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Kenya: Coronavirus Slows Cargo Flow at Mombasa Port

February 20, 2020 4:08 pm

Cargo volumes at the port of Mombasa are expected to reduce in the next few weeks as the outbreak of the coronavirus continues to afflict China’s manufacturing and overseas trade. China is the main source market of East African manufactured goods.

According to the Shippers Council of Eastern Africa (SCEA), there will also be an increase of vessels’ docking time at the port as authorities around the world, including the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), screen all crew members for the virus and inspect all vessels entering their ports.

SCEA executive director Gilbert Lagat said they are still gauging the

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Customer Alleges Loss Of Cargo To ABC Express

January 26, 2020 9:31 am

We Are Prepared To Pay Compensation — ABC

A customer to one of the country’s courier mailing service, ABC Cargo Express has alleged loss of an item during transit and decried the inability of the company to deliver it since August last year.

The customer had couriered two items to a location in Mbaise, Imo State from Lagos, on August 4 last year, one of the items was delivered, but the whereabouts of the other has remained a mystery to ABC officials.

The item with waybill number 655743FDY/MBS, was booked by an official of the company, Edith Nkem Idigwu, at …

Official Cargo Plane With Eight Aboard Missing In DR Congo

October 11, 2019 2:53 pm

A cargo plane providing logistical assistance for a trip to Presiden Felix Tshisekedi went missing on Friday according to reports by DR Congo Civil Aviation Authority. The report said air traffic controllers lost contact with the Antonov 72 on Thursday, 59 minutes after it took off from the eastern city of Goma.

It said air traffic controllers lost contact with the Antonov 72 on Thursday, 59 minutes after it took off from the eastern city of Goma. The plane, carrying four crew and four civilian and military passengers, was “providing logistics” for the president, the authority’s director-general, Jean Mpunga, …

US seizes a North Korean cargo ship

May 10, 2019 9:33 am

The United States has seized a North Korean cargo ship that’s suspected of being an integral part of the North’s alleged sanctions violations.

The ship, called the Wise Honest, hauled coal from North Korea that was sold in other countries, including China.

The United States and United Nations say illicit coal sales help fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs. The ship’s seizure will only raise already heightened tensions between the two countries.

US efforts to get the North to drop its nuclear program have stalled, and in less than …