Africa

Port Reunion is looking to increase its transhipment business, and the expansion of its container terminal this year is a key part of this ambition.

Madagascar International Container Terminal at Toamasina, run by Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) through a 20-year concession signed in 2005, is also looking for transhipment; Madagascar International Container Terminal Services (MICTS)…

Kenyas key port of Mombasa is winning the battle against port congestion after enforcing 24 hour operations.

A cutting-edge automated gate is now in operation at the Pier 1 Container Terminal in Durban.

Implementation of a $1.24bn expansion project by South Africas Transnet Port Terminals is being hampered by a critical skills shortage.

Kenya Ports Authority managing director Abdallah Mwaruwa has been relieved of his command by the countrys prime minister.

Maritime experts have queried whether Mombasas aim to become one of the 20 most efficient ports in the world by 2010 is achievable.

Container transhipment and cruise are the two sectors concentrating minds at the Indian Ocean islands ports. Felicity Landon reports