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…

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…

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.

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.

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

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…

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. 

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.

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…

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.…

The president of DP World, Ahmed bin Sulayem, has recently had discussions in Mauritania regarding a possible management contract at the port of Nouakchott.

Tangier Medgate and Somaport are to boost container handling capacity in the Mediterranean with Kalmar crane orders.

Namibia Ports Authority is to deepen the draught of Walvis Bay to 15 metres, as well as adding bulk and break bulk handling facilities.

Over the period of the last five years the Liebherr mobile harbour crane population in Africa has more than doubled, reaching 42 in total. Last year saw Liebherr handing over a record…

Work is to start at Dande Bay this year on construction of a new harbour to serve the Angolan capital of Luanda. This will have double the capacity of Luandas existing port,…