What it costs to move goods on African trade corridors
Port charges, transit fees, road tolls, container deposits and clearing costs on routes such as Mombasa to Juba and Dar es Salaam to Kigali, from port authorities and corridor agencies, dated. Updated 20 October 2026.
Explainers
- Cargo dwell time at Mombasa and Dar es Salaam
How dwell time is measured at Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, the official figures and targets, and how time in port turns into storage charges.
- Customs transit bonds in East Africa
What a customs transit bond is, how the COMESA RCTG Carnet and the new EACBond work, what they cost and what happens when a bond is called.
- Demurrage and detention charges in East African ports
What demurrage, detention and port storage charges are at Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, who sets them, and the official and shipping line free time.
- Port charges at Mombasa and Dar es Salaam
Selected published container charges at Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, with the date of each tariff and where to read it.
- Shipping line container deposits in East Africa
What a shipping line container deposit is, how lines collect and refund it at Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, and what regulators have said.
- The EAC Single Customs Territory explained
How the EAC Single Customs Territory works, where duties are paid, which bonds apply and what official studies say about clearance times.
Corridors
- Central Corridor: Dar es Salaam to Kigali
Tanzania Ports Authority charges for transit containers, free storage days, road user charges and Dar es Salaam to Kigali transit times and costs.
- Dar es Salaam to Zambia: port, TAZARA and road charges
Dar es Salaam port charges for Zambian transit containers, the TAZARA railway and its revival deal, road user charges and transit bonds.
- Djibouti to Addis Ababa corridor
The Djibouti to Addis Ababa railway, freight transit times, shipping line free time and demurrage, and regional road and bond schemes for Ethiopian cargo.
- Durban to Lusaka on the North-South Corridor
Border posts, tolls, port tariff changes and measured transit times for cargo moving from Durban to Lusaka through Beitbridge and Chirundu or Kazungula.
- Lamu Port and the LAPSSET corridor
What operates at Lamu Port, its cargo volumes, incentives and tariffs, and the Auditor-General's findings on the LAPSSET corridor's roads and governance.
- Northern Corridor: Mombasa to Juba
Distances, transit times, port dwell time, published charges and the transit bond for trucks moving cargo from Mombasa to Juba via Kampala.
- Northern Corridor: Mombasa to Kampala
Road and rail distances, transit times, rail rates and port dwell times for cargo moving from Mombasa to Kampala, from Northern Corridor data.
- Northern Corridor: Mombasa to Kigali
Road distance, transit times, freight rates, port dwell time and clearance times for cargo moving from Mombasa to Kigali, from Northern Corridor data.
- The Berbera Corridor: Berbera to Ethiopia
Berbera port capacity and ownership, the road to the Ethiopian border, shipping line charges and the status of Ethiopian cargo on the corridor.
- The Lobito Corridor: Angola, DR Congo and Zambia
What the Lobito Corridor is, the Benguela Railway concession and its US$753 million loans, the planned Zambia line, and what is known about charges.
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