Suez Canal blockage to have insignificant impact on Mombasa port
Mombasa Port. Kenya Ports Authority, which manages Mombasa Port, has accelerated infrastructure development and modernisation of equipment. PHOTO | COURTESY | KPA
Kenya has allayed fears of pronounced negative impact on operations at the Port of Mombasa as an aftermath of the Suez Canal crisis, with only exports mainly refrigerated avocados to Europe and America, expected to experience slight delays.
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Acting Managing Director Rashid Salim said the blockage by a Japanese ship Ever Given on both sides of the canal was cleared on time and the port management does not foresee much of an impact, given that imports are mainly from Asia.
