Top Transport and Logistics Companies in Kenya
Marcopolis.net presents the top transport and logistics companies in Kenya, which is the region’s biggest economy and a gateway to East Africa. According to Reuters, because of irregular train services, most cargo offloaded in Mombasa is then trucked to Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan and Congo.
List of the Leading Transport and Logistics Companies in Kenya
Kenya, the region’s biggest economy, is a gateway to East Africa. According to Reuters, because of irregular train services, most cargo offloaded in Mombasa is then trucked to Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan and Congo. Kenya has an extensive network of paved and unpaved roads, 15 airports with paved runways and links with neighboring Uganda via the railway system and ports.
The Kenya Transporters Association (KTA) has been providing a common voice to articulate business constraints facing transport companies in Kenya since 1969. It also contributes towards the realization of a safe reliable, efficient, professional and environmentally friendly road freight industry in Kenya.
Top Transport and Logistics Companies in Kenya
Marcopolis.net presents the top transport and logistics companies in Kenya. This non-exhaustive list is based on the findings of the Marcopolis.net research team.
The List
| Rank | Company | Country | Industry | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya | Airline | Kenya Airways Limited is a Kenya-based company that operates in the aviation industry. The company is engaged in providing international, regional and domestic carriage of passengers and cargo by air, the provision of ground handling services to other airlines, and the handling of import and export cargo. | |
| 2 | Kenya | Road Transportation | Roy Transmotors is a regional transport and logistics provider specialist, with its core expertise being transportation of bulk petroleum products, containerized cargo, perishable goods and hazardous products. The company, under the stewardship of its Executive Chairman, Mukhtar Omar, has over the years grown to be one of the largest players in the transport industry in East Africa. | |
| 3 | Kenya | Railway Transport | Established in 1977, Kenya Railways is the national railway of Kenya. The original Uganda Railway was transformed into the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation (EARC) after World War I. The EARC managed the railways of Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika until the collapse of the East African Community in 1977. Subsequently Kenya Railways took over the Kenyan part of the EARC. | |
| 4 | Kenya | Road Transportation | Buzeki Enterprises is the flagship company of Buzeki Group of Companies, a fast growing business conglomerate with a global vision. Buzeki Group was incepted in 1999 with a view to provide a wide range of transport services in Kenya and the larger East and Central Africa regions. Buzeki is a multi-faceted business group with interests and representation in various sectors of the economy. Its flagship service is bulk cargo handling. | |
| 5 | Kenya | Logistics and Freight Forwarding | With over 17 offices, 300 employees and 58 destinations, Kenfreight is one of leading transport and logistics provider in East Africa – with a sizable share of the freight handling market in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Congo and South Sudan. Kenfreight has more than 35 years of experience in the logistics industry with a specialized focus on East Africa. | |
| 6 | Germany | Logistics | Founded in 1871, Hellmann Woldwide Logistics started with one man, Carl Heinrich Hellmann, using a horse-drawn cart to deliver parcels in and around the town of Osnabrueck, northern Germany. Four generations later, Carl’s great-grandchildren, Jost and Klaus, own and run the company with a worldwide network of 19,300 people in 443 branches in 157 countries. | |
| 7 | Kenya | Road Transportation | P.N. Mashru was founded in 1985 on the principle of “Endeavour & Achieve” by the Directors of the Company who embarked upon an ambitious and progressive growth plan with a focused vision, which is to be the transporter of choice in the East and Central Africa region by setting the highest standards of integrity, safety and best environmental practices whilst offering clients a requirement oriented logistics solution. | |
| 8 | Kenya | Logistics | Mitchell Cotts is one of the leading market specialists in East and Central Africa, offering total logistics solutions for all cargo handling needs. For over 80 years they have consistently built up a reputation as one of the strongest and most understanding logistics companies of the market. | |
| 9 | Kenya | Logistics and Air Cargo Handling | Siginon Goup has over 30 years of experience in the logistics and air cargo handling industry. The Siginon story began in 1985 in the port of Mombasa, as a humble transport company comprising of 2 trucks and a workforce of 4 staff. Today, Siginon boasts of a workforce of over 200 staff located in 4 cities and 1 town in the East African region. The company offers tailor-made solutions to its customers in order to attend their cargo and logistics needs, be it at the sea port of Mombasa or the airports of Mombasa and Eldoret in Kenya. | |
| 10 | Kenya | Road Transportation | Starting in business in 1948, Rongai Workshop & Transport is one of the longest established and most respected road transport businesses in Kenya, offering cargo transport services with a fleet of 96 articulated containerized trucks that are operated from bases in Rongai (near Nakuru) and Mombasa (Port Reitz). |