Africa

Finance is being jointly provided by the national government and Dersko Marine Limited as part of a public-private partnership.

Handling activities at berths six and nine at the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania have been suspended to enable repair work to take place on corroded concrete piles. This should…

Brawal Oil Services Ltd has been awarded a 25-year concession for Terminal A at the Federal Lighter Terminal in Onne Rivers State, in Nigeria.

Grimaldi group member Ports and Terminal Multi-services Ltd has formally commissioned its multipurpose terminal at Tin Can Island, Apapa, Lagos.

Complaints have been made to the government of Nigeria regarding the activities of APM Terminals at the Lagos Port Complex.

APM Terminals, CMA-CGM, DP World, ETA, ICTS, Gammon Infrastructure, IL&FS, GVK, Soma Enterprises and Concor are all interested in bidding. The Government of Tanzania has called for expressions of interest in the…

Nigerian Flour Mills, which operates the Apapa Bulk Terminals A and B, has spent ?24.5m on upgrading berths and other infrastructure awarded to it as part of the ports concession programme in…

Nevertheless in the meantime, infrastructure bottlenecks are creating major congestion.The West African state of Benin is understood to be negotiating with Dubai Ports International (DPI) in respect of a management contract to…

Amsterdam Port Consultants (APC) will invest $60m in the rehabilitation of Ghanas Takoradi Port as part of a 25-year BOT contract, although first requires approval from Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority.