A Professional Maritime Blog for Advancing Africa’s Maritime Industry
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…
On Wednesday, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA-PLC) marked more than the arrival of another container ship. The maiden call of HMM Company Limited’s vessel under the Gulf India Africa (GIA)…
The inaugural CMA CGM dedicated block train that departed the Port of Mombasa this week, carrying more than 100 TEUs destined for the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi, is not…
In the elegant conference halls of Kuala Lumpur this week, under the banner of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya’s Annual Jurists Conference 2026, Hon. Justice (Dr.) Smokin Wanjala…
When a delegation of Ugandan engineers toured the Port of Mombasa this week, the headlines focused on concrete and capacity: Berth 19B, 240 metres of new quay length, a 15-metre…
In a quiet but consequential ceremony in Mombasa, Bandari Maritime Academy (BMA) and CMA CGM, the French shipping and logistics giant, formalised a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that does more…
Shipping is often described as the backbone of globalization—a borderless conveyor belt moving goods with quiet efficiency. But the week of 19–25 October 2026 exposed a troubling paradox: the industry…
On the sidelines of the inaugural African Maritime Security Forum in Accra, a seemingly routine courtesy call carried strategic weight. Brigadier John Sankale Kiswaa, Deputy Commander of the Kenya Navy,…
In mid-October 2026, naval leaders from across Africa gathered at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra for the inaugural African Maritime Security Forum. Under the theme “The…
Kenya’s maritime domain is no longer a peripheral concern. It is central to national security, food systems, trade, employment, and the Blue Economy ambitions articulated in Vision 2030. Against this…