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South Africas Transnet and Kalmar have extended their partnership to tackle South Africas growing container volumes through the order, by Transnet, of 22 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) for use at the countrys…

27th April 2008

Transnet heads for Kalmar

27th April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The government of Nigerias Akwa Ibom state has reached an agreement with the Dersko Marine group to build a $5.2bn new port.

24th April 2008

Major new port slated for Nigeria

24th April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Africa has excellent growth potential, but theres a long way to go beforemany investors feel comfortable enough to part with their cash. Alex Hughesreports

21st April 2008

African Infrastructure article

21st April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

CFM, the company that owns ports and rail companies in Mozambique, has been accused of violating workers rights following massive redundancies in recent years. 

10th April 2008

CFM accused of mistreating workers

10th April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombassa Port has issued a tender in respect of seven new gantry cranes.

8th April 2008

New cranes for Mombassa

8th April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombassa Port has temporarily stopped handling transhipment cargo bound for Dar es Salaam in an attempt to reduce congestion at the Kenyan port.

2nd April 2008

Mombassa ends Dar transit cargo

2nd April 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Crane manufacturer Liebherr has confirmed acontract to add six megamax container cranes to handling capability at the Port of Ngqura.

26th March 2008

Liebherr wins Ngqura contract

26th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

There is little doubt that DP World is very interested indeed in developing a major new terminal in Algeria. In August 2007, Jamal Majid bin Thaniah, company president and chief executive of…

18th March 2008

DP World paves the way for Algeria persence

18th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Spains enclave ports are following the same well-trodden path as other Maghreb ports, as Alex Hughes explains

18th March 2008

Chasing containers

18th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Moroccos Tanger-Med has thrown the delicate equilibrium in North Africa. What will it take to redress the balance, asks Alex Hughes

18th March 2008

Mahgreb article

18th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

It not all about boxes in Algeria ... yet. Barry Cross reports on the plans to boost container volumes

13th March 2008

Algerian one page article

13th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

TheJapanese Bank for International Cooperation has reached an agreementwith Kenya Port Authority to provide the finance for a new containerterminal at the port of Mombasa. This will require investment of $240m.It will…

4th March 2008

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4th March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mallam Abdusalam Mohammed, managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority, claims that the ports privatisation programme launched two years ago has been a success.

3rd March 2008

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3rd March 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Maputo and Durban limber up for battle over lucrative southern African trade. Alex Hughes reports

27th February 2008

Maputo

27th February 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

South Africas port controller Transnet has been pumping investment into a wide range of projects. Port Elizabeth, which can nowadays handle up to 500,000 teu annually, will soon be able to count…

27th February 2008

Transnet invests for the future

27th February 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Mombasa has turned its back on Belgium dredging company Jan de Nuland temporarily suspended its dredging programme after receiving abetter offer from rival Dredging International.

11th February 2008

Mombasa reneges on dredging contract award

11th February 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

It took Africas Richard Bay Coal Terminal two weeks to return to normal operations following a lightning strike at the end of last year. 

2nd February 2008

Lightening strike slows RBCT

2nd February 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has loaned the port of Mombasa $228.5m to help build a second container terminal, which will be implemented in three phases. This will ultimately help relieve…

23rd January 2008

JBIC loan to Mombasa

23rd January 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

The chairman of CFM, Rui Fonseca, Mozambiques publicly-owned ports and rail company, has commented that it was a serious mistake leasing the port of Maputo to a single private consortium.

14th January 2008

CFM chairmans slams Maputo monopoly

14th January 2008

AFRICA

AFRICA

Algeria is to invest $10m in the development and expansion of its ports, with finance partially sourced from foreign companies. In all, 95% of foreign trade is handled by the countrys ports.

13th December 2007

Algeria plans ports investment

13th December 2007