International shipping lines have maintained the piracy charge in their tariff documents long after the menace was eliminated off the coast of Somalia, the Kenya Maritime Authority has revealed. “We need to engage over this matter with those shipping lines,” Kenya Maritime Authority Director General Nancy Karigithu said.She spoke during a meeting organised by the ministries of Transport from Kenya, Tanzania, Djibouti and Yemen to fine-tune a protocol on co-operation on information sharing and training on maritime security. Shipping lines sustain a piracy surcharge of $25 (Sh2,263), $150 (Sh13,578) and as high as $700 (Sh63,364). Source: Standard Media

