Port profile · KEMBA
Mombasa
Mombasa is a medium harbour on the Indian Ocean, in Kenya. Its UN/LOCODE is KEMBA. Pilotage is compulsory, tugs are available and it is a first port of entry. Mombasa offers fuel oil and diesel, provisions, ship stores, fresh water, moderate repairs and a large dry dock. Vessel Hunter tracks its live arrivals and the vessels heading its way.
Port profile
Live at Mombasa
What members see for Mombasa, updated as vessels move.
Heading here
MembersEvery vessel bound for Mombasa, with ETA, owner, operator and the contact who decides.
In port now
MembersThe vessels alongside or at anchor at Mombasa right now, and who runs them.
Arrival profile
MembersHow many vessels arrive at Mombasa day by day over the next two weeks, by type.
Port calls and time in port
MembersRecent calls at Mombasa and how long each vessel stayed.
Services and supplies
What Mombasa offers a visiting ship, as the port index records it. Lines the index does not state are left out.
Supplies
- Fuel oil
- Yes
- Diesel
- Yes
- Fresh water
- Yes
- Provisions
- Yes
- Deck stores
- Yes
- Engine stores
- Yes
Repair
- Ship repairs
- Moderate
- Dry dock
- Large
- Slipway
- Large
- Electrical repair
- Yes
Harbour
- Pilotage
- Compulsory
- Tugs
- Yes
- Stevedores
- Yes
- Mobile cranes
- Yes
Waste and health
- Garbage reception
- Yes
- Dirty ballast reception
- No
- Medical facilities
- Yes
Approach and berths
Shelter, entrance, clearance and cargo berths at Mombasa, as the nautical port index records them. Depths are not shown: the index gives them as broad bands for one point in the port, too coarse to plan a call on.
Approach
- Shelter
- Good
- Entrance restrictions
- Heavy swell, other
- Pilotage available
- Yes
- Pilotage advisable
- Yes
- Tug assistance
- Yes
- Salvage tugs
- Yes
- ETA message required
- Yes
- Good holding ground
- Yes
- Turning area
- Yes
Entry
- First port of entry
- Yes
- Sanitation inspection
- Yes
Cargo and berths
- Wharves
- Yes
- Anchorage
- Yes
- Fixed cranes
- Yes
Connections
- Airport nearby
- Yes
- Rail connection
- Yes
Port state control at Mombasa
Inspections of foreign ships carried out at Mombasa, counted per year.
| Year | Inspections | Detentions | Detention rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Over the last two years an inspection here found 6.6 deficiencies on average.
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Questions about Mombasa
What is the UN/LOCODE of Mombasa?
The UN/LOCODE of Mombasa is KEMBA.
Is pilotage compulsory in Mombasa?
Yes. The nautical port index lists pilotage in Mombasa as compulsory.
Can ships take bunkers in Mombasa?
Yes. Mombasa offers fuel oil and diesel, according to the nautical port index.
Does Mombasa have a dry dock?
Yes. Mombasa has a large dry dock and moderate ship repairs.
Is Mombasa a first port of entry?
Yes. Ships arriving from abroad can clear in at Mombasa.
How many port state control inspections are there in Mombasa?
3 port state control inspections were recorded in Mombasa in 2025, and 0 of them ended in a detention.
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