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Port operations at Mombasa remain steady despite a small variance on the weekly arrival of vessels, occasioned by a slow down in the global supply chain over Coronavirus.
Manufacturing and international trade, cargo volumes remain high compared to last year, Kenya Ports Authority(KPA) data shows, where most of its 2020-quarter one targets have been surpassed.
January–February throughput hit 5.9 million metric tonnes higher than the 5.7 million metric tonnes target the authority had set for the period.
This is 7.2 per cent more than 5.5 million metric tonnes handled in a similar period last year.
Imports were 4.8 million tonnes while exports clocked 727,000 tonnes, higher than 4.4 million and 706,000 tonnes handled in a similar period last year.
Of this, 3.8 million tonnes were destined for the Kenyan market with 1.7 million tonnes heading to the hinterland, mainly Uganda.
Container volumes increased to 238,169 TEUs(twenty-foot equivalent unit) compared to 226,413 TEUs achieved the same period last year, despite trade between Kenya and China (biggest import source) slowing down.
A total of 120 vessels called at the Port between March 5 and April 1, mainly container and bulk carriers.
Source: MSN News
Manufacturing and international trade, cargo volumes remain high compared to last year, Kenya Ports Authority(KPA) data shows, where most of its 2020-quarter one targets have been surpassed.
January–February throughput hit 5.9 million metric tonnes higher than the 5.7 million metric tonnes target the authority had set for the period.
This is 7.2 per cent more than 5.5 million metric tonnes handled in a similar period last year.
Imports were 4.8 million tonnes while exports clocked 727,000 tonnes, higher than 4.4 million and 706,000 tonnes handled in a similar period last year.
Of this, 3.8 million tonnes were destined for the Kenyan market with 1.7 million tonnes heading to the hinterland, mainly Uganda.
Container volumes increased to 238,169 TEUs(twenty-foot equivalent unit) compared to 226,413 TEUs achieved the same period last year, despite trade between Kenya and China (biggest import source) slowing down.
A total of 120 vessels called at the Port between March 5 and April 1, mainly container and bulk carriers.
Source: MSN News
