LAPSSET: Lamu Port and South Sudan Ethiopia Transport: News & Photos

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Waislamu wanacheleweshwa manake gari likienda bila polisi hata wakipatwa na alshabaab hawatauliwa... Lakini kama we mkristo mwalimu,daktari,mfanyikazi na unaelekea Lamu basi hua unafurahia na kushukuru kuona nguo ya serekali (Polisi au Jeshi) manake unajua maisha yako yako salama... Afadhali uchelewe lakini ufike, kuliko uende haraka alafu njiani ukachinjwe kinyama!

Haya vile umetuletea video ya Lamu, Malizia na hii basi ambayo inaonyesha barabara ya kuelekea S.Sudan iko karibu kukamilika hata malori mengine tayari yashaanza kutumia barabara hio licha ya kua hapo mpakani walikua hawajazoea kupokea malori ya mizigo....

 

Global shipping companies’ plans for Kenyan ports​

WEDNESDAY JULY 28 2021
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Containers at the Port of Mombasa on March 2, 2021. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By ANTHONY KITIMO
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SUMMARY​

  • A Danish international container shipping company, Maersk Line, and the third largest shipping company, CMA CGM have announced a number of changes to serve Mombasa and Lamu ports.
  • Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company on Monday stated that it is enhancing the service it offers from Mombasa to North Europe.



Two world’s largest container shipping companies are redesigning their network to enhance their services to serve two Kenyan commercial ports to offer more flexibility to customers’ supply chains.

A Danish international container shipping company, Maersk Line, and the third largest shipping company, CMA CGM have announced a number of changes to serve Mombasa and Lamu ports.

Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company on Monday stated that it is enhancing the service it offers from Mombasa to North Europe, specifically Felixstowe and Rotterdam, by providing a single transhipment product via Salalah.

Maersk Eastern Africa managing director Carl Lorenz in a statement said the changes in network are primarily aimed at providing higher predictability and offering more flexibility to customers’ supply chains.

Mr Lorenz said redesigning the network from Salalah, the ME7 service will bring more resilience to customers’ supply chains, further protecting them from operational challenges that arise out of contingencies.

“We welcome the redesign of our ocean network from Salalah which will connect our Kenyan customers cargo to Europe through a single transhipment. This ocean product enhancement will ensure further peace of mind to Kenyan exporters injecting more resilience, predictability, and reliability into our customers’ supply chains, particularly essential for perishable cargo from Kenya,” said the director.

“It’s great to see this important market being prioritised where global reliability in Ocean Freight is more of a challenge than ever. “
 
Tony254 said:

Global shipping companies’ plans for Kenyan ports​

WEDNESDAY JULY 28 2021
containers port

Containers at the Port of Mombasa on March 2, 2021. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By ANTHONY KITIMO
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SUMMARY​

  • A Danish international container shipping company, Maersk Line, and the third largest shipping company, CMA CGM have announced a number of changes to serve Mombasa and Lamu ports.
  • Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company on Monday stated that it is enhancing the service it offers from Mombasa to North Europe.



Two world’s largest container shipping companies are redesigning their network to enhance their services to serve two Kenyan commercial ports to offer more flexibility to customers’ supply chains.

A Danish international container shipping company, Maersk Line, and the third largest shipping company, CMA CGM have announced a number of changes to serve Mombasa and Lamu ports.

Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company on Monday stated that it is enhancing the service it offers from Mombasa to North Europe, specifically Felixstowe and Rotterdam, by providing a single transhipment product via Salalah.

Maersk Eastern Africa managing director Carl Lorenz in a statement said the changes in network are primarily aimed at providing higher predictability and offering more flexibility to customers’ supply chains.

Mr Lorenz said redesigning the network from Salalah, the ME7 service will bring more resilience to customers’ supply chains, further protecting them from operational challenges that arise out of contingencies.

