SA firm eyes deal to operate Lamu Port

The ongoing super structure on berth number one at the Lamu port in Lamu County. [Maarufu Mohamed/Standard]

Kenya is in talks with Transnet SOC of South Africa to operate a seaport that the East African nation is developing to partly use for planned exports of oil.

The state-owned South African logistics company is leading a group of companies that are pitching to provide the equipment for the initial three of 32 berths planned at Lamu Port, and to operate the facility, Kenya Ports Authority Managing Director Daniel Manduku said.