Africa

AFRICA

AFRICA

The consultancy and investment subsidiary of Antwerp Port Authority has been appointed by Ministers from Benin in West Africa to temporarily take control and modernise the port of Cotonou.

3rd January 2018

Port of Antwerp takes charge to modernise Cotonou

3rd January 2018

AFRICA

AFRICA

The rollercoaster West African port sector might be on the rise again, finds Stevie Knight

16th December 2017

Rekindling the flame

16th December 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

The chief executive of the Ivory Coast’s Autonomous Port of Abidjan – le Port Autonome d’Abidjan (PAA) - has said that expansion work at the port, once completed, will allow it to…

4th December 2017

Abidjan plans for 14,000-teu container ships

4th December 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

The tender to run phase one of Kenya Ports Authority’s (KPA) new container terminal is reportedly still up for grabs.

5th October 2017

KPA container terminal tender still open

5th October 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Port of Caio will begin operating in 2019 and is expected to increase Angola’s trade by at least 30%.

4th October 2017

Port of Caio to increase Angola trade by 30%

4th October 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

DP World is to build an integrated port, logistics and economic zone in Dakar to provide seamless movement of cargo to 16 landlocked African nations.

4th October 2017

DP World to up its investment in Senegal

4th October 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and San Pedro Port have signed a 35-year concession agreement for the expansion of the San Pedro Container Terminal in Côte d’Ivoire.

3rd June 2017

MSC signs San Pedro concession agreement

3rd June 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Ports on the East African coast remain valuable as facilitators of trade, finds Kerry Dimmer

3rd June 2017

Eastern promise

3rd June 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Investments in North African ports are delivering on numerous fronts. Felicity Landon reports

5th May 2017

Expansion on the horizon

5th May 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS) has announced its support for a Tanzania government agricultural mechanisation and development project with a TSh327m (US$146,400) storage waiver for a shipment of unassembled tractors.

2nd May 2017

TICTS supports agricultural development project

2nd May 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kerry Dimmer examines the impact of South Africa’s pioneering spirit on the rest of the world

3rd April 2017

Smart thinking

3rd April 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

A London-based arbitration panel has found in favour of DP World in a long-running dispute with the government of Djibouti over a port concession awarded to the company in 2014, the Dubai…

22nd February 2017

DP World wins Djibouti dispute

22nd February 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Media reports say that the government of Algeria has given the go ahead for the development of a new $3.5bn port and industrial zone at El Hamdania.

6th February 2017

Nod for Algerias $3.5bn El Hamdania port

6th February 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Angola’s sovereign wealth fund, the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA), will invest $180m in a strategic deep sea port in Angola as part of its $1.1bn infrastructure fund.

1st February 2017

Cabinda secures sovereign funding

1st February 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

Eligible parties are being invited to submit an Expression of Interest for the Concession of an integrated container and multipurpose terminal in the port of Takoradi, Ghana.

3rd January 2017

Ghana opens Takoradi public tender

3rd January 2017

AFRICA

AFRICA

African ports have been urged to go digital in a big way to leapfrog the development process.

18th November 2016

African ports embrace big data

18th November 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME has won a €41m dredging contract for the Container Terminal Quay Project at Port Louis Harbour in Mauritius.

3rd November 2016

Mauritius dredging contract

3rd November 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

East Africa is a region of complexity and opportunity, as Felicity Landon finds out

30th October 2016

Moving the goalposts

30th October 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

A study jointly conducted by the Financial Derivatives Company and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry titled Nigeria: Reforming the Maritime Ports has revealed that Nigeria is losing N1tn (US$3bn) per…

25th October 2016

Nigeria losing out to port inefficiency

25th October 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Port of Durban is seeking to introduce new and exciting digital initiatives that will see some of its operations being conducted through wireless technology in the future.

20th October 2016

Port of Durban gets smarter

20th October 2016