Printer Friendly
Email a Friend
-
WALVIS BAY WORK
01 Sep 2007
Namibia Ports Authority is to invest $145m on improving its container terminal at the port of Walvis Bay. Work will include deepening the draught to 16m.
-
MOMBASA CHARGES PLEA
01 Sep 2007
Business leaders in Rwanda have asked Kenya Ports Authority to reduce charges at the port of Mombasa. These push up the cost of transporting goods to the Great Lakes region by as much as 30%, it is claimed.
-
MAPUTO SCANNING ‘SCAM’
01 Sep 2007
Business leaders in Mozambique have asked the government to either scrap or reduce charges levied at the port of Maputo for the scanning of containers. The scanner is operated by a private company, Kudumba, which is being accused of using it simply to make money.
-
DAMIETTA TERMINAL AWARD
01 Sep 2007
Two Egyptian construction companies, Arab Contractors and Archirodon, have been awarded a $240m contract to build 2.3 km of berthing line at a new container terminal at the port of Damietta.
-
DURBAN EXPANSION AWARD
01 Sep 2007
Transnet has awarded a €182m ($248.7m) contract to Group Five to expand Durban Harbour.
-
CLEARANCE REMAINS ONEROUS AT ONNE
01 Sep 2007
Importers and exporters in Nigeria have complained that the ports privatisation process has failed to speed up cargo clearing. In fact, this appears to have collapsed entirely at the port of Onne, where government appointed agents show little interest in improving customs clearance processes. Even the deployment of a state-of-the-art container scanner has failed to improve things.
-
DP World ditches LSE flotation
01 Sep 2007
DP World has decided not to go ahead with a $5bn flotation on the London Stock Exchange as a means of funding future expansion and acquisition projects because it believes it will now be cheaper to issue debt.
-
Ngqura looks to private sector
01 Sep 2007
Private sector companies look set to be asked to participate in the development of two new container terminals at the South African port of Ngqura costing €809m ($1.1bn).
-
Transas secures Mombasa VTS contract
01 Sep 2007
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has commissioned Transas Marine UK for the supply, installation and commissioning of a vessel traffic management system (VTS) at its Port of Mombasa. Scheduled to be officially handed to KPA in February 2008, the main operator control room will be located inside the Port of Mombasa’s brand new 70m high Port Control Tower.
-
Tanger Med equipment orders roll in
01 Sep 2007
A rash of new equipment orders for the Tanger Med port development in Morocco has materialised as the terminal prepares for opening this year.
Submit News
