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Tanzania and Angola have agreed to link their transport corridors so that the Benguela Railway—the spine of the Lobito Corridor on the Atlantic—connects through Zambia and the Democratic Republic of…
For over a decade following the peak of the Somali piracy crisis from 2008 to 2013, the international community largely viewed the problem as contained. A combination of naval coalitions,…
In the coastal town of Malindi, where the Vasco da Gama Pillar stands as a monument to 15th-century exploration, a modern institution is attempting to rewrite Kenya’s relationship with the…
On the afternoon of 29 October 2026, approximately a dozen armed men boarded the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow AZINI between Bandarbayla and Hafun District off the coast of Puntland, Somalia. The…
The waters of Kilindini Harbour have long carried the weight of Kenya’s maritime commerce, but they also hold the memory of those who paid the ultimate price ensuring that trade…
On the sidelines of the PMAESA Ports and Maritime Investment Forum and Exhibition 2026 in Dar es Salaam, the Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa took a quietly…
Kenya’s ports are no longer peripheral players in global trade. Mombasa remains East Africa’s busiest gateway, Lamu is steadily building capacity, and coastal traffic is rising—characterised by larger vessels, tighter…
Africa supplies only about 4% of the world’s seafarers. That stark figure, highlighted in a recent post by the African Maritime Council and corroborated by BIMCO/ICS data and analyses from…
In an era when public institutions in Kenya are often judged more by controversy than competence, the recent Kenya Ports Authority pension trustee elections stand out for what did not…
The arrival of the MV Grande Egitto at the Port of Mombasa this Thursday is not merely a logistical event; it is a watershed moment for East African maritime trade.…