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Cargo handling equipment dispatched to Lamu port

A crane loads operation equipment at Kenya ports Authority. The Equipment will be used in operation at Lamu Port. 25th April 2021. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

A boat carrying assorted equipment for cargo handling and navigation has left Mombasa for Lamu as the government races against time to operationalise the new port.

The shoal-draft flat-bottomed boat loaded with the first set of equipment to be used at the Lamu Port left Mombasa Port’s berth number 20 to deliver the cargo as Kenya prepares to open the new facility’s doors on June 15 this year.

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