Africa – Page 5

  • The 3rd Africa Ports, Logistics & Supply Chain Expo presents the business community with the platform to network and help alleviate the problems at African ports.
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    Ghana to host Africa Ports Conference

    2012-02-24T11:00:00Z

    African ports are faced with serious challenges of productivity, efficiency and sustainability impacting logistics and supply chain performance - the 3rd Africa Ports Conference in Ghana aims to address these issues.

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    Combating maritime pollution in South Africa

    2011-03-28T15:18:00Z

    The South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) has installed a sophisticated satellite navigation system that will enable it to monitor vessels that might pollute South African waters. The Long Range Identification and Tracking will be able to track vessels within 1000 nautical miles of South African coastline.

  • President Mutharika assumed that fuel shortages in Malawi were the fault of port congestion in Mozambique
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    Malawian fuel shortages due to Mozambican port congestion?

    2011-02-21T11:54:00Z

    It seems that the bickering between Mozambique and Malawi isn’t over yet since Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika blamed congested Mozambique ports for fuel shortages in the landlocked country.

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    Port and rail infrastructure in Guinea

    2011-02-07T14:13:00Z

    Environmental and socioeconomic impact assessment studies on new port and rail infrastructure in Guinea are about to get underway.

  • Places like Lamu depend on their marine environment. Photo: Karl R Gjertsen.
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    Keeping the balance: development and protection in Africa

    2011-01-12T00:00:00Z

    While ports are part of the logistics chain with a decisive role in the protection of the marine environment, port expansion or development always raises a balancing problem of priority between environmental and social-economic issues.

  • The Secretary General of PMAESA Mr. Jerome Ntibarekerwa (left)
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    Infrastructure: Key to Africa’s future

    2010-03-20T11:14:00Z

    The recent PMAESA Conference in Durban focused on the critical issue of “Linking Ports to Corridors for Regional Integration. Njuguna Mutonya* reports

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    African Ports Conference in December

    2009-11-20T09:53:00Z

    Maritime experts from the African continent will meet in Durban, South Africa on the 10th and 11th of December for the 35th African Ports and Maritime Conference which will chart ways of enhancing regional integration in the drive to economic sustainability espoused by its leadership.

  • Harry Barnes-Dabban
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    West and Central African ports address the need for environmental management

    2009-11-16T16:11:00Z

    Harry Barnes-Dabban, Corporate Estates & Environment Manager for Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority, highlights the need for WACAF to prioritise their environmental challenges or risk becoming a dumping ground

  • Mr. Jerome Ntibarekerwa,
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    Greening Africa’s ports

    2009-06-07T13:59:00Z

    In line with global efforts to develop and operate ports in a sustainable manner, two leading port associations are now taking the initiative to develop an environmental strategy for African ports. Njuguna Mutonya reports