East Africa Marine Transport has taken a significant step towards creating a more sustainable and efficient logistics ...

Lake Victoria's first vessels that transports roll-on roll-off cargo including automobiles, trucks or commercial vehicles has been launched in Uganda.

New research from Africa's Lake Victoria has revealed critical clues about toxic algal blooms and their potential impact on ...

Today marked a historic moment for East African trade and transport, Lake Victoria’s first scheduled roll-on/roll-off freight ...

East Africa Marine Transport (EAMT) has commissioned M.V. Mpungu, the first scheduled roll-on/roll-off freight vessel to start commercial operations on Lake Victoria.The 96-metre-long vessel will now ...

Lake Victoria, the world’s second-largest freshwater lake, supports over 47 million people across East Africa. Rapid population growth and climate change are worsening pollution from inadequate ...

The next thing I knew I was in the water' A man has been rescued from a ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two days after it overturned with the loss of at least 207 lives.

[PHOTO: DENISH OCHIENG/ STANDARD] Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest fresh water body, is suffocating under water hyacinth, raising questions about the multi- billion-shilling project to eliminate it.

No one's sure how the South American water hyacinth invaded Africa's Lake Victoria but there's little doubt as to the damages it has caused. In 1989, the weed was spotted in the lake and seven ...