Africa

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has commenced a multimillion-rand port infrastructure rehabilitation project at Port Nolloth, South Africa.

6th October 2016

Port Nolloth poised for rehabilitation

6th October 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), a division of Transnet SOC Ltd, has set a go-live date of April 2017 for its fully integrated e-commerce platform.

15th September 2016

South African ports gear up for new e-commerce platform

15th September 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

DP World has won a 30-year concession with an automatic 10-year extension for the management and development of a multipurpose port project at Berbera, Republic of Somaliland, worth $442m.

5th September 2016

DP World wins 30-year concession

5th September 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

Ghana Port and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has received all the responses to its Request for Expression of Interest and the prequalification process is now complete.

25th August 2016

Ghana terminal tender shortlist published

25th August 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

Piracy incidents off the Nigerian coastline in the first four months of this year are 21% higher than previous peak levels and pose a real threat to port operations, according to the…

7th June 2016

Ports hit by rising Nigerian piracy

7th June 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

South Africa needs to choose between responding to the market and its duty of care explains Stevie Knight

27th May 2016

Turning point

27th May 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

Ghana Port and Harbours Authority (GPHA) is inviting parties to submit an expression of interest for the concession of the dry bulk terminal at the Port of Takoradi.

16th May 2016

Expressions of interest called for Takoradi

16th May 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has officially launched two landmark developments at the Port of Ngqura as part of an ongoing programme to position the port as a container transhipment hub for…

12th May 2016

Ngqura invests in operational centre

12th May 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigeria is gearing up for major expansion of its port capacity to cater for future growth, explains Richard Rowe

1st March 2016

Planning ahead

1st March 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has sacked five bosses because of the mismanagement of the second container terminal at the Port of Mombasa.

10th February 2016

Kenya cancels Mombasa concession

10th February 2016

AFRICA

AFRICA

OSCs Ian Chadney examines the changing face of the North African container business

3rd November 2015

Covering the bases

3rd November 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

Algerias prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal has revealed that a new port is to built between the cities of Cherchell, which is located in the province of Tipaza, and Tenes, which is part…

20th October 2015

New Algerian transhipment port project

20th October 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

Are South African being left behind in the drive for bigger and better ports, asks AJ Keyes

10th October 2015

Running partners

10th October 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Port of Djibouti has unveiled a huge expansion programme which aims to cement the port as a transhipment hub for the whole of Africa.

7th September 2015

Djibouti unveils grand expansion plans

7th September 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

The 25-year concession for Kribi Container Terminal in Cameroon has been won by a French-Chinese consortium made up of CMA CGM, Bolloré and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC).

1st September 2015

CMA CGM consortium wins coveted Kribi concession

1st September 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has issued a warning against social media scams promising employment with the company.

12th August 2015

Transnet warns against employment scam

12th August 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council has approved the ongoing development of Ibom Deep Seaport & Free Trade Zone in Akwa Ibom State, paving the way for a public-private partnership concession.

18th June 2015

Nigerian port moves closer to PPP

18th June 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

Morocco is in the process of investing €1 billion in port upgrades, €350 of which will be spent on new installations at Casablanca.

16th April 2015

Morocco commits €1bn to port upgrades

16th April 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

Damietta Port Authority (DPA) has signed a contract for a new 630m-long, 17m deep berth at the Egyptian port and an adjacent handling yard totalling 75,000m².

18th March 2015

Deepwater plans for Damietta

18th March 2015

AFRICA

AFRICA

Port Strategy explores the growing container handling capacity of West African ports

10th February 2015

From famine to feast

10th February 2015