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The port authorities of Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion and Seychelles are all members of the Association of Ports of the Indian Ocean Islands (APIOI), which was officially established last year.

31st October 2008

Association provides common platform

31st October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Port Authority unexpectedly cancelled a tender for a second grain handler at the port of Mombasa just three days before the bidding deadline.

31st October 2008

Mombasa cancels tender for second grain handler

31st October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Madagascar International Container Terminal at Toamasina, run by Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) through a 20-year concession signed in 2005, is also looking for transhipment; Madagascar International Container Terminal Services (MICTS)…

29th October 2008

Madagascar investment continues

29th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Port Reunion is looking to increase its transhipment business, and the expansion of its container terminal this year is a key part of this ambition.

29th October 2008

Port Reunion

29th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenyas key port of Mombasa is winning the battle against port congestion after enforcing 24 hour operations.

9th October 2008

Mombasa tackles congestion head on

9th October 2008

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AFRICA

Implementation of a $1.24bn expansion project by South Africas Transnet Port Terminals is being hampered by a critical skills shortage.

5th October 2008

Skills shortage in South African ports

5th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

A cutting-edge automated gate is now in operation at the Pier 1 Container Terminal in Durban.

5th October 2008

SA Ports New Technology Goes Live

5th October 2008

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AFRICA

Modernisation has begun off Angolas Lobito Commercial Port at a cost of $1.8bn. New infrastructure is planned, while existing installations are to be upgraded.

4th October 2008

Lobito modernised

4th October 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority managing director Abdallah Mwaruwa has been relieved of his command by the countrys prime minister.

2nd October 2008

Kenya relieves ports chief

2nd October 2008

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AFRICA

Asmall port being built in the south of Madagascar by a subsidiary ofmining group Rio Tinto will be operated by UK port consultancy Portiaand Australias Strang Logistics, which joined forces to bid…

30th September 2008

Madagascar mining

30th September 2008

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AFRICA

Maritime experts have queried whether Mombasas aim to become one of the 20 most efficient ports in the world by 2010 is achievable.

10th September 2008

Mombasa efficiency about more than capacity increases

10th September 2008

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AFRICA

Container transhipment and cruise are the two sectors concentrating minds at the Indian Ocean islands ports. Felicity Landon reports

8th September 2008

Containers and cruise ambitions

8th September 2008

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AFRICA

The African Investment Bank has granted a loan of $45m to Sogester, which has been put together by APM Terminals (51%) and Gestão de Fundos (49%) to open a new container terminal…

7th September 2008

Luanda port loan nod

7th September 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Port concessionaires in Nigeria believe that they should be receiving the 7% surcharge levied on imported items that the government set up to develop port infrastructure.

31st August 2008

Nigerian concessionaires demand surcharge

31st August 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Unilateral imposition of a new tariff system from August 15 has prompted the Ethiopian government to criticise Djibouti ports tariff plan as being both unfair and difficult to accept.

25th August 2008

Djibouti tariff criticised

25th August 2008

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AFRICA

The South African government has abandoned plans involving the transfer of port operations from Transnet to a separate entity.

24th August 2008

Transnet port spin-off quashed

24th August 2008

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AFRICA

South Africas largest stevedore company, Transnet, has committed to an order of 32E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Kalmar. The 1-over-5 high and 1+6 wide units- scheduled for delivery starting in June 2009…

22nd August 2008

Cape Town to get Kalmar RTGs

22nd August 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Further port privatisation will be crucial to reducing trading costs for West African nations, as Mike King dscovers

30th July 2008

the irony of africa

30th July 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Moroccan government has approved construction of a second port adjacent to the existing one at Tangier Med, where three additional container terminals will be built. 

30th July 2008

Morocco approves Tangier 2

30th July 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

According to Michael Hansen, managing director of APM Terminals in Nigeria, the local economy has benefited to the tune of $400m following privatisation of many of the countrys ports.

20th July 2008

Nigeria private cash boost

20th July 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Doubts have emerged regarding the feasibility of the proposed Kenyan lake port of Lamu. Steady economic growth in the Great Lakes region has prompted the need for such a facility, but while…

28th June 2008

Kenya cool on Lamu

28th June 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombasa has finally come to terms with the container backlog brought about by civil disturbances earlier in the year. From having 19,000 containers requiring processing in January, the figure had fallen to…

16th June 2008

Container backlog cleared

16th June 2008

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AFRICA

Transnet, the state-owned company in South Africa responsible for ports, will soon identify the location for a new 6m teu deepwater container terminal. This could be at Durban, Ngqura or Richards Bay.…

14th June 2008

South Africa to build deep-water box terminal

14th June 2008