Mombasa port shrugs off Tanzania threat with double-digit cargo growth

The Port of Mombasa has posted a double-digit growth in volume of cargo, pointing to improving efficiency amidst renewed growth in imports of machinery.

Official data shows eastern Africa’s largest and busiest seaport handled about 29.94 million metric tonnes of goods in nine months through last September, a growth of12.64 percent over 26.58 million tonnes in a similar period a year earlier.