Cargo containers at Mombasa port’s container terminal. Kenya’s diplomatic tiff with Somali has negatively impacted the two countries’ trade, with latest data showing that Mogadishu is no longer importing any cargo through Mombasa. FILE PHOTO | NMG
The port of Mombasa recorded a sharp decline in transit cargo destined to Ethiopia, Tanzania and Burundi in the first seven months of the year even as Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo raised their usage of the Kenyan port, official data has revealed.
Goods on transit to Tanzania from Mombasa dropped by 9.4 per cent to 141,000 tonnes in seven months to July this year, with tonnage expected to drop much further with increased usage of the $345 million World Bank-funded Dar es Salaam Maritime Gateway Project (DSMGP).
