Africa – Page 35
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Unions protest Nigerian privatisation plans
Nigerian dock workers'' unions have issued an ultimatum to the government to withdraw plans to privatise port operations and management or face a series of strikes by stevedores. They claim that earlier attempts at injecting private sector know-how resulted in monumental losses to both the National Ports Authority (NPA) and ...
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Two BOT projects for North Africa
In 2002 Africa is estimated to have accounted for just 3% of world container port throughput, equivalent to 8.1mTEUs out of a near 273mTEUs globally.
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NewsSTRUGGLING TO EMERGE FROM THE SANDS OF TIME
North Africa''s ports need to be unleashed from the constraints imposed by politics and bureaucracy, reports Gordon Feller
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Africans need to upgrade port security
Ferdinand Gauze, president of the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa, has called upon member states to make a collective effort to fight terrorism and implement the new International Port & Ship facility code.
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Tanga targets northern trade
Tanzania''s second port of Tanga is targeting exporters in the country''s northern regions of Kilimanjara and Arusha in a concerted drive to expand its hinterland.
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Mombasa audited and re-equipped
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has formed a committee to investigate waterfront operations at Mombasa Container Terminal. The team is expected to recommend an appropriate IT system for the management of water and yard operations at the port.
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Pension problems delay investment
A senior official at South Africa''s Public Enterprises Ministry, Dr Ian Phillips, conceded recently the national ports authority had had to support a huge financial burden in attempting to keep afloat the pension fund of its holding company Transnet. By 1999, Transnet was having to find US$253m simply to service ...
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NewsSouth Africans progressing ports legislation
Additional clauses have been inserted into South Africa''s National Ports Authority Bill enabling Public Enterprises minister Jeff Radebe to direct state holding company Transnet to speed up the privatisation of its ports division if he detects any signs of deliberate foot dragging. Transnet currently generates much of its profit from ...
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NewsOn the horns of an African dilemma
Steve Camerson reports with breaking news on the hard-fought concessions over the Luanda and Douala port privatisations
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Tangier signed-up
The construction contract for the first phase of the new commercial port for Tangiers, Morocco, has been signed between Bouygues Travaux Publics and Bymaro, subsidiaries of the Bouygues construction group, and the Special Tangiers Mediterranean Agency.
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Kingston Signs Zim and Builds
Fast track construction plans for the fourth phase of the Kingston Container Terminal are underway and the Port Authority of Jamaica has just signed a new five-year agreement with its number one customer Zim Israel.
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US$65m Expansion for Kingston
The Caribbean''s premier container transhipment hub, the Port of Kingston, Jamaica, has announced a fourth-phase expansion ahead of its terminal facilities in a move designed to consolidate and expand container business.
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NewsThe scramble for Africa
Steve Cameron considers the accelerating move towards the commercialisation of Africa''s ports.
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NewsAngolan privatisation
Steve Cameron reports from Luanda on the Angolan road to port privatisation.
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NewsTPA Time for a rethink on DAR concession?
The Tanzania Port Authority (TPA) has stated repeatedly that it wants a terminal operator that can deliver an improved performance compared to its previous experience at its Tanzania International Container Terminal (TICTS), but the question is will it get this via a selective bidding process?
