Three ZPMC STS cranes delivered to Port of Lamu
NewsThe cranes have a reach of 24 containers across and have been designed to tackle the challenges posed by windy conditions. Also, the KPA has...
First berth open at Lamu
NewsChina Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) has completed the first berth of the container terminal at the new port of Lamu in ...
Nairobi backs down on SGR decree
NewsThe government of Kenya has backtracked on a recent decree that all cargo imports transported from Mombasa to Nairobi and beyond should be c...
Mombasa to Nairobi container transport – rail only
NewsThe Kenyan government has issued a Directive to transfer all imported cargo from Mombasa to Nairobi through the Standard Gauge Railway...
Double stacking intermodal first in Kenya
NewsKenya is the first country in Africa to introduce double stack container rail services. Kenya Railways will double stack containers on train...
Container pressure in East Africa
NewsThe number of containers waiting at Mombasa has been cut by more than half in the past few weeks – from 22,500 at the start of May to abou...
Efficient Mombasa rail link
NewsKenya’s new standard gauge railway (SGR) is currently being extended into the heart of the Port of Mombasa...
Infrastructure boom for East African cargo flows
NewsThe region’s transport infrastructure is benefitting from the biggest wave of investment since the early years of the colonial period....
KPA extends its reach
NewsKenya Ports Authority (KPA) has taken over the ports of Kisumu on Lake Victoria and Shimoni on the Indian Ocean. A Dutch firm, Maritim...
Kenya Ports to issue fresh tender
NewsKenya Ports Authority (KPA) is to publish a new tender as it seeks an operator for its new 550,000 TEU capacity Kipevu Container Terminal (K...
Kenya Ports to issue fresh tender
NewsKenya Ports Authority (KPA) is to publish a new tender as it seeks an operator for its new 550,000 TEU capacity Kipevu Container Terminal (K...
Mombasa looks for EIB funds
NewsThe European Investment Bank (EIB) is close to agreeing a US$200M funding package that will help Kenya’s leading port, Mombasa, continue i...
Change coming to East Africa
NewsThe development of new ports and railways in East Africa could be about to shake up the region’s long-established status quo....
New terminal in Mombasa
NewsThe Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) officially opened Mombasa’s second container terminal in early September. It provides sub-Saharan Africa...
KPA’s Mombasa 2 on stream
NewsThe second container terminal at Mombasa has been completed. Construction work finished in February, and it was handed over to the Kenya Por...