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- LICENSED SEAFARERS’ RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT AGENTS
- APPROVED SEAFARERS’ MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
- Strategic Plan 2023-2028
- Kenya’s Maritime Industry braces for change
- Collaboration set to give lifeline to Kenya’s Maritime Education
- LIST OF KMA APPROVED MARITIME EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
- Service Delivery Charter – Swahili May 2025
- Service Delivery Charter English 2025
- Kenya Maritime Authority Issue 2: May 2025
- Kenya Maritime Authority Issue 1: May 2025
- Kenya starts Transition to Green Shipping
- REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR SELECTION OF CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR PROVISION OF LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND GOVERNANCE AUDIT
- ADDENDUM: TENDER NO KMA/ONT/06/2024-2025- PROVISION OF OUTSIDE CATERING SERVICES
- Maritime Agency Kicks off response to Marine Oil Pollution
- TENDER FOR PROVISION OF OUTSIDE CATERING SERVICES
- MARITIME TRANSPORT OPERATORS’ APPLICATION FORMS
- REGISTRATION OF MARITIME TRANSPORT OPERATOR
- Kenya’s Maritime Education and Training: A Clear Pathway to Growth
- KMA receives new PS
- Kenya Hosts Regional Workshop on Flag State Implementation
- Seafarers Wages Council
- KMA Conducts Boat Census to Enhance Maritime Safety on Lake Victoria
- PUBLIC NOTICE MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA
- APPROVED LIST OF BOAT BUILDERS
- USER GUIDELINES FOR MTO ONLINE LICENSE APPLICATIONS
- KMA HOSTS IMO REGIONAL WORKSHOP
- APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION / RENEWAL OF A LOCAL SHIPPING LINE
- FAL.17 (48)- Resolution on Revised Guidelines on prevention and suppression of the smuggling of widlife on ships engaged in international maritime traffic April 24
- NOTICE TO ALL MTO ON LICENSE RENEWALS REGISTRATION
- APPLICATION FORM FOR MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OPERATORS
- APPLICATION FORM FOR FOREIGN SHIPPING LINE
- FEES SCHEDULE FOR MARITIME TRANSPORT AND OPERATORS
- Merchant Shipping Act Cap 389
- Kenya Maritime Authority Act Cap 370
- KENYA MARITIME AUTHORITY SET TO BOOST MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY
- APPLICATION FOR ANNUAL SEAFARERS RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT
- MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS APPLICATION FORM
- CHECKLIST FORM FOR EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR RECRUITMENT AND PLACEMENT OF SEAFARERS
- PRESIDENT RUTO LAUNCHES MARITIME RESCUE CENTER IN KISUMU
- KENYA MARITIME AUTHORITY UNVEILS TRANSFORMATIVE LIFEJACKET PROJECT
- MERCHANT SHIPPING (MARITIME LABOUR) REGULATIONS, 2024
- Public Participation in respect of verified gross mass regulations and cabotage regulation in Nakuru
- Public Participation in respect of verified gross mass regulations and cabotage regulation in Shimoni
- Public Participation in respect of verified gross mass regulations and cabotage regulation in Nairobi
- Public Participation in respect of verified gross mass regulations and cabotage regulation in Mombasa
- Public Participation in respect of verified gross mass regulations and cabotage regulation in Kisumu
- PUBLIC NOTICE FOR VESSEL BUILDERS
- REGISTRATION LIST OF SUPPLIERS FOR THE YEAR 2023-2024 AND 2024-2025
- LEAP Project workshop
- UPDATES ON RESCUE OF MV CHAMDA III
- KENYAN SEAFARERS ABANDONED ON BOARD MF. SAHARIA
- APPROVED INFLATABLE SURVIVAL CRAFT SERVICING STATION
- MTO REGULATIONS 2024
- Public Participation on VGM and Cabotage Regulations
- SHIPOWNERS, SHIP OPERATORS, SHIP AGENTS, SHIP MASTERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC
