Construction of a Sh5.5-billion cable car at the Likoni crossing linking Mombasa Island and the mainland will start in December. The express link will ease traffic jam, boost tourism and address the regular ferry breakdowns on the Likoni Channel. Kenya Ferry Service Managing Director Bakari Gowa said the construction will start at
Water Transportation
Kenyan boat capsizes, leaving ten people dead
A Tragedy occurred when a boat conveying passengers to Lamu East from Ndau Island got overwhelmed by high tides along the Mkanda Channel Lamu County and Capsized. According Kenya County Commissioner, Joseph Kanyeri, the boat, which was heading to Lamu East from Ndau Island, had been overloaded with 16 passengers and 50
Coming Soon: Inter-modal Transportation in Lagos, Nigeria
An integration of rail, road and water transportation has been approved by the Lagos State Government choosing Marina and Mile 2 as the take-off hub. The Acting Commissioner for Transportation, Anofi Elegushi, during the annual ministerial briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre Alausa, said traffic would soon ease along the
SEA ROUTE TO DEATH
An overcrowded boat carrying about 500 migrants toppled across the Mediterranean sending about 200 people over board. MLN has it on report from Italy’s coastguard that at least 34 migrants, some of them young children, have drowned after falling into the sea off the Libyan coast. This has triggered a frantic
Lagos approves Marina-Mile 2 hub to expand water transportation
The Lagos State Government is investing massively in water transportation with a target to move towards eight per cent share of transportation activities from its present two per cent position. It has approved Marina and Mile 2 as a hub of its planned intermodal integration service involving rail, road and water