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New oil terminal in hot start as fuel tankers dock

Oil tanker ship before docking at the Mombasa Port. [File, Standard]

It is all systems that go at the new Sh40 billion Kipevu Oil Terminal (KOT) II commissioned over a fortnight ago by President Uhuru Kenyatta as oil tankers have docked to discharge petroleum products at the Port of Mombasa.

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) reports that Elka Appolon has been discharging at the old KOT laden with 79,773 tonnes of gas oil.

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