Explainer: Why Lamu port steps into the void

As the Strait of Hormuz collapses and the Red Sea remains fractured, Kenya's deep-water port on the Indian Ocean is absorbing rerouted cargo.
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As the Strait of Hormuz collapses to near-zero traffic and the Red Sea remains fractured, Kenya’s deep-water port on the Indian Ocean is absorbing rerouted cargo and beginning to test the limits of what a three-berth facility can do under pressure.

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