Flower exporters eye sea freight as air costs shoot up

Workers at Equator Flowers Farm in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County pack flowers for export. FILE PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG

The high cost of shipping horticultural produce by air is now pushing traders to adopt sea freight which is relatively cheaper.

Freighters from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) are charging $5.8 for a kilo of cargo, forcing exporters to seek other alternative means.

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