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The quiet arrival of the livestock carrier MV Murray Express at the Port of Mombasa appears, on the surface, as a routine entry in a crowded port schedule. Yet beneath…
The recent Regional Single Window Conference in Nairobi, convened by the Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) in partnership with the African Alliance for Electronic Commerce, was more than a technical…
Africa is speaking with increasing confidence about its blue economy, and for the first time, that confidence is being matched by a visible architecture of strategy, investment forums, and political…
Mombasa Port recently received the maiden call of the pure car carrier MV Global Fuji. The vessel which was carrying 579 motor vehicles is powered primarily by liquefied natural gas…
The Strait of Hormuz, as many in the maritime industry know it, is the narrow maritime chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and a significant share of…
Kenya’s blue economy ambitions are racing ahead, and its safety architecture can hardly keep pace. Along the Indian Ocean coastline—from Mombasa through Kilifi to Kwale—and across the inland waters of…
For decades, the story of African national shipping lines has been one of unfulfilled promise characterized by huge debts, political interferences, and strategic drift. Kenya shares in this fate simply…
TIME is ripe for the East African region to establish a structured system of regional coastal and inland waterways transport. From the bustling port of Mombasa to the historic Swahili…
Some infrastructure projects merely move goods. Others reshape geography, revive forgotten corridors, and redefine a nation’s role in regional trade. The revitalization of the Voi–Taveta metre-gauge branch line firmly belongs…
Does concentration on the Port of Mombasa cause Kenya to ignore potential of its smaller coastal ports? The answer to this question is regrettably in the affirmative, and evidence is…