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.

The government of Uganda has cancelled its 2015 contract with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build the next section of the standard gauge railway (SGR) from Malaba on the Kenyan border to the Ugandan capital Kampala

The Kenyan government has released some details of the US$3B loans it took out with China Export Import Bank (China Exim Bank) to finance the construction of two phases of the Standard Gauge Railway

The Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam has again been hit by congestion, with vessels diverted to Mombasa in Kenya through much of April

The Kenyan port of Mombasa handled a record 1,425,000 TEU last year, a 7.3% rise on the 2018 figure and ahead of the target set by the Kenya Ports Authority; new ICD opened

The government of Kenya has backtracked on a recent decree that all cargo imports transported from Mombasa to Nairobi and beyond should be carried on the Standard Gauge Railway

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.

The government of Uganda has cancelled its 2015 contract with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build the next section of the standard gauge railway (SGR) from Malaba on the Kenyan border to the Ugandan capital Kampala

The Kenyan government has released some details of the US$3B loans it took out with China Export Import Bank (China Exim Bank) to finance the construction of two phases of the Standard Gauge Railway

The Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam has again been hit by congestion, with vessels diverted to Mombasa in Kenya through much of April

The Kenyan port of Mombasa handled a record 1,425,000 TEU last year, a 7.3% rise on the 2018 figure and ahead of the target set by the Kenya Ports Authority; new ICD opened

The government of Kenya has backtracked on a recent decree that all cargo imports transported from Mombasa to Nairobi and beyond should be carried on the Standard Gauge Railway