwa kifupi hapa game imechezwa ndefu sana, bao la maana.
Huwa nashangaa tunang'ang'ania na nyie kwa mteja ambaye hatupo naye mpaka mmoja.
Kwa huu mchezo tunaiteka DRC Kaskazini yote.....na wao pia hatujachangia mpaka.

M7 na Kagame wameshapatana boss?

 

[Chamoto]

Pia watatumia bandari ya Kisumu hadi Port Bell, hivyo Naivasha hadi Kisumu 200km kisha mizigo inapakiwa kwenye meli.
Kwa kifupi hapa game imechezwa ndefu sana, bao la maana.
Huwa nashangaa tunang'ang'ania na nyie kwa mteja ambaye hatupo naye mpaka mmoja.
Kwa huu mchezo tunaiteka DRC Kaskazini yote.....na wao pia hatujachangia mpaka.

Hiyo reli ya portbell (20km) tuliifufua sisi kwa gharama zetu ili mizigo ya WFP iweze fika Kampala kupitia Mwanza (ikiwa kwenye mabehewa yake), nyinyi mnadakia tuu kutumia kazi zilizofanywa na wanaume.

Hata hivyo mlolongo wa usafiri bado ni mrefu sana kwa mizigo ya Rwanda kupitia njia hiyo. Kutoka Naivasha itaabidi mtumie maroli kupakia mizigo kwenye reli ya mkoloni, halafu mpakie kwenye meli (sidhani kama mnayo meli ya kubebe mabehewa), mtoke hapo pale Port Bell mpakue na kuweka kwenye malori. Logistic mbovu sana hiyo.

 

[Retired]

When did the "coalition of the willing" died like a rat?

Badala ya kujifunza kiingereza unakaa kumkomalia Mbowe. Is that gramatically correct?

 

[MK254]

M7 na Kagame wameshapatana boss?

Ugomvi wa hao haujaanza leo na hautaisha kesho, ila wanategemeana hivyo lazima watafute namna ya kuhusiana. Ni kama ilivyo kwa ndoa, mnanuniana lakini mengine yote lazima yaende.

 

[MK254]

Hiyo reli ya portbell (20km) tuliifufua sisi kwa gharama zetu ili mizigo ya WPF iweze fika Kampala kupitia Mwanza (ikiwa kwenye mabehewa yake), nyinyi mnadakia tuu kutumia kazi zilizofanywa na wanaume.

Hata hivyo mlolongo wa usafiri bado ni mrefu sana kwa mizigo ya Rwanda kupitia njia hiyo. Kutoka Naivasha itaabidi mtumie maroli kupakia mizigo kwenye reli ya mkoloni, halafu mpakie kwenye meli (sidhani kama mnayo meli ya kubebe mabehewa), mtoke hapo pale Port Bell mpakue na kuweka kwenye malori. Logistic mbovu sana hiyo.

Asante wanaume kwa kutujengea Port Bell....hehehehe!!!
Ndio dunia ilivyo, usiingie gharama bila kutumia akili na kuwaza au kuwa na mikakati, la sivyo utajenga na watakaonufaika ni wengine.
Kwa taarifa yako tayari tuna meli zinazosafirisha mafuta kutoka Kisumu hadi hiyo port Bell huku zimesheheni mabehewa ya mafuta..https://kenyanwallstreet.com/kisumu-port-ships-first-oil-consignent-to-uganda/

 

[Chamoto]

Kwa taarifa yako tayari tuna meli zinazosafirisha mafuta kutoka Kisumu hadi hiyo port Bell huku zimesheheni mabehewa ya mafuta..https://kenyanwallstreet.com/kisumu-port-ships-first-oil-consignent-to-uganda/

Sijaona meli ya kubeba mabehewa hapo.

 

[mng'ato]

Ugomvi wa hao haujaanza leo na hautaisha kesho, ila wanategemeana hivyo lazima watafute namna ya kuhusiana. Ni kama ilivyo kwa ndoa, mnanuniana lakini mengine yote lazima yaende.

Wale sio wa kupatana leo wala kesho,so option itakayoendelea kutumika kwa Rwanda ni kuitumia bandar ya Dar.

My 2cents.

 

[MK254]

Sijaona meli ya kubeba mabehewa hapo.

Sijakuelewa, umesoma taarifa lakini??
Wacha uvivu wa kusoma, haya hii video kama umeshindwa kusoma

 

[MK254]

Wale sio wa kupatana leo wala kesho,so option itakayoendelea kutumika kwa Rwanda ni kuitumia bandar ya Dar.

My 2cents.

Hehehe!! Mumekaa mnategemea kutumia chuki baaina ya hao, hiyo sio tegemezi endelevu, boresheni miundo mbinu.
Viongozi wa kisiasa hupatana na kugombana ila shughuli lazima ziendelee, Kagame na Kikwete walipandishana mzuka lakini Tanzania na Rwanda ziliendeleza biashara.

 

[mng'ato]

Hehehe!! Mumekaa mnategemea kutumia chuki baaina ya hao, hiyo sio tegemezi endelevu, boresheni miundo mbinu.
Viongozi wa kisiasa hupatana na kugombana ila shughuli lazima ziendelee, Kagame na Kikwete walipandishana mzuka lakini Tanzania na Rwanda ziliendeleza biashara.

Sina maneno mengi,lkn nakupa miaka 4 hutasikia Rwanda na Kenya wamefanya project hio unayoisema.

Hivi ile project ya kujenga reli northern corridor ya kutoka Kenya to Rwanda via Uganda iliishia wapi?