Africa

AFRICA

AFRICA

The recent announcement that the Vridi Container Terminal concession at Abidjan, Cote DIvoire had been awarded to the French Group Bollore, caused a considerable reaction in port privatisation circles and the West…

1st March 2004

Cote DIvoire Vridi Terminal concession, done or undone?

1st March 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

The International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) held its Pan African Ports Conference in Douala, Cameroon last December. Steve Cameron was there.

1st March 2004

AFRICAN PORTS PROGRESS

1st March 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

The award of the Luanda container terminal concession has not been without controversy, raising local and broad-based issues regarding the management and operation of container terminals by groups with strong shipping line…

1st January 2004

LUANDA DECISION RAISES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS

1st January 2004

AFRICA

AFRICA

In 2002 Africa is estimated to have accounted for just 3% of world container port throughput, equivalent to 8.1mTEUs out of a near 273mTEUs globally.

1st November 2003

Two BOT projects for North Africa

1st November 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Nigerian dock workers unions have issued an ultimatum to the government to withdraw plans to privatise port operations and management or face a series of strikes by stevedores. They claim that earlier…

1st November 2003

Unions protest Nigerian privatisation plans

1st November 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Skanska BOT believes it can bring a unique blend of investor and construction expertise to major port sector infrastructure projects - container terminals and others.

1st November 2003

MAPUTO AND BEYOND: Skanska enters the fray

1st November 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA 1st October 2003

Maputo adds US$300m to economy

1st October 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Ferdinand Gauze, president of the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa, has called upon member states to make a collective effort to fight terrorism and implement the new International Port…

1st October 2003

Africans need to upgrade port security

1st October 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

A senior official at South Africas Public Enterprises Ministry, Dr Ian Phillips, conceded recently the national ports authority had had to support a huge financial burden in attempting to keep afloat the…

1st September 2003

Pension problems delay investment

1st September 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has formed a committee to investigate waterfront operations at Mombasa Container Terminal. The team is expected to recommend an appropriate IT system for the management of water and…

1st September 2003

Mombasa audited and re-equipped

1st September 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA 1st July 2003

SA Airlift

1st July 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Fast track construction plans for the fourth phase of the Kingston Container Terminal are underway and the Port Authority of Jamaica has just signed a new five-year agreement with its number one…

1st July 2003

Kingston Signs Zim and Builds

1st July 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Additional clauses have been inserted into South Africas National Ports Authority Bill enabling Public Enterprises minister Jeff Radebe to direct state holding company Transnet to speed up the privatisation of its ports…

1st July 2003

South Africans progressing ports legislation

1st July 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Steve Camerson reports with breaking news on the hard-fought concessions over the Luanda and Douala port privatisations

1st July 2003

On the horns of an African dilemma

1st July 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

The Caribbeans premier container transhipment hub, the Port of Kingston, Jamaica, has announced a fourth-phase expansion ahead of its terminal facilities in a move designed to consolidate and expand container business.

1st June 2003

US$65m Expansion for Kingston

1st June 2003

AFRICA

AFRICA

Steve Cameron considers the accelerating move towards the commercialisation of Africas ports.

1st June 2003

The scramble for Africa

1st June 2003

NEWS

NEWS

The Tanzania Port Authority (TPA) has stated repeatedly that it wants a terminal operator that can deliver an improved performance compared to its previous experience at its Tanzania International Container Terminal (TICTS),…

1st January 1900

TPA Time for a rethink on DAR concession?

1st January 1900