Africa

The planned expansion of the South African port of Richards Bay could mean that new facilities there for general cargo would be better than those available at Durban. Richards Bay has space…

Portek International has been awarded a 25-year concession to manage the ports of Owendo and Gentil in Gabon. It will do this via its Gabon Port Management subsidiary, which will have a…

The privatisation of Nigerias container terminals, which took place 12 months ago, has reduced the turnaround time for vessels.

Cargo volumes handled by the port of Mombasa have increased following the decision to extend the opening hours for gate services.

The Western Ports division of the Nigerian Port Authority reports that it had overspent its entire budget for 2007 by the beginning of August.

Business leaders in Mozambique have asked the government to either scrap or reduce charges levied at the port of Maputo for the scanning of containers. The scanner is operated by a private…

Transnet has awarded a € 182m ($248.7m) contract to Group Five to expand Durban Harbour.

Importers and exporters in Nigeria have complained that the ports privatisation process has failed to speed up cargo clearing. In fact, this appears to have collapsed entirely at the port of Onne,…