Court Orders MSC to Release Goods Amid Contempt Threat Over Sh5M Consignment.
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Milimani Commercial Court has ordered Mediterranean Shipping Company to immediately releasea shipment of goods valued at Ksh 5.6 million to Goodloght industries following the Nairobi based company’s move to court.
Lawyer Turunga Ithagi representing Goodlight industries presented a certificate of urgency to the fourt seeking the release of the consignment of the goods consisting of 40 tonnes of paraffin wax that was imported from China following the loss of te original bill of lading.
The company, Goodlight industries jas reported the loss of the Bill of Lading at Kariobangi South PolicePost on December 29,2025. According to court documents the first Defendant MSC had refused to release the goods detained at the Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Nairobi despite being presented with a police abstract as proof of loss.
The second respondent in the matter, a chines exporter, Shenzhen Jin Tongcan Trade Co. Ltd had also allegedly refused to cooperate or alternatively issue a certified copy of the Bill of Lading.
Inspite of both companies signing a consent order to direct the release of the good pending the determination of the main suit scheduled for mention on March 2,2026, Goodlight industries in a letter dated February 12, 2026 accused MSC of defying the court order, deeming it contempt of court and demanding the release of the goods.
“Our instructions are quite precise, that by close of business today on Thursday 12th February 2026 if you will not have issued a Delivery Order (D.O) and or released the consignment of goods as per the court order issued on 9th February 2026, we will move with haste to cite you for contempt of Court,” wrote Kevin Turunga Ithagi of Turunga Ithagi & Associates Advocates.
The letter additionally warns that the company would sue for all losses incurred since November 2025 and would take all available measures including exposing the companies through available media at their own peril as to costs.
In a supporting affidavit presented to court, Margaret Wagwama Kiunga, the manager of Goodlight industries, claimed that the company had made all necessary payments of the good including clearance costs ammounting to a total sum of USD 44,800 to the Chinese supplier as documented per commercial invoives attached to the affidavit.
Accuring demurrage charges, that have accumulated for two containers from December 7, 2025, to January 9, 2026, valued at USD 2,516 has heightened the importance and urgency of the matter as the company warns that these chares will continue to mount.
