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The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) second East Africa Maritime Awards (EAMA) ceremony is scheduled for May 21 2021 in Mombasa, Kenya. Interested companies and individuals have until February 26, 2021 to submit their entries via the East African Maritime Awards website.
The awards seek to recognize and award notable users of the Port of Mombasa and individual players. The awards are also open to companies from across the breadth of the maritime sector, comprising the shipping, ports, services, engineering, and leisure marine industries with operations in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Speaking in Mombasa, Kenya Ports Authority Acting Managing Director Eng. Rashid Salim said the Awards had come at a time the local, regional and global economies were facing a period of hardship caused by COVID-19.
having conversations with him, knowing the ship really well, helps reassure me. every time i talk to him i feel more hopeful that they re adrift out there and that we ll be reunited. that s why we re headed to jacksonville. family members continuing to cling to hope here that their loved ones are going to be found out there. tote marine, the shipping agent also came out and said they re hopeful. this is a good ship. the captain is very experienced. the crew was calm as they were communicating with them before they lost contact. they were hopeful they d also find the crew on board that ship. we ll continue to keep you updated. thanks, kristen. residents of roseburg, oregon, are remembering the nine people killed and nine others wounded in thursday s shootings at the umpqua community college. the county sheriff said the gunman committed suicide during exchange of gunfire with police.
members have gathered here today, alex. they ve put up the cones, a sign, family members only. you can imagine just how agonizing this wait is. i ve spoke be to some of them. they have a lot of questions as they wait for word on their loved ones. they re also asking why they went out with a storm coming in. now tote shipping, the shipping agent spoke last night. here s what s they said about conversations with the captain before he left. he informed us he was adjusting his course accordingly to avoid the storm, and unfortunately, the ship became disabled because of a mechanical problem, and the ship found its way in the path of the storm. reporter: so they do say this never would have happened if the
that s our hope, tomorrow morning at first sunrise, we ll have more aircraft out there searching. and you re confident in the right area? we re confident we re several searching in the right area. we are using the last known position the last time they communicated with their shipping agent. we know they are disabled so we know they are moving along with the force of the storm so we know we are in the general area. captain fedor, thank you very much. we hope tomorrow morning you have very good news for those families and men stranded on board. meteorologist jennifer gray is outfront. you heard captain fedor talk about 20 to 30 feet of waves this crew could be enduring if they are indeed on life rafts if they are in the water. what could the conditions be like? it was downgraded to a category 3 today. they ve been in category 4 conditions and not only for the