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Nevertheless, other options are also being studied in case the government says no.Kumba Resources, South Africa's largest iron ore producer, has struck an agreement with Transnet, the State transport holding, to expand…

Dockers at Durban, Cape Town and Richards Bay have refused a 6.2% pay offer and are holding out for 8%.

CMA CGM and Spains Progasa group have signed an agreement with the government of Togo to build and manage an international container terminal at the port of Lome. The terminal, which will…

Difficulties in reaching the tsunami stricken areas can be overcome with the use of the multimodal facilities available in Johor which is close to Sumatra. The port says the multimodal synergy between…

All containers entering Ghana are to be scanned.

(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.South Africa's National Ports Authority (NPA) is objecting to plans to give the new independent ports regulator…

(ICTSI), Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI) to operate a container terminal in Naha City, Okinawa.The Nigerian government has confirmed that 10,000 employees of the Nigerian Ports Authority will be made redundant…

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…

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.

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…

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…