KPA general manager in charge of Lamu Port, engineer Abdullahi Samatar, said the arrival of these ships signifies that Lamu Port is ready for business. Lamu Port featuresLamu Port has a bigger vessel handling capacity than Mombasa. More shipping lines are slowly warming up for the use of Lamu Port, according to the Kenya Ports Authority, among them world’s largest container shipping company―Maersk. According to Hapag-Lloyd country manager Prashant Sindhwani, Lamu Port has potential for transhipment business, even as it provides a new transit route for Ethiopia and South Sudan destined cargo. According to acting managing director John Mwangemi, the port will have modern technology and will be a leading port for transshipment business in Africa.

Source: The Star July 26, 2021 00:56 UTC