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Cargo transport crisis as trucks stay grounded over container height rule

Nairobi, April 3 -- Several trucks are stuck in different yards in Mombasa amid delays by the Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) to issue permits for special cargo containers above 4.5 metres hi... Read More


Kenya hotels record low numbers during Easter celebrations

Nairobi, March 30 -- Kenya's Coast has always registered higher tourist numbers during Easter holidays, but this year, things will be different as Easter comes when Muslims are marking holy month of R... Read More


South Sudan orders new tracking measures for transit cargo

Nairobi, March 24 -- About 1.5 million metric tonnes of cargo passing through Mombasa port to South Sudan will have to be tagged before leaving the country in measures to control illegal, undeclared g... Read More


Farm produce stuck due to ship shortage

Nairobi, March 24 -- Tea, coffee, avocado and fresh produce farmers in Kenya are staring at losses as the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine continue to disrupt export routes. The Mombasa and Dar es... Read More


KeNHA impounds trucks over height rule

Nairobi, March 16 -- The Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) has begun impounding trucks carrying standard 40-foot-high cube shipping containers that exceed the height of 4.3 metres, affecting th... Read More


Tea export costs nearly triple on Red Sea shipping disturbances

Nairobi, March 13 -- The cost of exporting tea through the Mombasa port has nearly tripled due to a shortage of merchant ships on sustained attacks by Yemen-based militants on vessels transiting throu... Read More


More wagons point to fresh push for SGR use in Kenya

Nairobi, March 10 -- Some 430 wagons arrived in Kenya early this week, barely two weeks after another 50 were commissioned at the port of Mombasa, signalling the government's new bid to boost railway ... Read More


Kenya to 'fast-track' Lapsset projects to woo Ethiopia

Nairobi, March 3 -- Kenya and Ethiopia have agreed to fight insecurity, review tariffs and fast-track completion of infrastructure projects to facilitate seamless flow of cargo from Lamu to Ethiopia. ... Read More


Port of Mombasa receives longest-ever container ship

Nairobi, March 1 -- The longest-ever vessel to call on the Mombasa port has berthed, targeting to pick up more than 5,000 cargo containers that would free up massive space at the main gateway. The Mv... Read More


UNCTAD raises concern over disruption of trade on major sea routes

Nairobi, Feb. 25 -- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has raised concerns about escalating disruptions to trade which have resulted in a decrease in global trade volumes ... Read More