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Transnet terminal boost
13 Jun 2008
Kalmar has been awarded a contract by South Africa’s Transnet Port Terminals to supply 30 CSC440 straddle carriers to Durban Container Terminal.
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Eco-friendly RTG boost
09 Jun 2008
Tangier Medgate and Somaport are to boost container handling capacity in the Mediterranean with Kalmar crane orders.
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DP World eyes West African opportunities
13 Jun 2008
The president of DP World, Ahmed bin Sulayem, has recently had discussions in Mauritania regarding a possible management contract at the port of Nouakchott.
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Tax fraud hits Mombasa
15 Jun 2008
An established tax fraud has been discovered at the Kenyan port of Mombasa by that country's Anti-corruption Commission.
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Container backlog cleared
16 Jun 2008
Mombasa has finally come to terms with the container backlog brought about by civil disturbances earlier in the year. From having 19,000 containers requiring processing in January, the figure had fallen to 9,000 by the end of April. Storage capacity in the terminal is in the region of 14,000 containers
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South Africa to build deep-water box terminal
14 Jun 2008
Transnet, the state-owned company in South Africa responsible for ports, will soon identify the location for a new 6m teu deepwater container terminal. This could be at Durban, Ngqura or Richards Bay. An initial 3.1m teu phase is scheduled to commence operations by 2014 and will form part of a $1.89bn programme to be implemented by the state before 2012.
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Cabinda targets 70% throughput growth by 2010
21 May 2008
The Angolan Port of Cabinda is to use a $100m port expansion plan as a springboard to boost exports to neighbouring countries.
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