Africa

AFRICA

AFRICA

With Transnet undergoing a massive transformation, Stevie Knight considers the future

23rd March 2011

South African stand-off

23rd March 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya’s government has shot down plans to privatise Mombasa port, contrary to a proposal from its Transport Ministry and against World Bank advice.

3rd March 2011

Mombasa privatisation plans stall

3rd March 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

Maputo Port Development Company has announced it is to invest $750m to increase its cargo handling capacity. By 2043, it hopes this will be 45m tonnes per annum, compared with the current…

1st March 2011

Maputo to increase capacity

1st March 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

Christopher Borha, the general manager of Nigerian Ports Authority responsible for corporate services and strategic planning, says that when Nigeria embarked upon its port concession program in 2006, it lost 10,000 either…

28th February 2011

Nigerian port labour force decimated

28th February 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Nigerian Port Industry Anti-Corruption Standing Committee has said that a new policy is needed to take on corruption at national ports.

29th January 2011

Nigerians tackle port corruption

29th January 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

It seems that congestion at Lagos caused by a security task force positioned at the Apapa container handling facility is holding up cargo movement.

20th January 2011

Security hold ups at Lagos

20th January 2011

AFRICA

AFRICA

South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals has installed the Refcon system at its Cape Town terminal to remotely carry out temperature checks on refrigerated shipping containers.

18th December 2010

Reefer monitoring streamlines checks

18th December 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has installed “dual cycle” operations at its Cape Town terminal, allowing containers to be discharged and loaded simultaneously.

14th December 2010

Double bubble at Cape Town

14th December 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The year-old Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT) is, it seems, making its mark as a transhipment hub already and has outstripped all projections.

13th December 2010

Ngqura already reaching out to transhipment

13th December 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has pledged to improve security at both airports and sea ports across the country. To meet this promise, security and customs officials have been moved from existing…

10th December 2010

Nigeria tackles port security

10th December 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

South African ports operator Transnet is planning a $1bn bond issue early next year to fund infrastructure upgrades to include offloading 7,300 km of branch railway lines as private-sector concessions.

3rd December 2010

Transnet bonds target infrastructure

3rd December 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

South Africa’s Transnet is said to be mulling a $1bn bond issue in international markets to help fund its capital expansion programme, according to local press. Reportedly, bonds off its global medium-term…

2nd November 2010

Transnet mulls bond issue

2nd November 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Matilda Parker, managing director of Liberias National Port Authority, has u-turned on her opposition to the $120m agreement signed between APM Terminals and the government.

30th October 2010

Liberia backs Freeport privatisation

30th October 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Somali Ports Authority has been accused of misusing government revenue at the port of Mogadishu.

25th October 2010

Mogadishu mismanagement allegations

25th October 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The economic meltdown has forced South Africa to hold back on the next development phase at the new Port of Ngqura, reports Denis Gathanju

13th October 2010

Clash of the titans

13th October 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Yet another new managing director -the fourth in ten years- has been appointed at Kenyan Ports Authority, although this time with a remit to introduce reform needed to boost the competitiveness of…

25th September 2010

New Kenyan Ports’ boss to target reform

25th September 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya is constructing a new port, just north of Mombasa, as part of an ambitious plan to open a trade corridor to Africa’s interior.

16th September 2010

Kenya asks for Lamu bids

16th September 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Maputo Port Development Company in Mozambique has had its concession agreement extended for an additional fifteen years, taking the contract to 2033.

3rd September 2010

Maputo extends agreement

3rd September 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tanzania has offered Uganda land adjacent to the port of Tanga, which is close to the Kenyan border, to build its own import-export facility. At present, landlocked Uganda has to make use…

2nd September 2010

Uganda offered land for port on Tanzania coast

2nd September 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Construction of a $450m second container terminal at the port of Dar es Salaam is expected to begin early next year. Since 2004, box traffic at the port has grown by 15%…

30th August 2010

Second box terminal for Dar es Salaam

30th August 2010