The Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA) is an intergovernmental body, encompassing six countries in Eastern Africa, tasked with the job of coordinating transport infrastructure improvements. The

Northern Corridor Northern Corridor is a busy and an important transport route to the East and Central Africa countries of Burundi, Eastern DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda. The main Northern Corridor transport network is connected to the Port of ...

includes the

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, the international road network, rail networks, inland waterways and pipeline transport. The core element of the Northern Corridor is the port of Mombasa, the largest port in Kenya, which connects Kenya and five other landlocked countries to the sea and with the

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. The six countries covered by the NCTTCA are Kenya, Uganda,

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Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Northern corridor also serves northern Tanzania and parts of Ethiopia.

Location

The headquarters of the NCTTCA and the organization's Permanent Secretariat are located at House 1196, Links Road, in Nyali, a neighborhood with Mombasa, the largest port and second-largest city of Kenya. The geographical coordinates of the Authority headquarters are 04°02'59.0"S, 39°41'30.0"E (Latitude:-4.049722; Longitude:39.691667).

Overview

One of its main objectives is to build

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railways connecting Uganda,

, South Sudan and the eastern parts of The Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the Kenyan port city of Mombasa. A refined oil products pipeline, carrying

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, petrol and kerosene is also under development. The pipeline, measuring in diameter, is being laid from the Kenyan coast to Uganda and Rwanda. The pipeline will replace an estimated 700 oil tanker trucks that transport fuel by road between Mombasa and Nairobi, on a daily basis, according to the

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References

External links

Website of the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority

Transport And Trade Facilitation Along The Northern Corridor: Challenges, Experiences And ICT Initiatives Towards A Smart Corridor
{{Authority control Transport in Africa Rail transport in East Africa Transport in Uganda Transport in Kenya Transport in Rwanda Transport in Burundi Transport in South Sudan Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Organizations established in 1983

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