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On the sidelines of the PMAESA Ports and Maritime Investment Forum and Exhibition 2026 in Dar es Salaam, the Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa took a quietly…
Kenya’s ports are no longer peripheral players in global trade. Mombasa remains East Africa’s busiest gateway, Lamu is steadily building capacity, and coastal traffic is rising—characterised by larger vessels, tighter…
Africa supplies only about 4% of the world’s seafarers. That stark figure, highlighted in a recent post by the African Maritime Council and corroborated by BIMCO/ICS data and analyses from…
In an era when public institutions in Kenya are often judged more by controversy than competence, the recent Kenya Ports Authority pension trustee elections stand out for what did not…
The arrival of the MV Grande Egitto at the Port of Mombasa this Thursday is not merely a logistical event; it is a watershed moment for East African maritime trade.…
The recently concluded International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya Annual Jurists Conference in Kuala Lumpur was more than a gathering of legal elites; it was a vivid tableau of a…
Today, across 40 polling stations from Mombasa to the hinterland, more than 11,700 members of the Kenya Ports Authority Pension Schemes are quietly exercising one of the most consequential democratic…
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) PLC has set an audacious target: to surge annual cargo volumes from the current 45.45 million metric tonnes to 168 million metric tonnes by 2045.…
Nigeria’s seaports stand at a familiar and dangerous inflection point. The Dockworkers Branch of the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has warned that ports could shut down next week…
When seasoned industry practitioners step into a room with port managers to unpack the mechanics of international trade, the organisation of shipping, and the evolving dynamics of tramp and liner…