“We welcome the redesign of our ocean network from Salalah which will connect our Kenyan customers cargo to Europe through a single transhipment. This ocean product enhancement will ensure further peace of mind to Kenyan exporters injecting more resilience, predictability, and reliability into our customers’ supply chains, particularly essential for perishable cargo from Kenya,” said the director.

“It’s great to see this important market being prioritised where global reliability in Ocean Freight is more of a challenge than ever. “
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Hehe, Kenya navy needs to purchase a bigger and more modern ship for force projection against any threat that comes from the horn of Africa...
A ship that costs like $400m and other smaller but more modern fast attack vessels that can quickly respond to pirate attacks, illegal fishing by foreign vessels and such...
The seas are becoming too important for Kenya to fail, we need to get this right before some security incident messes everything up for us... You only need one piracy attempt and ships start avoiding Lamu for it's proximity to Somalia waters.
 
Kafrican said:
Hehe, Kenya navy needs to purchase a bigger and more modern ship for force projection against any threat that comes from the horn of Africa...
A ship that costs like $400m and other smaller but more modern fast attack vessels that can quickly respond to pirate attacks, illegal fishing by foreign vessels and such...
The seas are becoming too important for Kenya to fail, we need to get this right before some security incident messes everything up for us... You only need one piracy attempt and ships start avoiding Lamu for it's proximity to Somalia waters.
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I sgree. The attack can come from the sea and so we need to modernise our naval fleets. This idea of operating these old naval vessels is totally unacceptable. We also need to be alert and ready to respond to any attack on land. Al Shabab have also attacked a US base in Lamu which is not very far from the port. We should avoid any attack in Lamu because any attack in Lamu even if it is not on Lamu port itself could make investors develop cold feet. I say the government should build a big army base in Lamu and a big permanent naval base in Lamu port. These security installations will convince investors that there is adequate security there.
 
Tony254 said:
I sgree. The attack can come from the sea and so we need to modernise our naval fleets. This idea of operating these old naval vessels is totally unacceptable. We also need to be alert and ready to respond to any attack on land. Al Shabab have also attacked a US base in Lamu which is not very far from the port. We should avoid any attack in Lamu because any attack in Lamu even if it is not on Lamu port itself could make investors develop cold feet. I say the government should build a big army base in Lamu and a big permanent naval base in Lamu port. These security installations will convince investors that there is adequate security there.
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Word is Manda Bay will be dredged and expanded in order to accommodate a larger presence of Kenya Navy boats and ships . This is in anticipation of whatever ruling that Kenya will get at the ICJ.

Right now Kenya navy ships are forced to find a home at the port itself. But once more port equipment arrives in September and the port becomes busy, they will be unwelcomed guests at the port.
 

Is Lamu Port a white elephant?​

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By TONY WATIMA
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Summary​

  • In Africa, Egypt, Morocco and South Africa together account for 51 percent of volumes transported in Africa and the three rank among the top 50 in terms of efficiency of seaport services.
  • Apart from the three Djibouti comes as a bigger contender for the transshipment hub.
  • In addition to its strategic geographical location it’s also stands out as the most efficient port in Africa, according to the latest ranking and its container terminal SGTD is establishing itself as the transshipment hub for the East African region.


Columnists​

Tuesday August 10 2021
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A ship docks at Lamu Port during the official launch by President Uhuru Kenyatta. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A month ago, a journalist looking at the impact of infrastructure investment on the continent asked me if it is beneficial for the East African region to have the Lamu and Bagamoyo ports rivalling each other as transship hubs.

This question came up again last week in a conversation with some friends on whether the port investment race among countries in the Horn of Africa and East Africa is sustainable.

So let us look at the throughput of the main seaports. Throughput is the average quantity of cargo that can pass through a port daily.

The Port of Djibouti, strategically located at the crossroads of Africa, Asia and Arabian Peninsula, has a throughput capacity of 1.6 million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU).

Port Said located in Egypt has a 2.7 million TEU throughput capacity and is also designed to be a transshipment hub.

