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Grain Bulk Handlers
Limited facilities provide
service of bulk or bagged delivery to both rail and road bound consignments.
The terminal has a rail siding fitted with a weighbridge relative to supply of rail wagons, the terminal can
generate up to three trainloads per day.
Deliveries to road transport exit the terminal through a separate road vehicle weighbridge for
determination of delivered weight.
By availing service to road and rail transport modes, the terminal is able
to access traditional hinterland i.e. Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,
Eastern Congo, Southern Sudan and North Tanzania as well as Ethiopia.
Trans-shipment service to Southern Africa, Red Sea and Indian Ocean
Islands can also be provided by GBHL terminal working in conjunction with
Kenya Ports Authority.
Terminal Facilities
The terminal normally serves as the first resting point for grain
discharged from vessels. It only provides transit storage to importers, as
the terminal has to remain always available for the reception of grain from
other vessels due to call Mombasa.
For transit storage of bulk grain, the terminal has the following
facilities.
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24 silos each with storage capacity of 2,800 metric tonnes. These
provide a total storage capacity in silos of 67,200 metric tonnes.
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One shed with storage capacity of 18,000 metric tonnes
of Fertilizers.
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