Africa – Page 27
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NewsMahgreb article
Morocco''s Tanger-Med has thrown the delicate equilibrium in North Africa. What will it take to redress the balance, asks Alex Hughes
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NewsAlgerian one page article
It not all about boxes in Algeria ... yet. Barry Cross reports on the plans to boost container volumes
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Tanzania opens eight ICDs
Eight private companies in Tanzania have been licensed to operate inland container depots (ICDs) as a means of providing capacity relief for the container terminal at the port of Dar es Salaam.
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NewsTransnet invests for the future
South Africa''s port controller Transnet has been pumping investment into a wide range of projects. Port Elizabeth, which can nowadays handle up to 500,000 teu annually, will soon be able to count on additional capacity at the neighbouring port of Ngqura, which serves the surrounding Coega industrial complex.
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NewsWhat price Maersk?
APM Terminals'' virtual monopoly of west African concessions - Apapa and Onne (Nigeria), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Luanda (Angola) and Tema (Ghana) - has only been recently broken following the decision by Senegal to award DP World the container concession for Dakar.
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NewsMombasa reneges on dredging contract award
Mombasa has turned its back on Belgium dredging company Jan de Nul and temporarily suspended its dredging programme after receiving ''a better offer'' from rival Dredging International.
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Lightening strike slows RBCT
It took Africa''s Richard Bay Coal Terminal two weeks to return to normal operations following a lightning strike at the end of last year.
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JBIC loan to Mombasa
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has loaned the port of Mombasa $228.5m to help build a second container terminal, which will be implemented in three phases. This will ultimately help relieve congestion at the port.
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NewsCFM chairmans slams Maputo monopoly
The chairman of CFM, Rui Fonseca, Mozambique's publicly-owned ports and rail company, has commented that it was a serious mistake leasing the port of Maputo to a single private consortium.
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Algeria plans ports investment
Algeria is to invest $10m in the development and expansion of its ports, with finance partially sourced from foreign companies. In all, 95% of foreign trade is handled by the country''s ports.
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Dar es Salaam investment upgrade
The government of Tanzania is to spend $112.8m in 2007-08 to improve facilities at Dar es Salaam port.
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Japan invests in Mombasa
The Japanese government has pledged $225m towards the development of the port of Mombasa. It said that it had been impressed by Kenya''s economic growth and development.
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Mombasa heads off delay surcharge
Shipping lines have agreed to grant Mombasa port two months to bring down congestion levels or face the imposition of a monthly vessel delay surcharge. This will raise $17.9m, consisting of $200 levied per teu, as a means of recouping losses brought about by significant delays.
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Nigerian dockworkers take on Maersk
Dockworkers belonging to the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria have commenced industrial action in protest over claimed anti-labour practices implemented by private-sector terminal operators.
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Richard's Bay to overtake Durban?
The planned expansion of the South African port of Richards Bay could mean that new facilities there for general cargo would be better than those available at Durban. Richards Bay has space available for expansion, whereas Durban is faced with serious space constraints. Authorities are therefore considering construction of a ...
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Portek takes over in Gabon
Portek International has been awarded a 25-year concession to manage the ports of Owendo and Gentil in Gabon. It will do this via its Gabon Port Management subsidiary, which will have a capital of $4m. Investment of $2m has been promised.
