Africa

South Africas transport authority, Transnet, is to implement a US$6.3 billion investment programme over the next five years to expand existing port and rail infrastructure.

Mombasa has been able to speed up cargo clearance through the establishment of a one-stop documentation centre, whilst at the same time eliminating security agents from the overall clearing process. The port…

PMSi, is to install and operate a scanner at the port of Freetown, Sierra Leone to scan all containers entering and exiting the countrys main port. PMSi has a ten-year concession agreement…

Justifying the request, Lyttelton Port chairman Barney Sundstrum says an independent study revealed the board's current pay is "substantially below equivalent companies". However, the major South Island port recently reported a comparable…

The management board of Transnet, South Africas state-ownedtransport organisation, was replaced recently after losses of $940m reported for the year. Transnet is responsible, amongst other sectors, for South Africas ports and South…

Madagascar has hired the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to advise on the structuring and implementation of a PPP for the container terminal of the countrys largest port, Toamasina.The port handles 1.5m tons…

Nigeria' s Federal government has given permission for the construction of two seaports and one river port costing a combined $1.1bn.

Assores financial director, Chris Cory, says capacity constraints at railways and ports in South Africa could hold back exports. " With the surging demand of China, the only limits on our exports…

The IPA is to receive $1.5 billion from international donors according to Mahmood Salih Abdul-Nabi, the incoming director general, who says that the authority is considering the possibility of perhaps eventually seeking…

Uganda and Sudan are in discussions to develop a new trade route through Port Sudan as an alternative to Mombasa which the Ugandan government regards as inefficient.

MSC operates the world's second biggest container fleet whilst Eurogate is Europe's largest terminal operator. The partners say the new terminal, south of the Wilhelm Kaisen Container Terminal, will attract about half…

The 44% stake in Kingston Wharves held by Grace, Kennedy has been bought by Jamaican/ Canadian billionaire Michael Lee Chin for $10m, thus ending the companys relationship with the port, which has…

Barbados port authority has commenced implementation of a $100m reform and expansion plan centred on Bridgetown Port. $17m will be spent on rehabilitating existing facilities, including moving the sugar terminal. $13m will…

If ports are the arteries that ensure a countrys economic lifeblood, then in some East African countries the economy is being well supported with the opportunity to pump vigorously, whilst others are…

Cheayee Dee, md of Liberias National Port Authority claims that at least $40m will be needed to bring Freeport back to internationally acceptable standards following 15 years of civil war.

The disputed container terminal concession at Vridi, Abidjan, awarded to SETV and the Bollore group continues to cause problems. Last week 30 people were killed in Abidjan during anti-government protests that were…