The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has extended free storage period to importers using the Naivasha Inland Container Depot (ICD) for their transit cargo to entice countries in the hinterland use the facility.
The effects have impacted the whole transport logistics chain and the approved free storage period for implementation effective May 18, 2020," said KPA acting Managing Director Rashid Salim.
In the new tariffs, domestic export containers will enjoy a free storage period of 15 days compared with the earlier nine.
Transit import containers at the port and ICD in Embakasi will enjoy 14 days free storage period from nine days and transit export containers will enjoy 20 days free storage from the current 15.
East Africa clearing agents' umbrella body, Federation of East African Freight Forwarders Associations (FEAFFA), through its president, Fred Seka, welcomed the KPA changes but called on other regional governments and shipping lines to extend free storage periods.
