A Professional Maritime Blog for Advancing Africa’s Maritime Industry
Kenya’s maritime training pipeline has made real progress. Partnerships between Bandari Maritime Academy (BMA) and global carriers such as CMA CGM have delivered what classroom instruction cannot: mandatory sea time.…
In remarks that are both personal and strategically significant, Craig De Savoye, General Manager (Africa) at Wilhelmsen Ship Management, describes addressing roughly 300 students and early-career seafarers over two days…
In modern offshore operations, a vessel’s ability to hold precise position and heading without anchors is not a convenience—it is often the thin line between efficient work and catastrophe. Dynamic…
In late September 2026, the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) announced that its 2013 graduate, Ms. Katherine Masui Kithikii of Kenya, had been appointed Maritime Attaché and Alternate Permanent…
On the gleaming deck of a modern cruise ship, a female crew member in a crisp uniform balances a tray of drinks against a backdrop of sparkling pool and open…
The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers East Africa Branch’s conferment of an Honorary Fellowship upon Capt. William Kipkemboi Ruto, Managing Director of the Kenya Ports Authority, is more than a ceremonial…
Kenya’s maritime sector has long languished as a peripheral afterthought in national economic planning—something that happens in Mombasa while the real action unfolds in Nairobi’s boardrooms and industrial parks. That…
Kenya boasts over 500 kilometres of coastline, a vibrant and energetic youth population, and hospitality training institutions that produce globally competitive graduates. As cruise ships—those floating cities of luxury—dock with…
When people imagine a life at sea, they tend to picture one of two extremes: the cruise ship, all buffets and balconies, or the oil rig, all steel and danger…
There’s a particular kind of condescension reserved for people who work on cruise ships. Mention it at a dinner party and watch the reactions: a raised eyebrow, a quip about…