Africa – Page 22
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Angola restructures ports
The Angolan Transport Minister, Augusto Tomá s, has announced a radical reform of the Merchant Marine and ports sector as a means of restructuring and modernising them. Management is to be improved and congestion at ports, such as Luanda, reduced.
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Sierra Leone to privatise port authority
Sierra Leone Ports Authority is soon-to-be privatised by the National Commission for Privatisation. The commission has already concluded a survey and put together a written report, which has been discussed by all stakeholders. Employees of the ports authority are said to be supportive of such a move.
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Five new Nigerian ports planned
Nigeria is to build five new ports at Onitsha, Idah, Dekina, Lokoja and Baro in Niger state. They are said to be needed to tackle the perennial problem of congestion at existing terminals in Lagos, where containers remain an average of 28 days in the stacking yard because of problems ...
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No immediate need for second Durban port
South African state transport company Transnet has dismissed the need to build a second port at Durban.
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NewsCongo gets going
Work on Congo Terminal, the new name of the container terminal in the Port of Pointe-Noire (Congo Brazzaville), has started.
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Equatorial Guinea capacity boost
Equatorial Guinea is instigating plans to double its existing port capacity to become a regional hub in West Africa. DP World has invested heavily in the country.
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Harcourt takes on Nigerian rivals
The revamped Terminal A at Port Harcourt in Nigeria is trying to attract traffic from importers in the south and southeast of the country who are currently using heavily congested ports in Lagos.
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APM Terminals blows hot and cold at Tanger-Med
APM Terminals has written to Tanger-Med Special Agency announcing its intention to reschedule investment in Tanger-Med II.
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Traffic meltdown at Durban
Durban Container Terminal reported a 15.6% drop in the year-on-year traffic between December and February. Had transhipment traffic not risen the downturn would have been around 29%.
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NewsCapacity rise for Abidjan
Bolloré Africa Logistics - through its operating subsidiary SETV - is investing ¢ 45m ($59.9m) to increase productivity at the Abidjan container terminal on the Ivory Coast.
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NewsProject threatens ancient fish
A new port development in Mwambani Bay, Tanzania, threatens to damage a species of prehistoric fish, according to an assessment by a local environmental group.
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Nigerian forwarders strike
A strike by freight forwarders in the Nigerian port of Lagos cost the country an estimated $27m during its first three days. So serious was the dispute that the federal minister of transport immediately met with the strikers to find a solution. Freight forwarders have accused terminal concessionaires of acting ...
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New Lagos deep water port planned
Nigeria''s Sifax group, which is involved in port concessions and in the management of bonded warehouses, has revealed it is in discussions with DP World regarding the construction of a modern port complex somewhere in the Lagos region. Although no further details have been yet made public, the Dubai-based operator ...
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HITT wins VTS order
HITT is to fit a E1m ($1.3m) vessel traffic system in the Angolese port of Lobito. The installation is to be completed this year.
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Cameroon builds iron ore export terminal
The government of Cameroon has given the green light for a $160m iron ore export terminal. This will have a 22-metre long berth and be able to accommodate vessels of up to 250,000 dwt.
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Nice for SA
South Africa''s Transnet Port Terminals has opted for NICE surveillance equipment to improve security at its ports and ensure compliance with country''s infrastructure regulations.
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Congestion still rampant in Nigerian ports
Nigeria''s Ministry of Transport has set up two task forces to reduce port congestion.
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Bollore has been making heavy investment in West African ports as part of its long-term aim of developing a pan-African logistics network.
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NewsNgqura construction takes shape
Progress on South Africa''s Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT) is continuing a pace with the four-storey administration building, temporary engineering workshop and reefer frames expected to be ready for handover later this year.
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Grimaldi slams Tin Can scanning
Grimaldi Lines has alleged that cargo scanning services are non-existent at the port of Tin Can Island, where they are supposed to be carried out by Port and Terminal Multiservices Ltd.
