East Africa braced for ports battle

The new Lamu and Bagamoyo ports in Tanzania have the potential to challenge Mombasa’s dominance in the coming years, a new report says.

The 2022 African Ports report by advisory firm GBS Africa says Lamu's and Bagamoyo's depths and development into trans-shipment ports may in the long run give them an edge in terms of the size and number of vessels handled and time taken to move containers.