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    Land of opportunity

    2024-11-22T12:00:00Z

    Felicity Landon engages with Capt Pappu Sastry, CEO, ASL who sees the deployment of logistics know-how in conjunction with growing African mining operations as a land of opportunity

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    Durban truths told

    2024-11-18T12:13:00Z

    In round one of a legal challenge APMT/Maersk has halted the award of Durban Container Terminal 2 to ICTSI but it is not over yet with ICTSI telling some home truths and identifying the solvency issue at the heart of APMT’s challenge as irrational

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    DP World extends port investment in Mozambique

    2024-09-24T12:25:00Z

    US$600 million will be invested over the next three years, boosting Mozambique’s port infrastructure and trade connectivity

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    Nigerian terminal upgrade boosts trade

    2024-09-23T08:29:00Z

    APM Terminals’ US$115 million WACT upgrade is set to boost Nigeria’s economy by improving port efficiency, safety and capacity

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    BII invests US$35M in DRC deepwater port

    2024-08-21T12:30:00Z

    British International Investment and DP World are partnering to create the DRC’s first deepwater container port, boosting trade and creating 85,000 jobs

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    Funding in place for Cotonou terminal upgrade

    2024-07-25T12:00:00Z

    Bénin Terminal, a subsidiary of Africa Global Logistics, has secured €75 million in funding for the extension and modernisation of the Port of Cotonou.

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    ‘Loaded dice’ in Dar Es Salaam

    2024-07-25T12:00:00Z

    A question was asked from the floor in the Africa focus session of the recent Terminal Operations Conference, held in Rotterdam, as to what are the root causes and the cure for the poor vessel turnround times and other performance related problems experienced over an extended period in the port of Dar es Salaam?

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    Dar es Salaam – big questions to answer

    2024-05-30T12:00:00Z

    Serious questions have surfaced regarding the award to Adani Ports of the concession to operate the Dar es Salaam Container Terminal, Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS).

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    Maersk invests in Nigeria seaports upgrade

    2024-05-02T12:32:00Z

    A new investment to help upgrade seaports will take Maersk’s involvement in Nigeria to more than £2bn

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    APMT Durban action sparks motivation questions

    2024-04-19T11:00:00Z

    At the beginning of April local newspapers in Durban including Business Day carried a story announcing a legal challenge by APM Terminals (APMT), part of the Maersk group, to the confirmed award by Transnet of the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 concession to International Container Terminal Services Inc.

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    Cavotec signs APMT service deal

    2024-02-21T15:37:00Z

    Cavotec has signed a deal with APM Terminals to service the Port of Tanger Med’s automated vacuum mooring and power units

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    AfCTA Created

    2023-11-24T12:00:00Z

    The world’s largest free trade area has been created and is to be known…

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    Positive view of Durban pier 2

    2023-11-24T12:00:00Z

    ICTSI sees major potential in DCT Pier 2 and has a clear view of how to unlock this

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    The final push towards Maritime Single Windows

    2023-11-21T10:07:00Z

    Lobito now has a Maritime Single Window system thanks to MPA and IMO

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    ICTSI confident of DCT’S Pier 2 potential and how to unlock this

    2023-10-30T08:37:00Z

    ICTSI is defending Durban’s Pier 2, saying despite challenges, the port remains a good terminal

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    Better connecting Tanzania to the global markets

    2023-10-24T08:59:00Z

    DP World is to operate and modernise the multi-purpose Dar es Salaam Port

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    Nigeria Initiative

    2023-08-29T08:00:00Z

    Nigeria has established the Marine and Blue Economy Ministry as a wholly separate entity to the Transport Ministry. This follows on from recognition of the escalating requirement to…

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    Also a player in the Dar debacle…

    2023-08-29T08:00:00Z

    The Adani Ports and SEZ (APSEZ) division is additionally noteworthy today for its interest in securing the concession…

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    Simandou iron ore export project : progress on rail and port capacity

    2023-08-29T08:00:00Z

    Rio Tinto and the Simfer joint venture (Simfer) have reached an important milestone by concluding key agreements with the Republic of Guinea and Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) on the trans-Guinean infrastructure for the Simandou iron ore project. 

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    Nigeria LNG Support

    2023-08-29T08:00:00Z

    Onne Multipurpose Terminal (OMT) is supporting Nigerian LNG (NLNG)’s Train 7 expansion project at NLNG’s…