Africa

A planned dredging programme is integral to the future success of the Mozambican port of Beira to push it into the direct call league. This modest African box handling facility - in…

Nigeria is to build a major deepwater port in the Niger Delta.The project is to be taken forward in four phases, the first of which will commence in March for an eventual…

ICTSI subsidiary,Madagascar International Container Terminal Services,has commissioned a new Gottwald heavy duty mobile crane at its Toamasina container terminal to increase handling power and berth coverage.

Investment totalling $679m will be ploughed into South Africas iron ore export port of Saldanha over the next six years to treble export capacity. As part of its expansion plan,the port will…

Tanzania Ports Authority has announced plans to lease out Kigoma Cargo Terminal and Kassanga Port on Lake Tanganyika. 

Kenya has approached a European partner to provide bilateral funding for the dredging of Mombasa Harbour, which is scheduled to begin in 2009 for completion in 2011.

The Algerian government is contemplating the construction of a new port, which would help reduce congestion at existing facilities,many of which are operating at 75% capacity. Although no definitive site has yet…

Kenya Ports Authority has acquired new handling equipment worth ¢ 3m, which forms part of a ¢ 5.44m modernisation programme begun in 2002.This includes 20 terminal tractors, five FLTs and a set…