Mombasa port cargo grows 8.6pc

Kenya Ports Authority Managing Director Daniel Manduku. [David Gichuru/Standard]

The Port of Mombasa has posted an 8.6 per cent growth in the last seven months to achieve a throughput of 19.69 million tonnes.

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director Daniel Manduku said the cargo volumes had risen from 18.4 million tonnes registered during the same period last year and projected that the port would handle 33.5 million tonnes by the end of the year.