- CDC Application Form
- BLUE ECONOMY ACTION PLAN FOR FRONTIER COUNTY
- DRC FUEL LEVY NOTICE
- DAY OF THE SEAFARERS 2024
- KMA SEAFARERS BOOKLET
- KMASERVICE DELIVERY CHARTER SWAHILI
- KMA SERVICE DELIVERY CHARTER ENGLISH
- REGIONAL MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE BOOKLET
- KMA PORT CHARTER BOOKLET
- KMA BROCHURE SWAHILI
- KMA BROCHURE ENGLISH
- GOVERNMENT UNVEILS PLANS TO UNLOCK BLUE ECONOMY POTENTIAL IN TURKANA
- SERVICE CHARTER KISWAHILI VERSION
- Strong Winds Advisory
- NEWS BRIEF ON BARINGO ACCIDENT
- MARITIME SAFETY EASTER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 2024
- KMA ROLL OUT NATIONWIDE COXSWAIN TRAINING PROGRAM
- PUBLIC NOTICE FOR SEAFARERS RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
- Seafarers medical certificate
- Medical examination request form updated
- Medical examination report form
- NAHODHA MAGAZINE ISSUE NO. 14 – JANUARY 2024
- REPORT ON SHIP EXPLOSION AT AMGECO BERTH, MBARAKI 26TH DECEMBER 2023
- MARITIME SAFETY CAMPAIGN DECEMBER 2023
- KMA APPOINTS MARTIN DZOMBO MUNGA AS NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL
- TEMPLATE FOR COMMENTS_RECOMMENDATIONS
- MERCHANT SHIPPING (WASTE RECEPTION FACILITIES) REGULATIONS, 2023
- MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION) REGULATIONS
- MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY SEWAGE FROM SHIPS) REGULATIONS, 2023
- MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY OIL FROM SHIPS) REGULATIONS, 2023
- MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF AIR POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) REGULATIONS, 2023
- MERCHANT SHIPPING (CONTROL OF POLLUTION BY NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS, 2023
- MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY GARBAGE FROM SHIPS) REGULATIONS, 2023
- MERCHANT SHIPPING (PORT STATE CONTROL) REGULATIONS, 2023
- REPORT ON FISHING VESSEL JODARI
- The Maritime Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022
- KENYA VIES FOR RE-ELECTION IN IMO COUNCIL 2023
- PUBLIC NOTICE TO SHIPS AGENTS, SHIPPING LINES AND CARGO CONSOLIDATORS OPERATING AT THE PORT OF MOMBASA
- Protocol for Sea Crew Book
- OUR KEY SERVICES AND TIMELINES
- INFORMATION ON SEAFARERS’ EMPLOYMENT AND WELFARE
- AFRICA CABOTAGE AND BLUE ECONOMY CONCEPT NOTE
- MARITIME SAFETY TIPS
- Director Rishad
- Annistain Mogaka Profile
- Charles Mutinda
- Director Ali Mondo
- MATHIAS CHISHAMBO
- Comments on the Draft Merchant Shipping ( Maritime Transport Operators) Regulations
- REPORT OF STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS ON THE MARITIME LAWS (AMENDMEN) BILL AND THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (MARITIME TRANSPORT OPERATOR) REGULATIONS, 2022
- THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (MARITIME TRANSPORT OPERATORS) REGULATIONS, 2023
- Daniel Ndolo Profile
- E- Nahodha January 2023
- GUIDELINES FOR THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF THE SMUGGLING OF WILDLIFE ON SHIPS ENGAGED IN INTERNATIONAL MARITIME TRAFFIC
- GUIDELINES FOR SETTING UP A MARITIME SINGLE WINDOW
- Application For Renewal of RPS Annual License 2022
- MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY MEASURES FOR HIGH SPEED CRAFT)
- Maritime Education Training Institutions
- Victor S Ogeto
- Mombasa Port Community Charter
- Brochure of Maritime Transport Logistics Curriculum
- Audit Questionnaire Form for the Curriculum on Maritime Transport Logistics
- Fees Regulations
- Merchant Shipping (SEAFARER MEDICAL EXAMINATION and CERTIFICATION) Regulations 2016
- Merchant Shipping (SURVEY AND CERTIFICATION) Regulations 2014
- Merchant Shipping (SMALL VESSEL SAFETY) Regulations 2012
