Mombasa port cargo up 12 per cent as Dar, Durban hit by congestion

Cranes offload containers from a ship at the Mombasa Port. [File, Standard]

The volume of cargo processed by the Port of Mombasa in the first nine months this year grew by over 12 per cent, despite intense rivalry from neighbouring harbours and disruption by the Houthi's attacks off the coast of Yemen.

On Tuesday, Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director William Ruto said the growth was due to congestion in the neighbouring ports of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, and Durban in South Africa.