Tag: Kenya

Earlier this month, IMO announced that seven IMO Member States have each nominated a candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

As candidates for the top posting at the IMO must be submitted by the end of March 2023, speculations arise on who will be the next secretary-general of the organization, with Kenya's nominee Nancy Karigithu being a major participant in the race.

ABL Group conducted a feasibility study, investigating two possible brownfield sites for the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant to generate renewable energy powered shore power at the Port of Mombasa, Kenya.

Key officials from Kenyan Government Ministries and Agencies responsible for maritime security gathered to review and finalize the country’s draft National Maritime Security Risk Register. 

On 17 March 2022, Kenya ratified the 2012 Cape Town Agreement and the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F).

The fight against maritime crimes has received a boost after a partnership between the US and Kenya’s coast guard under the Global Maritime Crime Programme, with Kenya receiving a ‘simulator’ to fight maritime crime.

Kenya enhanced its war against transnational organized crime in its terrestrial borders by presenting a one of its kind training facility to boost enforcement capacity of maritime security.

All seafarers wanting to offer services for vessels in the deep seas of Kenya’s territorial waters will be required to be certified by the IMO and the Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA). The government says untrained persons will not be allowed to work onboard ships plying deep seas without certification.

Ten seafarers from the RA-Horakhty fishing vessel, abandoned in Mombasa, Kenya for the past nine months, face a bleak Christmas as efforts to seek legal redress and repatriation have been delayed.

The new Kenya Navy Base in Manda Bay, Lamu County will greatly boost Kenya’s counter-terrorism efforts while strengthening the country’s ability to secure her maritime domain, crucial to attaining the Blue Economy agenda.