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For decades, the pilot ladder occupied a strange place in maritime safety culture. It was the fragile, rope-and-wood bridge between a pilot boat pitching in a swell and a steel…
The headline writes itself: a Nigerian billionaire breaks ground on a $16 billion refinery in Kenya, months after his Lagos mega-refinery upended global fuel markets. The numbers are staggering, the…
Capt. William Ruto is the strongest-performing CEO the Kenya Ports Authority has had in recent memory—and the clearest path to making Mombasa a true peer of Nhava Sheva runs through…
In the high-stakes environment of East Africa’s premier port—where containers move by the tens of thousands daily and human lives intersect with heavy machinery, hazardous cargo, and complex logistics—preparedness is…
In the hierarchy of global container shipping, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) sits unchallenged at the top. As of early November 2026, Alphaliner data put MSC’s operated fleet at roughly 7.48…
The International Maritime Organization’s Council has concluded its 138th session in London with a familiar and necessary refrain: seafarers must be protected, vital shipping lanes must remain open and safe,…
The World Bank’s latest Kenya Economic Update has delivered a harsh but necessary verdict. Mombasa Port, East Africa’s largest and most important gateway, ranked 375th out of 403 container ports…
Arsenio Dominguez secured a second four-year term as Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization this week, but the manner of his victory reveals more about the institution’s deepening fractures than…
On 31 October, the official opening of what its organisers describe as Kenya’s first mangrove resource centre marked a quiet but significant shift in how coastal conservation is being practised…
The Time Has Come for the African Union Maritime Force For too long, Africa’s vast maritime domain—encompassing over 30,000 kilometers of coastline and some of the world’s most resource-rich waters—has…