Heavy rains, new equipment to blame for tea, avocado stuck at port

A terminal at the Mombasa port. Photo | Jeff Angote | NMG

A State agency has linked a two-week delay in exportation of tea and avocado worth more than Sh945 million to heavy rains and offloading of newly acquired equipment.

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) managing director, Catherine Mturi-Wairi, attributed the challenges that affected export cargo, particularly tea by shipping lines, to the offloading of cargo handling equipment at berth 21 which took more days.

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