- List Of Approved VGM Methods
- List Of Approved VGM Service Providers
- THE EAST AFRICAN HARBOURS REGULATIONS 1971 _2
- COMPLAINT FORM
- Public Notice-Registration of Shippers for Method 1
- SOP For SOLAS Container Weight Verification Processes V1 1
- MS Levy Fees Regulations
- Signed MOC
- Merchant Shipping Act
- Merchant Shipping CO-OPERATION WITH SEARCH and RESCUE SERVICES Regulations 2014 – LN No 88
- Merchant Shipping (FEES) Regulations 2011
- Merchant Shipping (INTERNATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT – ISM CODE) Regulations 2015
- Merchant Shipping (LICENSING OF VESSELS) Regulations 2012
- Merchant Shipping (MINIMUM SAFE MANNING) Regulations 2016
- Merchant Shipping (PORT STATE CONTROL) Regulations 2011
- Merchant Shipping (RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS) Regulations 2012
- Reporting on Data Related to Fuel Availability
- Reporting on Availability of Compliant Fuel
- Recommended Interim Measures to Enhance Safety of Ships
- Prohibition on the Carriage of Non-Compliant Fuel Oil for Combustion Purposes
- Guidance for Development of Ship Implementation Plan for the Consistent Implementation of 0.5% Sulphur Limit
- Guidelines for Portstate Control
- Guidance on Indication of Ongoing Compliance Incase of Failure of Single Monitoring Equipment
- Guidance on Best Practice for Quality of Fuel Oil Used Onboard Ships
- Guidance on Best Practice for Assuring the Quality of Fuel Oil Delivered to Ships
- Guidance for Port State Control on Contingency Measures
- Guidance for Onboard Sampling of the Sulphur Content
- Guidance for Member States
- Early Application of the Approval Amendments to the Verification Procedures
- Delivery of Compliant Fuel Oil by Suppliers
- Consistent Implementation of 0.5% Sulphur Limit
- National Guideline on Implementation of IMO2020: Marpol Annex VI Requirement for Marine Fuel Oil
- Integration of Women in Maritime Industries, Dr. Cynthia McDougall, WorldFish
- IMO’s Women in Maritime Programme, Helen Buni, IMO Focal Point for Women in Maritime
- Advancing Participation of Women in the Maritime Sector, Hon. Safina Kwekwe Tsungu, PS-State Dept. Of Gender Affairs, Kenya
- Gender Mainstreaming Within the Concept of Maritime Clusters, Mrs Lorraine Masiza, Womesa Regional Chairperson
- Maritime Security, Safety & Regulatory Enforcement, Conrad Thorpe OBE, CEO Salama Fikira
- Human Resource Gap, Capt. Ahmad Jaafar Baharom, Seafarer Management Centre, Malaysia
- Continental & Regional Cabotage & Optimization of Benefits of Shipping in Shipping Development, Capt. Fahmi
- Smart & Sustainable Transport & Logistics, Goeoge Wolf
- Concept Paper for the Maritime Transport Side Event 26 NOV 2018
- Programme of the maritime transport side event 2018
- Merchant Shipping (OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY) Regulations 2015
- INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON STANDARDS OF TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND WATCHKEEPING FOR SEAFARERS (STCW), 1978, AS AMENDED
- INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON STANDARDS OF TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND WATCHKEEPING FOR SEAFARERS (STCW), 1978, AS AMENDED
- GUIDANCE ON THE PREPARATION, REPORTING AND REVIEW OF INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS AND STEPS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT MANDATORY AMENDMENTS REQUIRED BY REGULATION I/7 OF THE STCW CONVENTION
- GUIDANCE FOR COMPETENT PERSONS EVALUATING INFORMATION COMMUNICATED BY PARTIES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE STCW CONVENTION AND STCW CODE WHICH HAVE ENTERED INTO FORCE AFTER 1 AUGUST 1998
