WORLD Chinese-built Lamu Port in Kenya starts operations

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Chinese-built Lamu Port in Kenya starts operations

Xinhua

09:06, May 22, 2021

Aerial photo taken on May 16, 2021 shows an overview of the first berth of Lamu Port in Kenya. Lamu Port, which is being built by China Communications Construction Company, is part of Kenya's bid to become the major trade hub in East Africa. It can handle large vessels with a carrying capacity ranging from 12,000 to 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). (Photo by Cui Weibao/Xinhua)

Staff members unload cargos at the new harbor of Lamu Port in Kenya, on May 20, 2021. Lamu Port, which is being built by China Communications Construction Company, is part of Kenya's bid to become the major trade hub in East Africa. It can handle large vessels with a carrying capacity ranging from 12,000 to 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). (Photo by Zhang Nanfang/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on May 16, 2021 shows an overview of the first berth of Lamu Port in Kenya. Lamu Port, which is being built by China Communications Construction Company, is part of Kenya's bid to become the major trade hub in East Africa. It can handle large vessels with a carrying capacity ranging from 12,000 to 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). (Photo by Cui Weibao/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on May 16, 2021 shows an overview of the first berth of Lamu Port in Kenya. Lamu Port, which is being built by China Communications Construction Company, is part of Kenya's bid to become the major trade hub in East Africa. It can handle large vessels with a carrying capacity ranging from 12,000 to 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). (Photo by Cui Weibao/Xinhua)

A ship arrives and docks at the new harbor of Lamu Port in Kenya, on May 20, 2021. Lamu Port, which is being built by China Communications Construction Company, is part of Kenya's bid to become the major trade hub in East Africa. It can handle large vessels with a carrying capacity ranging from 12,000 to 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). (Photo by Zhang Nanfang/Xinhua)

Staff members unload cargos at the new harbor of Lamu Port in Kenya, on May 20, 2021. Lamu Port, which is being built by China Communications Construction Company, is part of Kenya's bid to become the major trade hub in East Africa. It can handle large vessels with a carrying capacity ranging from 12,000 to 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). (Photo by Zhang Nanfang/Xinhua)

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (3rd R, front) witnesses the docking of two vessels at the new harbor of Lamu Port in Kenya, on May 20, 2021. Lamu Port, which is being built by China Communications Construction Company, is part of Kenya's bid to become the major trade hub in East Africa. It can handle large vessels with a carrying capacity ranging from 12,000 to 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). (Photo by Zhang Nanfang/Xinhua)

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