Africa – Page 18
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NewsAgencies ordered out of Nigerian ports
Nigerian ports are making a move toward efficiency by finally kicking multiple government agencies off their premises.
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Dockers down tools at Al-Dekheila
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.
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Grindrod issues Maputo shares
Grindrod Ltd is to issue new shares to the value of $262m as a means of financing expansion of the coal terminal at the port of Maputo in Mozambique.
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NewsWest African breakthrough for Kalmar
An order from the French Bollore group means Cargotec’s cranes are now starting to move into the emerging African ports market, through Bollore’s wholly-owned Unicaf subsidiary.
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First strikes at Tanger-Med
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.
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NewsOff the transhipment seesaw
In today''s market, those North African terminals with hub status carved out in transhipment will likely find themselves more stable than those with domestic pull.
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NewsRevolutionary spirit
There remain a myriad of barriers to ''secure'' port investment in North Africa as Stevie Knight discovers
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Kenya asks Maersk to drop surcharges
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implement additional charges for the handling of empty containers as unjustified and has asked for the surcharge to be withdrawn.
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Nigeria accuses concessionaires of contract violations
Nigeria''s Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, has confirmed that the activities of terminal concessionaires in teh country are to be investigated.
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Mombasa privatisation hurdle overcome
An application by the Mombasa Republican Council to stop Kenya Ports Authority going ahead with the privatisation of the port has failed.
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Durban eyes $14.5bn expansion
Mafika Mkwanazi, chairman of Transnet, has revealed that the organisation is considering building a new $14.5bn port in Durban.
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NewsWater for dusty Saldanha
A new source of water that will help control iron ore dust at the Saldanha bulk terminal is nearing completion.
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Japanese marginalised at Mombasa
The $280m expansion plan at the Kenyan port of Mombasa could be under threat, if rumours of an investor cull prove true.
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The sell-off quandary
Experts in Kenya are divided as to whether the port of Mombasa should be privatised or not.
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NewsA staple diet of bulk
Containers apart, one sector of South African operations that does reasonably well is bulk, though even this has its ups and downs.
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Two new Dar es Salaam terminals
Tanzania Ports Authority plans to implement a $560m plan to build two new container terminals at the port of Dar es Salaam. These will add an additional 500,000 teu capacity to existing installations, which handled 460,000 teu in 2010. Construction is expected to take place by the end of next ...
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NewsSouth African stand-off
With Transnet undergoing a massive transformation, Stevie Knight considers the future
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NewsMombasa privatisation plans stall
Kenya’s government has shot down plans to privatise Mombasa port, contrary to a proposal from its Transport Ministry and against World Bank advice.
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Maputo to increase capacity
Maputo Port Development Company has announced it is to invest $750m to increase its cargo handling capacity. By 2043, it hopes this will be 45m tonnes per annum, compared with the current level of 8.7m tonnes. When the company first assumed operational control in 2003, Maputo was handling just 5m ...
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Nigerian port labour force decimated
Christopher Borha, the general manager of Nigerian Ports Authority responsible for corporate services and strategic planning, says that when Nigeria embarked upon its port concession program in 2006, it lost 10,000 either highly skilled or unskilled dockworkers. In all, the workforce was cut from 14,000 to just 4,000 today. In ...
