• Mitigating the externalization of foreign currency and capital through traditional trading practices by importers and exporters.
• Developing a mobile based application for reporting and resolving NTBs along trade and transport corridors/ the platform is called M-SHIP.
• Organizing cargo owners through the formation and strengthening of Shippers’ Councils throughout the Eastern and Central African region.
• Reviewing the level and manner of engagement with service providers (Ports, CFS/ICDs, and Shipping Lines, Regulators) for the enhancement of efficiency, and containment of the rising cost of doing business.
• Carrying out research on matters arising in shipping and maritime industry
• Providing cargo owners with information and creating awareness on emerging themes in International Trade.
• Partnering with regional corridors to provide Governments and Shippers with comparative data on the performance of regional ports and corridors.
• Recommendations made to Governments on the removal of Terminal Handling Charges (THCs) by Shipping Lines.
• Mediation between Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) and Shipping Lines over suspension of certain clauses in the KMA Act through a court injunction by shipping line.