New Kenyan Port Aims to Be East Africa’s Biggest

Two Maersk vessels made maiden calls at Kenya’s new Indian Ocean port last week as the country launched the first of a planned 32 berths at the harbor it hopes will become the market leader on this stretch of coast.

The Lamu facility will cost an estimated $5 billion and supplement the clogged Mombasa port, which lies 340 kilometers (313 miles) to the south in Kenya’s second-largest city. The existing harbor is the region’s biggest, serving hinterland countries including Uganda, Rwanda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.