Africa – Page 21
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Too many agencies in Nigerian ports
Nigeria''s Ministry of Transport has investigated claims put forward by the Joint Action Committee of Freight Forwarders that national ports are imposing illegal charges and found them to be true.
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Second port for Kenya mooted
A strong case is being made in Kenya for construction of a second port in Lamu given current high levels of congestion at Mombasa.
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E-petition to end piracy
An unprecedented coalition of organisations have joined forces to back a global e-petition demanding concrete action “to end the piracy that is putting lives at risk and threatening world trade”.
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NewsNigeria climbs Onne up
The Port of Onne''s West Africa Container terminal (WACT) has recorded container volume growth of 18% through May 2010, compared with the same period in 2009, as West Africa and other economically emerging markets set the pace for trade recovery.
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NewsEritrean ports begin to climb
Eritrea has launched a drive to revamp its ports of Massawa and Assab. These ports have been left languishing after the rupture of relations with Ethiopia cut Eritrea out of the picture and Ethiopian cargo moved to neighbouring Djibouti.
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KPA investigations called off
The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission has recommended that investigations into a flawed $12.3m crane contract awarded by Kenya Ports Authority be dropped.
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NewsEnd in sight for crippling South Africa port strikes
A workers'' strike that has crippled South Africa''s ports for more than two weeks could be over by the end of this week, with unions said to be looking favourably on the latest wage deal on the table.
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Algeciras loses to Tangier
Maersk shipping line is switching 500,000 teu from Algeciras to its facility in TangerMed, because, it says, the Tangier facility has high productivity, lower costs and incorporates zero deviation for vessels.
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NewsStrikes paralyse South African ports
A strike that has crippled South Africa’s port and rail operations this month is still unsettled, with transport unions still at loggerheads about the wage deal on the table.
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Durban upgrade completed
A major port upgrade programme has been completed in Durban, South Africa, the biggest of its kind on the African continent.
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NewsNgqura development drastically delayed
The second phase development of Ngqura Port in South Africa will not now be completed for at least five years, despite Transnet Port Terminals having earlier suggested work could be finished within the next financial year.
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Nigeria seeks Belgian backing for ports
The government of the Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom says it is to work with as yet unidentified Belgian partners in the development of a new port at Ibaka.
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NewsIndian Ocean: A businessman's paradise?
Mauritius is leading the Indian Ocean pack with its willingness to engage foreign investors, as Stuart Pearcey discovers
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NewsLiberian development goes to APM
APM has won a 25 year concession at the Port of Monrovia in Liberia as part of a public tender process.
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Tough calls: U.S. Coast Guard demands tigher control on Madagascar visits
Madagascan port Toamasina is the only one in the country exempt from new US Coast Guard rules imposed by authorities unhappy with inadequate security precautions at other seaports.
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NewsSeek our protection from pirates, urges force commander
The long shadow cast by the skull and crossbones hangs over shipping in the Indian Ocean, with the threat of piracy a very real one in a huge swathe of its western edge. But the shadow has not yet been long enough to convince everyone sending ships there of the ...
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T4 to start operations in Tangier in 2014
Marsa International Tangier Terminals is to assume management of T4 at the new Port of Tangier Med II. The 30-year concession was awarded last year to a consortium consisting of Marsa Maroc, PSA and SNI, although it is not clear whether PSA is still involved. The facility is slated to ...
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EOIs invited for Sierra Leone operation
As part of the National Commission for Privatisation (NCP) programme of port reform, the government of Sierra Leone has invited expressions of interest for a concession to run the Queen Elizabeth II quay at the Container Terminal of Sierra Leone, plus further interest is invited for bulk and breakbulk stevedoring ...
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Nigerian ports regulator established
A private-sector regulatory board is to be set up in Nigeria to oversee the ports industry.
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TICTS loses exclusivity
Tanzania International Container Terminal Services has lost its right to exclusively handle containers in the port of Dar es Salaam for 25 years.
