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MORE NPA WORKERS CUT
01 May 2007
The Nigerian Port Authority has made a further 3,000 workers redundant, bringing to 6,000 the number offloaded in the last eight months. It has borrowed €91m ($123m) to finance the cuts.
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NUADIBÚ UPGRADE
01 May 2007
The government of Mauritania has issued a tender in respect of expansion and upgrade work at the port of Nuadibú for €20.4m ($27.6m).
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KUWAITIS TO EXPAND TANGA
01 May 2007
Kuwait and Gulf Link Port International have signed an agreement to build a series of deep water berths in Mwambani Bay, which forms part of the Tanzanian port of Tanga.The work, which includes the provision of handling equipment, has been costed at $400m.
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Dar es Salaam told to clean up its act
01 May 2007
Tanzania’s prime minister recently made a surprise visit to Dar es Salaam port following increasing problems with congestion. He met with officials and private terminal operators, after which he instructed both the port authority and revenue authority to work 24 hours-a-day until congestion had been reduced.
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Grain monopoly at Mombasa
01 May 2007
A master plan covering the next 25 years, which was put together by Kenya Port Authority and approved by the government, proposes to concentrate bulk grain handling at a single terminal at Mombasa until at least 2028.
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Salalah plans massive expansion
01 May 2007
The Port of Salalah is to increase capacity by more than 200% over the next seven years according to its new master plan. Berth 5 is due to come online by the second quarter of this year and Berth 6 by the first quarter of 2008.These will add 969 metres of quay and 2m teu capacity.
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