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Mombasa Port exported 517,131 tonnes in July 2026 — the highest monthly export figure on record and a 21.3 percent increase over the 426,164 tonnes shipped in July 2025. Total…
When a major global carrier announces it expects to move more than one million TEU across Africa in a single year, and pairs that ambition with a deeper terminal partnership…
The question is no longer whether the site was right. It is whether Kenya will finish the corridor that makes the port matter—and whether KPA will sell it from Addis…
Kenya once had a refinery. It was small, aging, state-dominated, and ultimately uncompetitive. The Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited (KPRL) facility in Mombasa, built in 1963 with a nameplate capacity of…
On Friday, SUK Chairman Capt. Peter Munga, accompanied by senior officials of the Seafarers Union of Kenya and the joint committee of seafarers, toured the National Industrial Training Institute. The…
Across the inland lakes, coastal waters, and river systems of Eastern, Southern, and Northern Africa, thousands of small vessels carry passengers, fish, goods, and livelihoods every day. Yet the people…
Kenya’s recent hosting of the 12th Extraordinary Meeting of the MOESNA Coordination Committee in Mombasa was presented as another milestone in regional cooperation. Official statements rightly celebrated progress on two…
The docking of MV Da Yang at the Port of Lamu this week, laden with 2,930 metric tons of heavy machinery, is more than a routine port call. It is…
Aliko Dangote’s latest promise is easy to cheer and hard to cash. Speaking as President William Ruto toured the Lekki refinery in Lagos, days before a scheduled September 30 groundbreaking…
In a packed hall at the Panari Hotel in Nairobi, more than 170 members of the Shippers Council of Eastern Africa (SCEA) and industry stakeholders recently convened for a high-stakes…