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Mombasa port hit by worst empty containers pile up as ships delay

Kenya Ports Authority. [Courtesy]

Importers at the Port of Mombasa are staring at huge costs as shipping lines impose punitive demurrage charges due to delays in the repatriation of thousands of empty containers.

Currently, the port is battling a severe logistical crisis in managing empty containers, threatening to bring operations at East Africa’s biggest port to a grinding halt.

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