Africa – Page 26
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NewsAPM under the cosh in Apapa
The APM Terminals facility at Apapa in Nigeria has been accused of various shortcomings by the Lagos-based legal firm Vin Osakwe & Co, which has sent a petition to the federal government in complaint.
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NewsLiebherr wins Ngqura contract
Crane manufacturer Liebherr has confirmed a contract to add six megamax container cranes to handling capability at the Port of Ngqura.
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NewsDP World paves the way for Algeria persence
There is little doubt that DP World is very interested indeed in developing a major new terminal in Algeria. In August 2007, Jamal Majid bin Thaniah, company president and chief executive of Dubai Port and Free Zone, indicated a willingness to negotiate with Algerian authorities on the privatisation of container ...
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NewsChasing containers
Spain''s enclave ports are following the same well-trodden path as other Maghreb ports, as Alex Hughes explains
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NewsApapa crane tragedy kills four
A fatal dockworker tragedy at an Apapa port terminal has turned the spotlight on to concessionnaire ENL Consortium.
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NewsMahgreb article
Morocco''s Tanger-Med has thrown the delicate equilibrium in North Africa. What will it take to redress the balance, asks Alex Hughes
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NewsAlgerian one page article
It not all about boxes in Algeria ... yet. Barry Cross reports on the plans to boost container volumes
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Tanzania opens eight ICDs
Eight private companies in Tanzania have been licensed to operate inland container depots (ICDs) as a means of providing capacity relief for the container terminal at the port of Dar es Salaam.
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NewsTransnet invests for the future
South Africa''s port controller Transnet has been pumping investment into a wide range of projects. Port Elizabeth, which can nowadays handle up to 500,000 teu annually, will soon be able to count on additional capacity at the neighbouring port of Ngqura, which serves the surrounding Coega industrial complex.
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NewsWhat price Maersk?
APM Terminals'' virtual monopoly of west African concessions - Apapa and Onne (Nigeria), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Luanda (Angola) and Tema (Ghana) - has only been recently broken following the decision by Senegal to award DP World the container concession for Dakar.
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NewsMombasa reneges on dredging contract award
Mombasa has turned its back on Belgium dredging company Jan de Nul and temporarily suspended its dredging programme after receiving ''a better offer'' from rival Dredging International.
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Lightening strike slows RBCT
It took Africa''s Richard Bay Coal Terminal two weeks to return to normal operations following a lightning strike at the end of last year.
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JBIC loan to Mombasa
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has loaned the port of Mombasa $228.5m to help build a second container terminal, which will be implemented in three phases. This will ultimately help relieve congestion at the port.
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NewsCFM chairmans slams Maputo monopoly
The chairman of CFM, Rui Fonseca, Mozambique's publicly-owned ports and rail company, has commented that it was a serious mistake leasing the port of Maputo to a single private consortium.
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Algeria plans ports investment
Algeria is to invest $10m in the development and expansion of its ports, with finance partially sourced from foreign companies. In all, 95% of foreign trade is handled by the country''s ports.
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Dar es Salaam investment upgrade
The government of Tanzania is to spend $112.8m in 2007-08 to improve facilities at Dar es Salaam port.
