Kenyan row

The Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations, and Compliance has “prioritised investigations of possible wrongdoing by common carriers or marine terminal operators” referred by the FMC over the ILA strike period.

US Shippers did not get everything they wanted in FMC’s final rule on definitions relating to unreasonably refusing to load export cargo.

Container throughput at Mombasa increased by almost 12% in 2023, with significant improvements in vessel and truck turnaround times, and a rise in total cargo handled.

China Communications Construction Company has completed the first three berths at the new port of Lamu in Kenya, and the focus has turned to securing cargo handling equipment and developing road connections.

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has issued tenders for four laden handling reach stackers and four empty container handling reach stackers.

Kenya’s Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing has released its report on its inquiry into the use of Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).