The port of Mombasa has recorded improved efficiency attributed to the construction of the second Container Terminal, improved handling services and faster transfer of cargo on the standard gauge railway to Nairobi.

The Kenya Port Authority managing director Daniel Manduku said yard congestion has reduced enabling better operations and planning.

The port handled 1.425 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (teus) in 2019 representing a 7.3 per cent growth over the previous year.

On transshipment, the port registered…