{"id":20649,"date":"2021-01-11T19:57:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T19:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=20649"},"modified":"2021-01-11T18:15:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T18:15:16","slug":"crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls","title":{"rendered":"Crisis at Likoni Channel After Ferry Stalls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>There was a crisis at the Likoni Channel after the MV Safari ferry stalled on its way to ferry passengers and vehicular cargo, creating a major traffic snarl-up.<\/p>\n<p>This led to thousands of residents opting to use the newly launched Liwatoni floating bridge to cross the Likoni channel.<\/p>\n<p>MV Likoni was also marooned on the other side of the channel and had to wait for the floating bridge to be crossed in order to resume operations.<\/p>\n<p>Videos of traffic snarl-ups at the Mombasa mainland side also surfaced online showing the extent of the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that only two ferries had been deployed to carry vehicular traffic in the morning. After the incident, all passengers were diverted to use the bridge instead.<\/p>\n<p>The new MV Safari ferry was launched early last year by the government.<\/p>\n<p>The move was expected to ease traffic flow at the channel especially due to the traffic challenges brought about by the Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n<p>On a daily basis, about 300,000 people cross the Likoni ferry channel and 6,000 vehicles are transported across the channel.<\/p>\n<p>The ferry has a capacity of about 1500 passengers and 64 cars but only carries about 1,000 in line with the measures enforced by the government to control the spread of the Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n<p>The government also unveiled the Ksh1.9 billion Liwatoni Floating Bridge on December 10, 2020 meant to ease the traffic flow even further.<\/p>\n<p>This was however met with challenges as the majority of Mombasa residents pointed out various issues leading to them opting for the ferry instead of the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Some expressed fears of using the bridge, stating that they did not understand the technology behind it.<\/p>\n<p>Others pointed out factors such as distance and the extreme temperatures whereby residents would take ages to cross the 800 meter bridge while being exposed to the scorching sun.<\/p>\n<p>The ferry stalling incident came a day after a tourist bus plunged into the Indian ocean at the Likoni ferry.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the brakes of the bus failed as the driver intended to board a ferry headed to Mombasa island.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, no one was hurt during the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. There was a crisis at the Likoni Channel after the MV Safari ferry stalled on its way to ferry passengers and vehicular cargo, creating a major traffic snarl-up. This led to thousands of residents opting to use the newly launched Liwatoni floating bridge to cross the Likoni channel. MV Likoni was also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":20648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-20649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crisis at Likoni Channel After Ferry Stalls - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There was a crisis at the Likoni Channel after the MV Safari ferry stalled on its way to ferry passengers and vehicular ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Crisis at Likoni Channel After Ferry Stalls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There was a crisis at the Likoni Channel after the MV Safari ferry stalled on its way to ferry passengers and vehicular ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-11T19:57:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/img-5ffc959fae481.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Crisis at Likoni Channel After Ferry Stalls\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-11T19:57:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls\"},\"wordCount\":358,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/01\/img-5ffc959fae481.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/crisis-at-likoni-channel-after-ferry-stalls\",\"name\":\"Crisis at Likoni Channel After Ferry Stalls - 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