Mombasa Port’s 2016 traffic up by 2.4 per cent

Congestion of containers at the port of Mombasa in 2008. Traders are question the drop in cargo import at the port of Mombasa, December 08, 2016. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

Container traffic through Mombasa, Kenya’s biggest port, increased by 2.4 per cent in 2016 after the opening of a new section of the second container terminal, the management has said.

The biggest port in East Africa and the region’s trade gateway, Mombasa handles imports of fuel and consumer goods and exports of tea and coffee from landlocked neighbours such as Uganda and South Sudan and its traffic flows serve as a barometer of economic activity in the region.