Federation of East Africa Freight Forwarders Associations (FEAFFA)

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• 156 Freight forwarders graduate in Uganda and Rwanda.

  Uganda and Rwanda held their first ever graduation ceremony of the East African Customs and Freight Forwarding Practicing Certificate (EACFFPC) course. This was on the 14th January 2011 at Imperial Royale Hotel Kampala Uganda and the 18th February 2011 in...

• FEAFFA participates in the first ever African Air Cargo Conference

  FEAFFA participated in the first ever Air Cargo Conference in Africa. Air Cargo Africa 2011 Conference was the first of its kind to be held in Africa. It was hosted at the Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC) in Nairobi from 22nd to 24th Februa...

• Freight forwarders train in Cargo Logistics Efficiency, Safety and security.

  A total of 25 trainers last week qualified to train freight forwarders and other service providers in Cargo Logistics Efficiency, Safety and Security in East Africa. This was after a week-long training of trainers’ course at Silver Springs Hotel in Nair...

• EAC moves towards harmonization of vehicle overload control

  The East African Community (EAC) is undertaking a study to inform proposed harmonization of vehicle overload control in the Region. This is an important step towards expediting the flow of trade in the Region and will augment other efforts that are focuse...

• East Africa Business Community Elects new leadership

  Ms Consolata Ndayishimiye, the President of Federal Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Burundi Rwanda has been elected as the new chair person of East African Business Council. She was elected during the EABC annual general meeting in Bujumbura, Burun...

• What is the way forward on the privatization of the Mombasa port?

  Opposition against plans to privatize operations at the Port of Mombasa mounted with key players warning it was risky carrying out the exercise in the absence of a sound legal framework. The stakeholders who attended a one-day consultative meeting on t...

• Port delays calls for increased charge by shipping lines

  Shipping lines have reported that they will start charging vessel delay surcharge (VDS) on cargo entering through the port of Mombasa due to delay of vessels resulting from inefficiencies of cargo handling.  They noted that a ship can spend up to twelv...

• FEAFFA Launches website

  The Federation of East Africa Freight Forwarders has lauched their new look website in January, 2011. This was in line with the vision of serving the members better by providing timely and accurate information. It will assist our members in obtaining cur...