Shipping line levies delay charges on port cargo

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The Standard | by Dominic Omondi


Congestion at the port of Mombasa is threatening to turn into a logistics nightmare after a shipping line slapped traders with a punitive surcharge for delays.

CMA CGM announced on February 19 that it had introduced a Port Congestion Surcharge (PCS) on cargo bound to and from Kenya until further notice.

The France-based shipping company introduced the fee to recover money it had lost due to the congestion at the Port of Mombasa, saying that the jam would only get worse…

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