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On Monday, 14 September 2026, the State Department for Shipping and Maritime Affairs will host a Stakeholders Participation Forum at the Bandari Maritime Academy in Mombasa, with a parallel Google…
For decades, Mombasa has been Kenya’s front door to the world—a bustling port through which raw materials leave and finished goods arrive. This role has brought jobs, revenue, and regional…
Kenya’s long-promised industrial leap on the coast is finally showing concrete signs of life. Transport Principal Secretary Mohammed Daghar’s recent declaration that the Mombasa Special Economic Zone is “ready to…
A rare and revealing consensus has taken hold among the giants of container shipping. Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd, CMA CGM and COSCO are no longer primarily racing to order more vessels.…
Kenya’s determination to protect customs revenue, combat undervaluation and shut down fraudulent import schemes is legitimate and overdue. No serious trader or logistics operator disputes the need for stronger verification…
The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers East Africa Branch’s conferment of an Honorary Fellowship upon Capt. William Kipkemboi Ruto, Managing Director of the Kenya Ports Authority, is more than a ceremonial…
The United States has pledged to help Kenya build factories and secondary industries around the rare earth element and niobium deposits at Mrima Hill on the southern coast. This is…
The recent visit by Frederick Tatin, Senior Vice President for Africa Lines at CMA CGM, to the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) headquarters was far more than a diplomatic courtesy. It…
The convening of the inaugural Africa Capital Week 2026 in Nairobi under the theme, “Deepening Capital Markets to Advance Africa’s Economic Sovereignty,” could not be more opportune. As policymakers, regulators,…
On Monday, the Port of Mombasa did something deceptively simple and quietly consequential: it set a new internal benchmark for container discharge. A coordinated team of vessel planners, crane operators,…