The first cargo ship Alianco offloads containers at the Lamu Port after President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the port last week. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]Maersk, the Denmark-based shipping giant, says it is ready to deploy regular vessels to Lamu Port if required. The vessel arrived Thursday morning, signalling the operationalisation of the first of Lamu Port South Sudan Transport (Lapsset) project components. In 1978, Maersk said it supported Mombasa Port with a maiden vessel call and has done it again at the Lamu Port. In March 2012, former President Mwai Kibaki performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the Lapsset project at the present Lamu Port.

Source: Standard Digital May 23, 2021 23:03 UTC