Africa GreenPort

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES GREENPORT

Renovation works have commenced at Bujumbura port in Burundi which will also have environmental benefits, writes Shem Oirere.

1st November 2023

African port development will mitigate flooding

1st November 2023

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

Clean energy firm, OCI Global, has won the first permit to supply green methanol as a bunker fuel in Egypt.

22nd September 2023

Egypt’s first permit for green methanol supply

22nd September 2023

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

For International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), additional eco hopper deployment in the handling of dust-emitting cargo is one of its strategies to improve the greening of ports where it has operations.

30th August 2023

Cameroon’s Kribi terminal tackles fugitive dust

30th August 2023

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

Port emissions remain a huge challenge at Africa’s ports due to the lack of alternative power sources, but this could change if ports participate in the Global Maritime Technologies Cooperation Centres (MTTC) Network,…

7th June 2023

EU help for African alternative power projects

7th June 2023

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Shem Oirere looks at how a Cape Verde port has been modernised to achieve shorter transit times and lower CO2 emissions.

4th April 2023

Achieving shorter transit times

4th April 2023

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY GREENPORT

A study is assessing the possibility of solar farms capable of generating shore-based power at two brownfield sites at the Port of Mombasa in Kenya.

26th January 2023

Kenyan shore-based power study

26th January 2023

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

South Africa’s State-owned port operator has unveiled an ambitious renewable energy procurement plan seen as a major shot in the arm for global efforts to decarbonise the maritime sector.

29th November 2022

Green energy development plan

29th November 2022

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

The challenge of erosion and associated coastal flooding have triggered long term investments in west Africa.

14th September 2022

Shoreline protection project

14th September 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

South Africa is moving ahead with green hydrogen strategy which involves the construction of a new port energy hub.

8th August 2022

South African hydrogen hub

8th August 2022

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Kalmar has won a repeat order with APM Terminals in Tangier, Morocco for shuttle carriers.

4th July 2022

Hybrid shuttle carriers

4th July 2022

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Sandock Austral Shipyards has added a new tool to its maritime arsenal - a port feeder barge concept.

14th June 2022

Green feeder barge concept

14th June 2022

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Angola’s Port of Luanda is stepping up investment in automation at the port’s concessioned container terminal so to achieve a safer, greener and more productive performance in the long-term.

28th April 2022

Automation boost in Angola

28th April 2022

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

A Cameroon terminal has been awarded a green terminal accreditation

20th April 2022

Green terminal kudos

20th April 2022

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Transportation of equipment to support the first solar, utility-grade battery energy storage system in East Africa has concluded successfully.

31st March 2022

East Africa power plant

31st March 2022

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Egypt is reclaiming nearly 1000ha of new land for the maritime gateway’s development.

2nd February 2022

Green port expansion

2nd February 2022

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

A terminal operator has just awarded its fifth port concession with its own green label certification

26th January 2022

Green terminal audit

26th January 2022

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

ALTERNATIVE FUELS GREENPORT

A Request for Information (RFI) has been issued for an LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to be built an African port.

19th November 2021

FSRU for Africa

19th November 2021

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Meridian Port Services (MPS) has been recognised for its green efforts in a network first.

27th October 2021

Green feat

27th October 2021

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Gaussin electric terminal tractors will help make operations cleaner at a West African terminal.

18th October 2021

Efficient electric tractors

18th October 2021

AFRICA GREENPORT

AFRICA GREENPORT

Cleaning up coastal rubbish is on the agenda for one South African port this month.

15th October 2021

Protect the oceans

15th October 2021