Kenya expects six tankers to secure fuel supplies
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tuko
Six oil tankers carrying more than 231,000 tonnes of petroleum products are due to arrive at Kenyan ports over the next two weeks, among 51 vessels expected in Mombasa and Lamu. The deliveries are planned as fuel prices have risen and attacks on vessels bound for Kenya fuel concerns about supplies, according to Tuko.
Six oil tankers carrying more than 231,000 tonnes of petrol, diesel and other petroleum products are due to arrive at Kenyan ports over the next two weeks. The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) expects 51 vessels to call at Mombasa and Lamu, according to its 19 October 2026 shipping schedule, Tuko reports.
Mombasa port will receive 41 vessels, including the six tankers, 26 container ships, seven conventional cargo vessels and two car carriers. Lamu port is due to receive ten vessels, including nine container ships and one general cargo vessel.
The M.T. Bellatrix tanker will carry more than 21,000 tonnes of Shell V-Power premium petrol for Vivo Energy Kenya. After being unloaded at the Shimanzi oil terminal, the fuel will be stored in Mombasa and then transported to Nairobi, including by Kenya Railways tank wagons. Vivo Energy Kenya, which operates more than 350 service stations, exclusively imports and distributes this fuel in Kenya.
The arrivals have been announced as drone attacks on tankers bound for Kenya in the Strait of Hormuz raise concerns about supply security. At the same time, Kenya’s Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority raised Nairobi’s petrol price cap by 12.93 shillings, to 226.96 shillings per litre.
