KPA raises Mombasa port cargo traffic by 12 per cent

President Uhuru commissions the first phase of the second container terminal at the Mombasa port last year. The terminal has enabled the port to accommodate bigger vessels. [File, Standard]

The Mombasa port registered an 11.9 per cent growth in the cargo it handled in the first six months of this year, according to new Kenya Ports Authority data.

The port management in a report released on Tuesday credited the growth to recent expansion activities, including the construction of a second container terminal last year.