Africa – Page 18
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Transnet unveils $4.3bn investment plan
South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals has committed R33bn ($4.3bn) over the next seven years in port and rail capital projects until 2018/19.
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Method behind Durban upgrade
The draft scoping report for Transnet National Port Authority’s (TNPA) planned upgrade to Durban’s Pier 2 Container Terminal has been released in time for the public consultation due to take place this Thursday 12 April.
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APMT focuses on African integration
APMT has described a new model for West African transportation suggesting a shift away from "container lifts" towards “integrated container transport solutions”.
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ICTSI ink MoU at Lekki
Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise (LPLE) and International Container Services Inc. (ICTSI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the operation of the container terminal at the Tolaram Port@Lekki.
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Strikes end at Sokhna
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has announced a victory over Egypt’s Sokhna Port and operators DP World following the recent strikes over pay.
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Djibouti's strategic move into maintenance
The Port of Djibouti is looking to grow its revenue stream through a novel, modular dock that will provide repair and maintenance services for both the port authority’s fleet and other vessels.
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Mombasa waives fees
Kenya Ports Authority has decided to waive fees at Mombasa for 100 days, effectively acknowledging that high port charges and delays in collecting cargo have effectively brought the port to crisis point.
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Nigerian strikes paralyse ports
A strike by trade unions in Nigeria has effectively paralysed the country''s port terminals, costing the domestic maritime sector an estimated $223m.
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Nigerian ports struggle with strikes
It appears that the general strikes in Nigeria are finally beginning to take a toll on the country’s seaports – because everything is now at a standstill, including at APMT’s terminal at Apapa.
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New terminal inauguration in Senegal
West Africa’s new largest container terminal, Terminal à Conteneur, developed and operated by DP World, has been offically opened in Senegal.
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Tanzania to tackle Tanga congestion
Tanzania Ports Authority is embarking on a huge expansion exercise at Tanga Port in order to meet forecasted traffic growth that will surpass 4m teu by 2028 and to ease current congestion.
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Tanger Med signs three-year agreement
Several months of strikes at Tanger Med have come to an end following an agreement between port stevedores and terminal operator Eurokai Contship Italia.
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New port for Angola
The government of Angola has given the go-ahead for the construction of a new commercial port at Barra do Dande, in Bengo province.
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Kribi construction starts in Cameroon
The president of Cameroon has attended the stone laying ceremony for the new deepwater port at Kribi, 4 km south of Mboro.
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Algerian sea port tender
The Algerian government has issued a tender for a new port to be located between Algiers and Ténès, some 200 km to the east.
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Agencies ordered out of Nigerian ports
Nigerian ports are making a move toward efficiency by finally kicking multiple government agencies off their premises.
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Dockers down tools at Al-Dekheila
Some 450 ports stevedores belonging to the Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company downed tools in October, claiming that promises made to them over concerns raised in April had been reneged on.
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Grindrod issues Maputo shares
Grindrod Ltd is to issue new shares to the value of $262m as a means of financing expansion of the coal terminal at the port of Maputo in Mozambique.
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West African breakthrough for Kalmar
An order from the French Bollore group means Cargotec’s cranes are now starting to move into the emerging African ports market, through Bollore’s wholly-owned Unicaf subsidiary.
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First strikes at Tanger-Med
Dockworkers at the Eurogate terminal in the Moroccan port of Tanger-Med have gone on a six-day strike demanding similar pay and conditions to stevedores in the adjacent APM Terminals facility.