Africa

A strong case is being made in Kenya for construction of a second port in Lamu given current high levels of congestion at Mombasa.

An unprecedented coalition of organisations have joined forces to back a global e-petition demanding concrete action “to end the piracy that is putting lives at risk and threatening world trade”.

The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission has recommended that investigations into a flawed $12.3m crane contract awarded by Kenya Ports Authority be dropped.

Maersk shipping line is switching 500,000 teu from Algeciras to its facility in TangerMed, because, it says, the Tangier facility has high productivity, lower costs and incorporates zero deviation for vessels.

A major port upgrade programme has been completed in Durban, South Africa, the biggest of its kind on the African continent.

The government of the Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom says it is to work with as yet unidentified Belgian partners in the development of a new port at Ibaka.