Africa – Page 24
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Nigeria drops port charges by 30%
The president of Nigeria has approved a 30% reduction in charges, fees and fines imposed by the regulatory agencies on cargo cleared at national ports.
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Kenyan bonds to fund port investment
Kenya is to invest $4.4bn in road and port development projects by 2012. Bonds will be issued to raise the necessary money to further develop Mombasa and build a second port at Lamu
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Grindrod reveals Maputo plans
South Africa''s Grindrod Group has unveiled its plans for the further development of the port of Maputo in Mozambique.
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NewsRe-nationalisation of Nigerian ports mooted
Lagos state officials have called for seaports at Apapa and Tin Can Island to be taken into state ownership so that better and improved road links can be built.
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Ghost companies buy Nigerian terminals
An ad hoc Senate Committee in Nigeria has accused the Bureau of Public Enterprises of awarding the concession for Tin Can Port to ghost companies.
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Ghana in hot water over Meridian
Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority decision to allocate more than half of container handling operations at Tema Port to Meridian Port Services has been met with angry criticism.
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Kenya deepwater dream
Kenya''s Transport Ministry has ordered a feasibility study for a new deepwater port; part of which will address the question of location of the facility. Mombasa, currently dogged by congestion, grew by 21% in tonnage terms last year.
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Black mark for Nigerian terminal operators
Senior managers at Nigeria''s Delta Port Authority have accused private-sector terminal operators Intels, AMS, Julius Berger and Green Leigh of not complying with the terms of their concession agreements at Warri port.
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Dar es Salaam capacity crisis
Tazania''s Dar es Salaam port is today handling 50% more cargo than it was originally engineered to do. Government plans to build a new port at Bagamoyo and expand existing facilities at Tanga are expected to offer some relief.
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NewsAssociation provides common platform
The port authorities of Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion and Seychelles are all members of the Association of Ports of the Indian Ocean Islands (APIOI), which was officially established last year.
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Transnet appointments
Former chief operating officer for Transnet''s container business, Solly Letsoalo has taken over as chief of operations at the company. Reporting to Mr Letsoalo will be a team of divisional executive managers, each tasked with a separate sector of operations: Siyabulela Mhlaluka will be in charge of the container sector, ...
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Mombasa cancels tender for second grain handler
Kenya Port Authority unexpectedly cancelled a tender for a second grain handler at the port of Mombasa just three days before the bidding deadline.
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NewsMadagascar investment continues
Madagascar International Container Terminal at Toamasina, run by Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) through a 20-year concession signed in 2005, is also looking for transhipment; Madagascar International Container Terminal Services (MICTS) has stated its ambitions to be "Africa''s secondary hub".
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NewsPort Reunion
Port Reunion is looking to increase its transhipment business, and the expansion of its container terminal this year is a key part of this ambition.
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Bribery rampant in Ghana's ports
Ghana''s Minister of Ports, Harbours and Railways has conceded that there is massive bribery, pilfering and corruption in the local ports industry.
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NewsMombasa tackles congestion head on
Kenya''s key port of Mombasa is winning the battle against port congestion after enforcing 24 hour operations.
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NewsSA Ports' New Technology Goes Live
A cutting-edge automated gate is now in operation at the Pier 1 Container Terminal in Durban.
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NewsSkills shortage in South African ports
Implementation of a $1.24bn expansion project by South Africa''s Transnet Port Terminals is being hampered by a critical skills shortage.
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Lobito modernised
Modernisation has begun off Angola''s Lobito Commercial Port at a cost of $1.8bn. New infrastructure is planned, while existing installations are to be upgraded.
