Kenya in cashless plan for import containers

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Operations within the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Yard in Mombasa, Kenya in this photo taken on May 13, 2024. PHOTO | NMG

Kenyan importers have been spared the troubling charges on container guarantees at the Port of Mombasa, which will enable them to also avoid demurrage charges incurred on delayed clearances.

The move, which follows Tanzania’s, came after shippers and clearing agents struck a deal that will allow importers to settle any charges on damaged containers on returning them to a shipper, not before taking the cargo as before.