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In late August 2026, the World Maritime University (WMU) Maritime Affairs Conference brought together the industry’s foremost minds in Malmö, Sweden, under a deceptively simple theme: Transforming Shipping in Practice.…
Ghana’s recent success in securing sea-time placements for a new cohort of cadets with Pacific International Lines (PIL) offers a timely and instructive mirror for Kenya. The Ghana Maritime Authority…
On the evening of March 6, 1987, the roll-on/roll-off ferry Herald of Free Enterprise slipped her berth at Zeebrugge, bound for Dover. Within minutes of clearing the harbor, she lay…
This week, more than a thousand delegates from nearly 180 countries, industry groups, and civil society organisations have gathered at the International Maritime Organization’s headquarters in London for the 22nd…
Elijah Mbaru’s recent visit to Kenya Shipyards Limited was more than a courtesy call. It was a signal that Kenya is ready to claim a larger role in the maritime…
The quiet arrival this morning of an MSC technical team at Kenya Utalii College’s Kilifi Campus marks more than a routine institutional courtesy call. Accompanied by MSC Regional Manager Capt.…
In an era when African infrastructure headlines are dominated by fanfare, delays, or debt controversies, Tanzania is executing one of the continent’s most consequential transport projects with remarkable understatement. Under…
The release of the cargo ship MV Lutuf on August 29 should have been a moment of relief. Instead, it has become a flashpoint in a growing crisis, exposing the…
The hijacking of the small cargo ship Lutuf on August 17, was a story many believed had been relegated to history. Yet the mystery enveloping the vessel—unconfirmed cargo, Turkish officials…
In Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas sector, the era of the quiet farm-out is over. A transfer of interest is no longer a discreet transaction between licence holders. Under the…