Africa

AFRICA

AFRICA

APM Terminals claims to have uncovered fraud worth $153,000 involving six customs agents working at its Apapa terminal in Nigeria.

25th August 2010

Fraud uncovered in Apapa

25th August 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Restructuring has assisted in post-industrial action recovery at South Africas ports, according to operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT).

29th July 2010

Cape Town manages a quick mop up

29th July 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigerias Ministry of Transport has investigated claims put forward by the Joint Action Committee of Freight Forwarders that national ports are imposing illegal charges and found them to be true.

23rd July 2010

Too many agencies in Nigerian ports

23rd July 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

A strong case is being made in Kenya for construction of a second port in Lamu given current high levels of congestion at Mombasa.

22nd July 2010

Second port for Kenya mooted

22nd July 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

An unprecedented coalition of organisations have joined forces to back a global e-petition demanding concrete action “to end the piracy that is putting lives at risk and threatening world trade”.

16th June 2010

E-petition to end piracy

16th June 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Port of Onnes West Africa Container terminal (WACT) has recorded container volume growth of 18% through May 2010, compared with the same period in 2009, as West Africa and other economically…

16th June 2010

Nigeria climbs Onne up

16th June 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Eritrea has launched a drive to revamp its ports of Massawa and Assab. These ports have been left languishing after the rupture of relations with Ethiopia cut Eritrea out of the picture…

30th May 2010

Eritrean ports begin to climb

30th May 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission has recommended that investigations into a flawed $12.3m crane contract awarded by Kenya Ports Authority be dropped.

27th May 2010

KPA investigations called off

27th May 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

A workers strike that has crippled South Africas ports for more than two weeks could be over by the end of this week, with unions said to be looking favourably on the…

26th May 2010

End in sight for crippling South Africa port strikes

26th May 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Maersk shipping line is switching 500,000 teu from Algeciras to its facility in TangerMed, because, it says, the Tangier facility has high productivity, lower costs and incorporates zero deviation for vessels.

24th May 2010

Algeciras loses to Tangier

24th May 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

A major port upgrade programme has been completed in Durban, South Africa, the biggest of its kind on the African continent.

30th April 2010

Durban upgrade completed

30th April 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The second phase development of Ngqura Port in South Africa will not now be completed for at least five years, despite Transnet Port Terminals having earlier suggested work could be finished within…

14th April 2010

Ngqura development drastically delayed

14th April 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The government of the Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom says it is to work with as yet unidentified Belgian partners in the development of a new port at Ibaka.

25th March 2010

Nigeria seeks Belgian backing for ports

25th March 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

APM has won a 25 year concession at the Port of Monrovia in Liberia as part of a public tender process.

17th March 2010

Liberian development goes to APM

17th March 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

Madagascan port Toamasina is the only one in the country exempt from new US Coast Guard rules imposed by authorities unhappy with inadequate security precautions at other seaports.

22nd February 2010

Tough calls: U.S. Coast Guard demands tigher control on Madagascar visits

22nd February 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

The long shadow cast by the skull and crossbones hangs over shippingin the Indian Ocean, with the threat of piracy a very real one in ahuge swathe of its western edge. But…

19th February 2010

Seek our protection from pirates, urges force commander

19th February 2010

AFRICA

AFRICA

A private-sector regulatory board is to be set up in Nigeria to oversee the ports industry.

24th November 2009

Nigerian ports regulator established

24th November 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

Tanzania International Container Terminal Services has lost its right to exclusively handle containers in the port of Dar es Salaam for 25 years.

2nd November 2009

TICTS loses exclusivity

2nd November 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

The new deepwater Port of Ngqura, South Africa, has welcomed its first commercial containership - the MSC Catania.

30th October 2009

Ngqura unloads its first ship

30th October 2009

AFRICA

AFRICA

A reciprocal agreement between Uganda and Kenya is to result in the construction of a dry dock and container terminal in the port of Mombasa to handle cargo from Uganda. These, it…

15th October 2009

Uganda to open Mombasa box terminal

15th October 2009