Shipping liners reset network to serve Lamu

Ship to Shore Gantry Cranes arrive in Lamu Port

Ship to Shore Gantry Cranes arrive in Lamu Port in this photo taken on June 29, 2021. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG

Maersk Line and CMA CGM, two of the world’s largest container shipping liners, are redesigning their network to serve both the new Lamu port of Kenya and the traditional port of Mombasa.

Maersk is targeting the Mombasa to Felixstowe and Rotterdam ports, by providing a single transshipment product via Salalah, in Yemen.