- GUIDANCE ON FATIGUE MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT
- GUIDANCE FOR PORT STATE CONTROL OFFICERS IN RESPECT OF CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY ISSUED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE STCW CONVENTION
- GUIDANCE ON SHIPBOARD ASSESSMENTS OF PROFICIENCY
- GUIDANCE FOR MASTERS ON KEEPING A SAFE ANCHOR WATCH
- PROCEDURES REGARDING THE CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE IV AND REGULATION I/7 OF THE STCW CONVENTION AND SECTION A-I/7 OF THE STCW CODE
- GUIDANCE TO STCW PARTIES ON THE APPLICATION OF THE STANDARD MARINE COMMUNICATION PHRASES AS REQUIRED BY SECTION A-II/I OF THE STCW CODE
- INTERIM GUIDANCE ON TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT IN THE OPERATIONAL USE OF THE ELECTRONIC CHART DISPLAY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (ECDIS) SIMULATORS
- GUIDANCE ON NEAR-MISS REPORTING
- GUIDANCE ON THE QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE NECESSARY FOR UNDERTAKING THE ROLE OF THE DESIGNATED PERSON UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT (ISM) CODE
- GUIDELINES FOR THE OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT (ISM) CODE BY COMPANIES
- SOLAS: Container Weight Verification Requirements
- Safety Tri-Fold Brochure
- Safety A3 Brochure
- Maritime Single Window Brochure
- Informational Booklet for Seafarers
- Incoterms Brochure
- CERTIFICATE OF KENYA REGISTRATION
- Form 27- carving and marking16
- Form 28B – authorised representative15
- Form 29B – ownership body corporate14
- FORM 42B – corporate tranferee13
- FORM 80_2A12
- Form 83A11
- Form 83B10
- Form 80_2B9
- Form 46 – name proposed
- Form 42A-individual tranferee7
- Form 29A – ownership individual, joint6.
- Form 28A-application
- Small vessels application for license form4
- TMEA The Eastern Africa Trade Networks
- Private Sector Concerns on Maritime Industry
- MPNCCC B01.12 28.8.19
- MPNCCC Abridged C01.3 19.8.29
- MPNCCC NEWSLETTER10 FINAL 2 April 2020
- MPCC Implementation Process
- MOT PS Presentation
- KRC Presentation
- KRA SIRM DOC
- KRA port charter overview
- KRA Integrated Customs Mnagement System
- KPA TOS Review Design Implementation
- KPA Key Trade Facilitation Initiatives undertaken by KPA
- KMA Highlights on FAL SOLAs Conventions on Container Weights
- KENTRADE ICT Systems as an Enabler
- FEAFFA Regional Initiatives
- Oil Dispersant Use Policy
- Oil Spill Notification Form
- Draft National Contingency Plan
- KMA Requirements for Oil and Gas Exploration Companies Final
- Maritime Training Students Database Form1
- Kenyan Seafarers Database Update Form1
- Crew Change Application Form
- Medical Examination and Certification Regulations 2016
- KMA Repatriates Kenyan Seafarers from Mozambique
- Strong Winds
- Enforcement of maritime safety and compliance campaign
- KMA ACT 2012
- Salaah S. Balala – Profile
- Roselyn Amadi – Profile
- Rev. Joseph Kariuki Gatimu – Profile
- Nancy W. Karigithu – Profile
- Ms. Malika Omar – Profiles
- Mr. John Gerin Msafari, FICS, CRG (Gambia)
- Mr. Charles Mutinda
- Mr. Geofrey Ngombo Mwango
- Eng. Charles Kombe Charo
- Mr. Daniel Ndolo
- Adan-Harakhe-HSC
- SOP For SOLAS Container Weight Verification Processes V1
- SOLAS Brochure
- Public Notice-Registration of Shippers for Method 1
- List of Service Providers Method 2
- List of Service Providers Method 1
- Checklist to Asess Application for Registration Method 2
- Application form for approval of shippers third parties using method 2
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Montego Bay 10 December 1982
- Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone Geneva 29 April 1958
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