TRADERS CALLS FOR KISMAYO PORT REHABILITATION TO SPUR LIVESTOCK EXPORTS
August 1st, 2016
LIVESTOCK exporters using the key southern Somalia port of Kismayo are calling for facility improvements to spur this trade, which is of critical importance to the economic health of this war-wracked region.
Inefficiencies, outdated infrastructure and tainted global image courtesy of piracy, is not only holding back livestock exports but curtailing efforts to make Kismayo port profitable, said Ibrahim Ahmed Abdinoor, chief executive officer of the African Shipping Line, which has offices in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Dubai.
“The livestock export sector ...
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