The Likoni Ferry is a Two - four double-ended ferries alternate across the harbour, carrying both road and foot traffic.
Likoni ferry which started operations in 1937, is a boat service across the Kilindini Harbour, serving both the island city of Mombasa and the Kenyan mainland town of Likoni.The ferries are operated by the Kenya Ferry Services (KFS).
They provide passenger services across the two channels free of charge, while vehicles, tuktuks and motorcycles pay a ferry toll.Motorcycles pay Sh40, Saloon car Sh 90, Mini busses Sh450 and Busses Sh880.
There are five operating ferries - MV Nyayo, MV Harambee, and MV Kilindini which were bought second hand in 1990; MV Mvita and MV Pwani, bought in 1969 and 1974, respectively. Others include MV Kwale and MV Likoni which were bought in 2010.
Three of the operating ferries, MV Harambee, MV Nyayo and MV Kilindini were deregistered from Lloyd's Register (an international maritime classification society) as being unseaworthy.
Apart from the main Likoni line, there is a passenger-only peak hour service between Mtongwe and Mombasa island next to Bandari College, which crosses the Kilindini Creek few kilometres west of the Kilindini line.
The service was halted pending repairs of the ramp that was damaged.
On April 29, 1994, MV Mtongwe vessel bound for the mainland capsized 40 metres from the port, killing 272 of the 400 people on board.