A Professional Maritime Blog for Advancing Africa’s Maritime Industry
An Op-Ed Featuring Elijah Mbaru, FICS CEO, Kenya Ships Agents Association | Chairman, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers — East Africa Branch The Industry at a Crossroads The global maritime industry…
Douglas Oliver’s recent LinkedIn post cuts to the bone of a long-running national failure. Nigeria once trained its own ocean-going seafarers on its own ships. Corruption and mismanagement killed the…
In September 2026, DP World and Kenya-based GulfCap Africa signed a shareholders agreement formally launching the 222-hectare Mombasa Industrial Park Special Economic Zone (SEZ), with a first phase spanning 40…
On 11 September 2026, German shipping passed a quiet watershed. For the first time, vessels flying the German flag may carry Masters and senior officers who are not EU/EEA nationals.…
Every day, roughly 11 billion tons of cargo cross the world’s oceans. The ships carrying that trade are governed by a regulatory architecture unlike anything else in global industry: four…
When U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia stood at the Port of Mombasa and praised the Kenya Ports Authority for streamlining operations, it was easy to…
On a Friday evening in Nairobi, amid the formalities of the third Kenya Quality Awards Gala Dinner, a simple but profound truth was restated: investment and innovation alone will not…
In energy markets, price is only half the story. The other half is the cost of moving barrels across oceans. Argus Media’s recent infographic, Why Tanker Freight Rates Move, crystallizes…
We see them everywhere—stacked in colorful towers at ports, rattling down highways on trucks, or sitting quietly in industrial yards. Shipping containers are the most visible yet least examined pieces…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s business community is signalling a clear preference for Kenya’s inland logistics infrastructure. Following a recent tour of the Port of Mombasa by a delegation from…