00:05for years it was called a ghost port but today the shores of manda bay are buzzing with activity
00:11now kenya's second deep sea gateway has officially come alive in the last few weeks alone revenue
00:18has surged as global shipping lines reroutes to avoid disruptions in the gulf due to the
00:24u.s israeli attacks on iran now according to officials cargo volumes have leaped by nearly
00:29one thousand percent compared to last year now lamu is no longer just a backup for mombasa port
00:36anymore it's becoming the strategic hub for the entire whole of africa now officials say the port
00:42is now handling tons of cargo proving that the lab set vision linking kenya ethiopia and south sudan
00:49is no longer just a map on a wall in 2025 lamu saw its cargo throughput jumped from a mere
00:5674 000 metric
00:57tons to nearly 800 000. already in the first quarter of 2026 the port has hosted over 74 vessels now
01:06to
01:06keep this momentum the kenya ports authority is offering aggressive incentives like 60 days of
01:12storage for transshipment cargo and a 40 discount on handling fee
01:18with more deep draft vessels expected to dock kenya's lamu port is finally taking its place on the global
01:26maritime stage
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