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The numbers are stark, yet they tell only half the story. When BIMCO and the International Chamber of Shipping released their latest Seafarer Workforce Report, they confirmed what many in…
The global shipping industry is the lifeblood of international trade, carrying more than 80 percent of world commerce by volume and connecting markets across continents. Yet, despite Africa’s strategic maritime…
Leading Norwegian shipping companies, including Wilhelmsen Ship Management, have committed to employ 1,000 Kenyan seafarers by 2030, with at least 120 expected to secure placements by the end of this…
In an era when Kenya’s maritime heritage is often reduced to port statistics and blue economy rhetoric, the recent publication of Captain Musa M. Ittiso’s memoir arrives like a long-awaited…
There is a quiet authority that settles over the bridge of a tanker as it threads through narrow channels—an authority shaped not by instruments alone, but by instinct, discipline, and…
Kenya’s renewed push to align skills development with global labour demand signals a sobering recognition that unemployment can no longer be solved within its borders alone. Principal Secretary Shadrack Mwadime…
The admission of the first cohort of marine pilots from Mogadishu into the Technical University of Mombasa’s Institute of Maritime and Seafaring Studies marks a major routine academic milestone in…
By Andrew Mwangura At first glance, the poster for the upcoming Career Day scheduled for March 30th,2026 — hosted by the State Department for Labor and Skills Development in partnership…
By Andrew Mwangura In an industry built on movement, transition has always been part of the maritime story. Ships move between ports, cargo moves across continents, and seafarers move between…