Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya. Situated 341 kilometres (212 mi) by road northeast of Mombasa that ends at Mokowe Jetty, from where the sea channel has to be crossed to reach Lamu Island. It is the headquarters of Lamu County and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The town contains the Lamu Fort on the seafront, constructed under Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr, the sultan of Pate, and was completed after his death in the early 1820s. Lamu is also home to 23 mosques, including the Riyadha Mosque, built in 1900, and a donkey sanctuary.
Undugu ni kufaana. Asanteni ndugu zetu Wazanzibari kwa kuleta biashara nzuri Lamu port. Wiki iliyopita Lamu port ilipokea containers 364 kutoka Ulaya zilizokuwa zinaelekea Zanzibar. Hii inaitwa transhipment business. Tunashukuru sana kwa biashara nzuri kati yetu. Sisi nasi tutaendelea kununua...
Lamu Port curves niche in transshipment business
Kenya could be a major player in transhipment business with the new Lamu Port, as it starts to attract business two months after commissioning by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The President officially launched the country's second major sea port...
New Lamu port set to host first transshipment cargo
THURSDAY JULY 15 2021
A ship docks at Lamu Port during the official launch by President Uhuru Kenyatta. FILE PHOTO | NMG
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The Lamu port will handle its first transshipment cargo today as a ship from Zanzibar will be calling at the...
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Berbera port in Somaliland. A new container terminal opened at the port is expected to be a major trade gateway for landlocked Ethiopia. PHOTO | AFP
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Serikali ya Kenya imewekeza pesa nyingi kujenga bandari ya Lamu ambayo itakapo kamilika itakua ya pili kwa ukubwa katika ukanda huu wa bandari ya hindi ikiongozwa na ile ya Durban S.A
Hapo awali competitor mkubwa wa bandari ya Dar es Salaam ilikua ni bandari ya Mombasa, ujio wa bandari hii...
Uhuru is all alone, neither South Sudan's Kiir nor Ethiopia's Ahmed is there. Si mbadili jina toka LAPSSET to LAPIST (Lamu port Isiolo Transport corridor) ? Mbona mnajiangaisha na ndoto za mchana?
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Lamu Port will on Thursday come to life as 204-metre long Mv CAP Carmel, a Denmark-based shipping line, with general cargo from Port of Dar es Salaam, docks on its way to Salalah in Oman.
Mv Seago Bremen Haven loaded with avocado from Mombasa will dock a few minutes later in an event expected...
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