KPA slashes rates by half to lure importers to Lamu Port

Aerial view of freight ship with cargo containers on the sea. [Courtesy]

Ships and importers at the Lamu Port will now pay half of the cost they incur at the port of Mombasa.

In the new tariffs published by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) in a bid to lure traders to use Lamu port, stevedoring charges have also been reduced by 40 per cent.  Stevedoring is the loading or offloading of cargo from the ship.