Africa

The Zhen Hua ship which sailed into the South African port of Ngqura from China in May delivered equipment and components in excess of $8.8m in value, destined for the Ngqura container…

A new container terminal is scheduled to be operational at Mombasa by 2013. A Japanese loan of $207m will fund construction costs of the facility which will be able to handle 1.2m…

Sierra Leone Ports Authority is soon-to-be privatised by the National Commission for Privatisation. The commission has already concluded a survey and put together a written report, which has been discussed by all…

Nigeria is to build five new ports at Onitsha, Idah, Dekina, Lokoja and Baro in Niger state. They are said to be needed to tackle the perennial problem of congestion at existing…

South African state transport company Transnet has dismissed the need to build a second port at Durban.

Durban Container Terminal reported a 15.6% drop in the year-on-year traffic between December and February. Had transhipment traffic not risen the downturn would have been around 29%.

A strike by freight forwarders in the Nigerian port of Lagos cost the country an estimated $27m during its first three days. So serious was the dispute that the federal minister of…

Nigerias Sifax group, which is involved in port concessions and in the management of bonded warehouses, has revealed it is in discussions with DP World regarding the construction of a modern port…

The government of Cameroon has given the green light for a $160m iron ore export terminal. This will have a 22-metre long berth and be able to accommodate vessels of up to…

South Africas Transnet Port Terminals has opted for NICE surveillance equipment to improve security at its ports and ensure compliance with countrys infrastructure regulations.

The Port Development Levy in force over the past nine years in Nigeria has been ruled as illegal by a Senate committee.

Nigerian Ports Authority and the Lagos state government have given promoters of the Lagos Free-trade Zone approval to build a private the seaport at Lekki, 60 kilometres from Lagos.

The president of Nigeria has approved a 30% reduction in charges, fees and fines imposed by the regulatory agencies on cargo cleared at national ports.

Kenya is to invest $4.4bn in road and port development projects by 2012. Bonds will be issued to raise the necessary money to further develop Mombasa and build a second port at…

An ad hoc Senate Committee in Nigeria has accused the Bureau of Public Enterprises of awarding the concession for Tin Can Port to ghost companies.

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority decision to allocate more than half of container handling operations at Tema Port to Meridian Port Services has been met with angry criticism.

Kenyas Transport Ministry has ordered a feasibility study for a new deepwater port; part of which will address the question of location of the facility. Mombasa, currently dogged by congestion, grew by…

Former chief operating officer for Transnets container business, Solly Letsoalo has taken over as chief of operations at the company. Reporting to Mr Letsoalo will be a team of divisional executive managers,…