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Cranes and forklifts: Lamu port's logistical nightmare

Geofrey Namadoa, a marine pilot at KPA

It is turning to be a voyage like no other. The giant ships, like the galleons of yore, are heaped with heavy cargo handling machines and moving at a snail's pace -a mere 8 knots.

They will take 22 hours to reach Lamu Port from Mombasa - a distance of 242 kilometres on water. The voyage begins next week. 

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