Crisis as agencies and traders clash over cargo

Containers at at the port of Mombasa in March 2018. Importers are lamenting over congestion at the facility. [File, Standard]

A surge in imported cargo at Mombasa port and Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Nairobi has sparked a dispute between State agencies and port users.

Both the Government and the users agree that high volumes of cargo is being reported at the port. However, they differ on whether this has led to congestion at the facility.