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Shippers Council advises members to preplan imports over delays

Shippers are in a crisis following a delay in the transportation of containers destined to Nairobi at the Mombasa Port that has persisted for the last one month attributed to damaged wagons.

The Shippers Council of Eastern Africa (SCEA) chief executive Gilbert Langat warned of “chaos” amid high demurrage costs, delayed payment of duty, and factories closing down as members mulled using trucks to transport the containers instead of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

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