Archive for category: Logistics

The Lenovo Legion Tab is available with a tempting 10% discount for first orders. (Image source: Lenovo/DALLE 3-generated image) The Lenovo Legion Tab, also known in select markets as the Lenovo Legion Y700 (2023), has finally started be...

By JAMES ANYANZWA East African central banks are facing a fresh wave of rate hikes to contain inflationary pressures emanating from surging shipping and insurance costs for vessels diverting from the Suez Canal as a result of the Middle East ...

The Regional Maritime University (RMU) in collaboration with the Dar es Salaam Maritime Institute (DMI), Tanzania will hold the third Blue Economy Conference (BEC2024) from July 4-5 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center in Tanzania. ...

Amidst Red Sea shipping disruptions hitting the five-month mark, India may well have countered the formidable tide with the highest monthly merchandise exports of USD 41.40 billion — an increase of about 12 per cent year-on-year — but the cri...

There has been much hype about the recent strengthening of the Kenya shilling and how this is an indicator that the Kenyan economy is picking up. The Kenya shilling has recently been boosted by significant inflows of foreign currency whether ...

By PATRICK ILUNGA Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame are expected to hold talks on simmering tensions between the two countries. After his meeting with Angola’ President João Lourenço, the Afr...

The Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) has begun impounding trucks carrying standard 40-foot-high cube shipping containers that exceed the height of 4.3 metres affecting the seamless flow of cargo more so exports. The authority’s move h...

Saturday March 16 2024 Trucks along the Webuye-Malaba highway. FILE PHOTO | NMG The Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) has begun impounding trucks carrying standard 40-foot-high cube shipping containers that exceed the height of...

Increase in costs of shipping (40-60 per cent) and insurance (15-20 per cent) and delayed arrival of shipments (by up to 20 days or more) arising out of the Red Sea crisis will continue to disrupt global value chains, squeeze margins and make exports...

Commercial vessels face increased threats from Somali pirates off the coast of the East African country, the European Union’s Naval Force in the region said in an update. “Ships sailing off the Somalian coasts, in the Somali basin are urged t...