Africa

The government of Angola has given the go-ahead for the construction of a new commercial port at Barra do Dande, in Bengo province.

The president of Cameroon has attended the stone laying ceremony for the new deepwater port at Kribi, 4 km south of Mboro.

The Algerian government has issued a tender for a new port to be located between Algiers and Ténès, some 200 km to the east.

Some 450 ports stevedores belonging to the Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company downed tools in October, claiming that promises made to them over concerns raised in April had been reneged on.

Dockworkers at the Eurogate terminal in the Moroccan port of Tanger-Med have gone on a six-day strike demanding similar pay and conditions to stevedores in the adjacent APM Terminals facility.

Kenya Maritime Authority has described attempts by Maersk Line to implement additional charges for the handling of empty containers as unjustified and has asked for the surcharge to be withdrawn.