Dar reaps as Mombasa cargo volumes hit 5-year low

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Shippers Council of Eastern Africa chief executive Gilbert Langat. FILE PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

The volume of cargo handled by Mombasa port has dipped for the first time in five years with players pointing to rising competition from Dar es Salaam.

Total cargo throughput at the port shrunk to 33.74 million metric tonnes last year from 34.76 million tonnes the year before, data collated by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics suggests.

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