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The recent launch by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) of the UNCTAD TrainForTrade Modern Port Management Programme is easy to file under “capacity building as usual”: twenty middle managers in…
UNCTAD data confirm what many in the maritime sector have sensed for months: between 2024 and 2025, Africa recorded the fastest growth in liner shipping connectivity of any region, rising…
Morocco is quietly rewriting the rules of African port competitiveness. The arrival of Africa’s first Liebherr LPS 550 portal slewing crane at the Port of Casablanca is more than a…
In the maritime industry, few bottlenecks frustrate aspiring officers more than the gap between academic training and the sea time required for a Certificate of Competency (CoC). Partnerships such as…
Kenya’s maritime training pipeline has made real progress. Partnerships between Bandari Maritime Academy (BMA) and global carriers such as CMA CGM have delivered what classroom instruction cannot: mandatory sea time.…
That is the sharpest line in a recent post by the Southern Africa Corridor Logistics Initiative (SACLI), and it cuts through the usual regional debate about rail reform, private operators…
Tanzania’s Fair Competition Commission has blocked Taifa Gas, controlled by billionaire Rostam Aziz, from taking a 49 percent stake in the operator of the Songo Songo gas field. The decision,…
On World Maritime Day, the quiet dominance of Hellenic shipping once again stands in plain sight. While policymakers in Brussels debate maritime industrial strategy and strategic autonomy, the data show…
A recent post from Lloyd’s Maritime Institute (LMI) offers a clean, accessible primer on bulk carrier classification by deadweight tonnage (DWT). It lists the familiar progression—Small/Handy, Handymax, Supramax, Ultramax, Panamax,…
In September 2026, a quiet but consequential announcement emerged from Accra. The Regional Maritime University (RMU), in partnership with the Dar es Salaam Maritime Institute (DMI), the University of Ghana…