Posted to the web 24 July 2008 Githua Kihara Nairobi Kenya Ports Authority has suspended landing of transshipment cargo in Mombasa port from next Monday due to over congestion. This will allow the port to clear a backlog of 2,741 Twenty Foot Equivalents Units as at Wednesday, destined for Dar es Salaam and other Indian Ocean ports. Normally, the port handles about 2,000 units for transshipment. The port of Dar es Salaam, which regularly faces similar problems of congestion, significantly relies on Mombasa as one measure of controlling the problem. Mr Harry Abok, the port's corporate communication officer, said the suspension was only temporary. "We shall resume transshipment business as soon as we clear the backlog," the officer said. Mr Abok said that the port of Mombasa is not bound to take any transshipment cargo and only...
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