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Yesterday’s meeting between the Joint Seafarers Committee and the Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) was far more than a routine consultation. It represented a necessary recalibration in a sector brimming with…
For more than two decades, Nigeria collected a 2 percent surcharge on cabotage trade and watched the funds accumulate while its indigenous shipowners starved for capital. The Cabotage Vessel Financing…
On 31 August 2026, two Filipino seafarers lost their lives when the vessel Sidr came under attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Within days, the Philippines’ Department of Migrant…
This morning, Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) Director General CPA Omae Nyarandi, FICS, convened a meet-and-greet session with employees, formally welcoming newly appointed staff. He urged them to embrace their roles…
Kenya boasts over 500 kilometres of coastline, a vibrant and energetic youth population, and hospitality training institutions that produce globally competitive graduates. As cruise ships—those floating cities of luxury—dock with…
The nuclear-powered merchant ship is no longer a relic of Cold War ambition. It is a coming reality, and the global maritime industry—particularly Africa—must begin preparing now. The United States…
Kenya stands at the threshold of what may become the largest industrial investment in its history. Aliko Dangote’s planned 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Lamu—with groundbreaking scheduled for late September or…
Kenya presides over one of Africa’s most glaring maritime paradoxes. With a 640-kilometre coastline on the Western Indian Ocean, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) spanning 142,400 square kilometres, and extended…
The arrival of the USS Ross (DDG-71) in Mombasa on September 5 is being presented as a routine port visit. On the surface, that description is accurate. The Arleigh Burke-class…
On an unremarkable day at the Port of Mombasa, a 260-metre Chinese-flagged Panamax container vessel slipped quietly into Berth 22. In doing so, it silently reaffirmed something profound about Kenya’s…