The newly commissioned Sh500 million KPA dockyard jetty that replaced the 70-year-old one, will greatly improve ship turnaround time, the authority’s management has said. This meant ships had to wait longer than necessary for available tug and mooring boats whenever there was a breakdown in one of the marine crafts. “Some mobile crane operators were reluctant to work on the old jetty as they feared the structure could collapse and plunge with them into the ocean. The new tug jetty is a suspended deck structure of reinforced concrete cast in-situ at approximately 12 metres from the shoreline. The old jetty was constructed in early 1950s and the first and only rehabilitation works it underwent was in 1974.

Source: The Star June 06, 2021 18:56 UTC