Mitchell Cotts Freight Kenya Limited is one of the most recognized and respected names in the Shipping, freight forwarding, and warehousing and transport business. Mitchell Cotts Freight Kenya Limited came to Kenya in 1926 when the company was set up to undertake supply of coalbunkers to ships. At the time steamships used coal as fuel. The operations of the company were later expanded to include ships agency, freight forwarding, trading activities and the corporate headquarters of the company. Mitchell Cotts in East Africa has a heritage spanning more than 95 years.