ALP in bid to complete new warehouse by October as COVID 19 spur demand.
Africa Logistics Properties (ALP), an East Africa grade-A warehouse operator has fast tracked the construction of it’s phase one warehouse...
TPA seeks 100 percent storage waiver for cargo port’s container Terminal
Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) has written to the port's terminal operator seeking a 100 percent waiver on the Rwanda cargo...
COMESA spells recovery measures
Stakeholders from COMESA countries have offered a raft of recommendations to be adopted to get the block’s economy back on...
We have no choice but to go paperless- Logistics players
The complete paperless operations is the only choice that the supply chain has in order to work seamlessly as the...
PIL in bid to promote use of TBL for Naivasha bound cargo
Pacific International Lines (PIL) Kenya Ltd has started haulage of the domestic cargo to Naivasha Inland Container Depot (ICD) on...
Regional exports record an increase against COVID-19 odds
Domestic exports in Kenya have performed extraordinarily well under the prevailing circumstances of Covid 19, recording a higher figure than...
EABC planned study to assess Covid 19 impact on transport
The East African Business Council (EABC) intends to undertake an assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on transport...
East Africa holds its ground as Africa’s fastest growing region, despite COVID-19 disruption
Economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed East Africa’s growth projection for 2020 down to 1.2 percent, a...
Naivasha transit cargo takes baby step despite KR rescinding on mandatory use of SGR
Transit cargo through the Naivasha Inland Container Depot has started making good progress after the Kenya Railway rescinded its early...
Importers paying huge storage charges at ICD despite low yard capacity utilization
A significant volume of the containers passing through the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi are not cleared with the free...
Transit truckers breathe a sigh of relief as Mombasa triples testing capacity.
The Miritini testing centre for transit truck drivers received a major boost after two more booths were introduced to boost...
Status of Covid 19 pandemic in East Africa region as Kenya eases restriction
Kenya’s move to ease Covid 19 restrictions will be put into a sharp focus by its regional neighbours due to...
Tanzania’s shipping regulator clears air for an extended period in returning empty boxes.
Tanzania Shipping Agencies Corporation (TASAC) has raised concern over resistance by some shipping agents to implement a circular issued last...
Reprieve as empty container return period extended with stage set for more domestic cargo storage days
Shipping lines operating through the Mombasa port have been ordered to extend the empty container return period in a move...
CS Mohammed push for more truck drivers Covid 19 tests to de-congest border crossing posts.
The Ministry of East African Community and Regional Development has raised concern on the low number of Covid 19 tests...
Horn of Africa receives AfDB $ 9.52 million grant to tackle Covid-19 cross border transmission.
The fight against Covid-19 pandemic received a huge boost last week after the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a US...
FEAFFA spells out Standard Operating Procedures for logisticians as region mulls re-opening
A set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to help reduce spread of Covid 19 among the logistics service providers in...
Low truck drivers Covid-19 testing hurting cross border cargo movement
Lack of enough capacity to test truck drivers before they load out transit cargo from Mombasa port has significantly affected...
Covid-19 pushes pre-arrival cargo clearance up
Users of a system introduced by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in 2016 to allow importers to start the cargo...
