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
- 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.
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.
- 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.
Corridor Costs is published by Onward Africa, a communications firm. It is not a government website. Our methodology page explains who we are and how we check every figure.