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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has signed a Transhipment Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) charter with stakeholders at the port of Mombasa to enhance cargo clearance efficiency and boost regional trade. This comes as the government continues to implement a number of expansion projects and raft of measures to ease congestion at the port of Mombasa, enabling the facility to fight off growing competition mainly from the Port of Dar es Salaam and Tanga.

Transhipment deal to boost efficiency at Mombasa port

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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has signed a Transhipment Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) charter with stakeholders at the port of Mombasa to enhance cargo clearance efficiency and boost regional trade.

As part of a commitment to boost port operations and clear bottlenecks affecting efficient cargo movement, KRA has signed the Transhipment SOPs for the Port of Mombasa with the Kenya Ports Authority and the Kenya Shipping Agents Association.

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KRA Customs and Border Control Commissioner, Mr. Kevin Safari, KPA General Manager Operations Captain William Ruto and the Kenya Shipping Agents Association CEO Juma Ali Tellah have described the formulation of the transhipment SOPs as a key milestone for the shipping stakeholders.

The adoption of a bidding SOPs, they explained, will play a key role in raising efficiency levels at the port of Mombasa.

“The SOPs have been developed …