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Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) says cargo volumes at the Port of Mombasa rose by 12.8 percent in the first six months of this year on the back of ongoing expansion in capacity and enhanced efficiency to reduce the time goods stay at the port. This performance is attributed to the opening of berth No. 19 in August last year, improved cargo handling infrastructure, and removal of non-tariff barriers.
The total cargo throughput between January and June 2014, rose by 12.8 percent to 11.9 million tons from 10.5 million tons in a similar period last year.
Similarly, container traffic grew from 415,948 TEUs last year to 463,920 TEUs this year, representing 11.5 percent growth.
Imports grew by 11.7 percent posting 10.06million tons compared to 8.90 million tons registered in 2013 while exports rose by 13.9 percent to 1.65 million tons up from 1.45 million tons in 2013.
Following commissioning of berth No.19, transshipment traffic has registered tremendous growth of up to 120 percent to reach 158,085 tons in 2014, up from 71,996 tons in 2013.
KPA managed to reduce vessel turnaround time to 3.2 days in the first half of this year compared to 3.5 days in the same period last year.
Cargo dwell time also reduced to 3.8 days from 4.9 days last year.
