Revised African Maritime Transport Charter Enters into Force: A New Era for Africa’s Maritime transport, port and shipping industry.
Addis Ababa, 28 August 2025 – On 14 August 2025, the African Union announced the entry into force of the Revised African Maritime Transport Charter (2010), following the deposit of the fifteenth instrument of ratification by Uganda. This momentous occasion marks a historic step forward for the maritime sector on our continent, fifteen years after its adoption by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Kampala on 26 July 2010.