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The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) issued its press release on 14th April 2026 announcing new maximum retail petroleum prices. The price hikes which became effective on the morning…
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has crossed 1,000-ship threshold marking major milestone and defining stage in the evolution of global liner shipping. In an industry historically shaped by cycles, alliances, and…
As the global cruise and maritime community gathers at the Seatrade Cruise Global Conference and Exhibition in Miami, the prevailing tone is unmistakably forward-looking. The industry is no longer simply…
The quiet arrival of the livestock carrier MV Murray Express at the Port of Mombasa appears, on the surface, as a routine entry in a crowded port schedule. Yet beneath…
The recent Regional Single Window Conference in Nairobi, convened by the Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) in partnership with the African Alliance for Electronic Commerce, was more than a technical…
Africa is speaking with increasing confidence about its blue economy, and for the first time, that confidence is being matched by a visible architecture of strategy, investment forums, and political…
Mombasa Port recently received the maiden call of the pure car carrier MV Global Fuji. The vessel which was carrying 579 motor vehicles is powered primarily by liquefied natural gas…
The Strait of Hormuz, as many in the maritime industry know it, is the narrow maritime chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and a significant share of…
Kenya’s blue economy ambitions are racing ahead, and its safety architecture can hardly keep pace. Along the Indian Ocean coastline—from Mombasa through Kilifi to Kwale—and across the inland waters of…
For decades, the story of African national shipping lines has been one of unfulfilled promise characterized by huge debts, political interferences, and strategic drift. Kenya shares in this fate simply…