Africa – Page 22
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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.
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NewsNgqura unloads its first ship
The new deepwater Port of Ngqura, South Africa, has welcomed its first commercial containership - the MSC Catania.
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Uganda to open Mombasa box terminal
A reciprocal agreement between Uganda and Kenya is to result in the construction of a dry dock and container terminal in the port of Mombasa to handle cargo from Uganda. These, it is hoped, will help reduce congestion. A 3,075-acre piece of land has been identified at the port and ...
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As many as 2,500 South African merchant seafarers could be trained to form a pool of talent as navigation and engineering officers and deck crew members in the offshore industry.
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NewsProfessor takes the Transnet helm
The challenge of running South Africa''s national transport businesses is hardly academic, and yet it''s been put into the hands of one - Geoff Everingham, a university professor.
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NewsTransnet pushes ahead with expansion
South Africa''s port regulator is pushing ahead with expansion plans across the board. Stuart Pearcey reports
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Maersk invests in Luanda
Maersk Angola is to invest $95m in the construction of a second line terminal in Luanda as a means of improving the overall port infrastructure. Investment would be carried forward in stages. The need for the terminal has been justified on grounds that it will make operations run smoothly and ...
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Transnet's new COO
Transnet Port Terminals has appointed former general manager of sales, logistics and commercial, Nosipho Damasane, as the company''s new chief operating officer following Solly Letsoalo''s departure to the private sector.
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APM achieves new safety record at Apapa
APM Terminals'' Apapa terminal in Lagos has achieved a notable safety record: it went 200 days during which none of its 800 employees was injured, resulting in no lost working time. The company put this down to greater awareness amongst the workforce of safety procedures.
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Morocco plans second transhipment hub
Despite doubts hanging over the future of the Tanger Med II development in Morocco, the government is to go ahead with a second container transhipment port close to the city of Nador. The project, which is known as Nador West Med, aims to attract both dry bulk traffic and transhipment ...
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Onne a major money spinner for Nigeria
The Nigerian federal government has received $51m from concessionaires at the port of Onne since 2006. This breaks down as follows: $10.3m (commencement fees), $13.73m (lease fees), $12.31m (throughput fees) and $15.28m (land industrial area fees).
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Port Qasim taking major private investment
Up to $1.22bn of foreign investment is expected to be made in the various development projects put forward by Port Qasim Authority covering the next five years.
