An oil tanker carrying 200,000 barrels of crude oil worth Ksh 1.2 billion is berthed at Kipevu Oil Terminal in Kenya's port city of Mombasa August 26, 2019. AFP.
🇰🇪 Kenyan shipping officials say the lockdowns in China and the long delays for vessels to dock in Chinese ports are having a major impact on the volumes of cargo processed at the Ports of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam. (THE EAST AFRICAN)
🇰🇪 Namibia’s Port of Walvis Bay is undergoing a major expansion drive as part of an effort to draw more traffic away from the Port of Durban, particularly mining resources from the DRC bound for China. (BLOOMBERG)
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