The Port of Sudan has throughput of 487336 TEU. Somaliland has Berbera and Puntland Bosaso, and plan to expand the ports for commercial positioning.

Come to Kenya, which has the Mombasa Port with a throughput capacity of 2.65 million TEU and Lamu Port, which is being designed for transshipment.

In Tanzania’s Dar es salaam Port has a throughput capacity of one million TEU while Bagamoyo is expected to be revived and designed for transshipment.

Clearly, there is an overcapacity of seaport infrastructure investment on the East and Horn of Africa.
But this is not a trend in Eastern side of Africa only. The race to be a regional transshipment hub is also happening on the West side of the continent.

HEAVY COMPETITION
Togo’s Port of Lome is the busiest port in West Africa with a throughput of 1.5 million TEU but is about to face heavy competition as a transshipment hub from Nigeria’s new Lekki Deep Seaport, which is expected to start operations in 2023 with a throughput capacity of up to 2.7 million.

Ghana is designing its Tema Port to be also a transshipment hub with a throughput capacity of 3.5 million TEU whilst Senegal’s newly constructed port by DP World will be having a throughput capacity of 1.5 million TEU. Cote d’Ivoire is also expanding its port’s capacity.

So how many regional transshipment hubs can the continent have? Transshipment hubs are designed to be few and spread out, so that means Africa should most likely have a maximum of four regional transshipment hubs. For example, Singapore serves as the continental hub in Asia-Pacific, Dubai for the Middle East and Rotterdam for Europe.

In Africa, Egypt, Morocco and South Africa together account for 51 percent of volumes transported in Africa and the three rank among the top 50 in terms of efficiency of seaport services.

Apart from the three Djibouti comes as a bigger contender for the transshipment hub.

In addition to its strategic geographical location it’s also stands out as the most efficient port in Africa, according to the latest ranking and its container terminal SGTD is establishing itself as the transshipment hub for the East African region.

So, Tanzania and Kenya, which are building Lamu and Bagamoyo ports as transshipment hubs, need to ask themselves if they have been caught up in a port investment race and may be building white elephants instead.

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For, Kenya it plans to establish Lamu Port as a transport corridor for Ethiopia and South Sudan but this doesn’t seem to be a reality that will happen anytime soon.

Djibouti, with a refurbished railway line connecting with Ethiopia, handles 90 percent of inbound and outbound trade from Ethiopia. Apart from that Djibouti, Lamu will also be facing competition from Berbera Port in Somaliland, which is already emerging as a connecting corridor for Ethiopia.

So as Kenya plans to build a total of 23 modern berths on the Lamu Port, is it caught up in a doomed investment race?
 
Kafrican said:
I can see hata terminal III (berth 23) nayo iko like 60 dredged already.
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Yeah you are right. The Japanese through JICA have introduced a culture of continuous development in Mombasa port in the sense that we no longer wait for the berth capacity to be filled before we start a new project. We start construction of a new berth as soon as construction of the current berth is complete. The Japanese through Jica are willing and ready to loan us any amount of money and expertise we need to expand Mombasa port. They have financed second container terminal I, II and III and they also financed older berths. They have been a good partner.
 
Tony254 said:
Yeah you are right. The Japanese through JICA have introduced a culture of continuous development in Mombasa port in the sense that we no longer wait for the berth capacity to be filled before we start a new project. We start construction of a new berth as soon as construction of the current berth is complete. The Japanese through Jica are willing and ready to loan us any amount of money and expertise we need to expand Mombasa port. They have financed second container terminal I, II and III and they also financed older berths. They have been a good partner.
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Yes, na loan zao hua ni kama 0.8% interest, Kuna Nyengine ya berth 21 ilikua 0.2% interest.. uki compare na China ambao hufika hadi 7.5% interest !!!

Anyway, nitaleta blue prints za JICA kuenyesha masterplan nzima ya kupanua bandari ya Mombasa Kila mwaka hadi 2034.
 
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