Construction of the first three berths at Lamu Port on the Kenyan coast is currently 40% complete and is expected to be ready in July 2018, according to the Lamu Port South-Sudan Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) Corridor Development Authority (LCDA).
Under the Lapsset Corridor Programme, construction of a 32-berth deep-sea port in Lamu is intended to unlock logistics and trade in the small town in Kenya and create a regional transport hub connecting to other modal infrastructure projects that are part of the programme.
Construction works include the dredging of the seabed up to 18 metres deep, reclamation of the land that will form the container terminal, and the piling, decking and construction of the 1.5-kilometre causeway.
“These developments come against the backdrop of completed supportive infrastructure such as the modern Lapsset building, police station, Lamu power sub-station and power supply, steel pipe manufacturing plant and water reticulation system,” said an LCDA spokesperson.
The Lappset Corridor Programme intends to integrate roads, railway and pipeline components in Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia in order to provide an alternative, strategic corridor to serve the landlocked countries.
