Mombasa port records 10.9% rise in cargo volumes in 2025

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KENYA’S Port of Mombasa said it handled 45.45 million metric tonnes of cargo volumes in 2025, up 10.9 per cent from 2024.
“This marks a significant growth in regional trade which calls for capacity expansion to the trade demands,” Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director William Ruto said in a statement issued on Thursday.
Ruto said that total container traffic rose by 5.5 per cent to 2.11 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2025, up from two million TEUs in 2024.
According to the KPA, transit cargo recorded 15.88 million metric tonnes from 13.29 million metric tonnes in 2024, translating to 19.5
per cent increase.
All major transit markets recorded growth, with Uganda posting a 25.2 per cent increase, the Democratic Republic of the Congo 16.5 per cent, Rwanda 22.8 per cent, and Tanzania 11 per cent. — Xinhua

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