NCTTCA to identify gaps at Naivasha ICD and Kisumu oil jetty in bid to boost transit cargo trade
The logistics industry stakeholders have agreed to fast-track the full development and completion of the required amenities at the dry...
Mombasa port half yearly performance record a decline.
The port of Mombasa half yearly cargo throughput has recorded a 5% decline due to Covid 19 pandemic that has...
Presidential order puts port, pipelines and rail under one entity
The president Uhuru Kenyatta has issued an executive order establishing the Kenya Transport and Logistics Network (KTLN). This new outfit...
Consolidation of SCT key agenda as Ministers’ Council adopt budget estimates
The East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers has finally adopted the 2020/2021 budget estimates that MPs described as progressive when...
Freight forwarders training curriculum set for review to equip new skills
Training of freight forwarders in the East Africa region is set for review to equip practitioner’s with new skills due...
EAC sets Electronic Covid-19 free certificate launch for this Friday
The East African Community (EAC) secretariat has announced the launch of the Regional Electronic Cargo and Driver Tracking System (RECDTS)...
Truck drivers testing enhanced as region pilots electronic Covid 19 certificate
The flow of the cargo along the Northern Corridor has improved significantly due to the increased Covid 19 testing capacity...
EABC calls for regional coordinated resumption of airline operations.
The East African Business Council (EABC) has called for a regionally coordinated approach on the resumption of air travel to...
Lockdown pays dividend as contractor deliver Lamu port project ahead of schedule
The government’s lock-down of the ongoing construction sites at Lamu port when the country recorded the first cases of Covid...
COMESA develops COVID-19 online portal to spur e-Trade
COMESA has developed an online portal to be used by Member States to exchange information on availability of essential products...
Regional economies make baby steps in industrial production self-reliant
The Covid 19 pandemic is gaining prominence as a game changer that will trigger regional economies in producing industrial products...
ISCOS piloting mobile phone app to report NTB along the corridors
ISCOS, the Inter-Governmental Standing Committee on Shipping, a regional Organisation formed in 1967 by Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia to...
MV Uhuru makes weekly voyage to Uganda with oil exports
MV Uhuru is making a weekly voyage from Kisumu Port loaded with oil to port Bell in Uganda signifying the...
Integration with customs at tail end as KenTrade develops more functionalities
KenTrade has embarked on fast tracking functionalities in the National Electronic Single Window System (Kenya TradeNet System) to accommodate the...
We have lost a mentor, adviser and an intellectual who provided us guidance, EAC secretariat grieves Mkapa death
East African Community secretariat has mourned the untimely demise of retired President Benjamin William Mkapa, the 3rd President of the...
COMESA Business Council recommends movement of all goods essential
Whilst the focus on movement of goods within the COMESA region has been on essential goods as related to food,...
Transit truck drivers cite stigma and delays as the main Corridor’s challenges
Stigma along the Northern Corridor and delays at Malaba border crossing point are the biggest challenges facing transit truck drivers....
A Quarter of the overstayed cargo at ICD risk hammer
A quarter of the cargo imported through the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) risks being auctioned having surpassed the mandatory 21...
EAC new electronic driver management system to contain Covid 19 and ease cross border cargo movement
The East Africa Community (EAC) secretariat has rolled out the Regional Electronic Cargo and Drivers Tracking System (RECDTS) that will...
