Africa – Page 28
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NewsTanger Med equipment orders roll in
A rash of new equipment orders for the Tanger Med port development in Morocco has materialised as the terminal prepares for opening this year.
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Two Ngqura box terminals
Private-sector companies are going to be asked to bid for two large container terminals at South Africa' s Ngqura Port, which will require investment of € 841m ($1.1bn). These will be able to handle 3m teu annually, with expansion potential to eventually handle 4m teu.
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South Africa appoints regulator
South Africa is to introduce a National Ports Regulator, which will assume one of the two roles formerly undertaken by the National Ports Authority, whose own activities are now restricted to those of port landlord.
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Lake Nyasa terminal planned
A tender has been issued by Tanzania ports authority in respect of the construction of a port jetty at Mbamba Bay port on Lake Nyasa. Work is slated to commence later this year.
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Lagos management split
Nigerian Port Authority in Lagos has been divided into two separate elements: NPA Western Port and NPA Eastern port, in a bid to speed up response time at the ports and improve efficiency.
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Mombasa grain float
Grain Bulk Handlers Ltd, which operates a grain terminal at the port of Mombasa, is to undertake an initial public offering early next year. Listing of shares will take place on the Nairobi stock exchange.
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NewsComoros dragged into 21st century
Gulfcom, the joint-venture put together by Sharjah-based stevedore Gulftainer to manage Moroni Port in the Comoros Islands, has made drastic changes to working practices.
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TRUCKS CLOG APAPA
Truck parking around the Nigerian port of Apapa, as well as the location of tank farms on the main road to the facility, are causing serious congestion in the immediate area. A joint action committee has called for the rehabilitation of railway lines to the port and the fast tracking ...
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DREDGING PROGRAMME FOR MOMBASA
The Kenyan government is to fund a € 37m ($49.9m) dredging programme at the port of Mombasa.Work,which will involve deepening and widening the port channel, will be completed within three years. It is feared that a failure to implement the deepening of the draught could reduce Mombasa to feeder port ...
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NewsNgqura development ploughs ahead
South Africa’ s National Port Authority has decided to implement the € 363m ($489.7m) first phase development of Ngqura without private sector partners. However, it is still interested in collaborating with external companies to take forward the container terminal project.
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MORE NPA WORKERS CUT
The Nigerian Port Authority has made a further 3,000 workers redundant, bringing to 6,000 the number offloaded in the last eight months. It has borrowed ¢ 91m ($123m) to finance the cuts.
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NUADIBÚ UPGRADE
The government of Mauritania has issued a tender in respect of expansion and upgrade work at the port of Nuadibú for ¢ 20.4m ($27.6m).
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KUWAITIS TO EXPAND TANGA
Kuwait and Gulf Link Port International have signed an agreement to build a series of deep water berths in Mwambani Bay, which forms part of the Tanzanian port of Tanga.The work, which includes the provision of handling equipment, has been costed at $400m.
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Dar es Salaam told to clean up its act
Tanzania''s prime minister recently made a surprise visit to Dar es Salaam port following increasing problems with congestion. He met with officials and private terminal operators, after which he instructed both the port authority and revenue authority to work 24 hours-a-day until congestion had been reduced.
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NewsGrain monopoly at Mombasa
A master plan covering the next 25 years, which was put together by Kenya Port Authority and approved by the government, proposes to concentrate bulk grain handling at a single terminal at Mombasa until at least 2028.
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MAJOR MOMBASA CONGESTION
Mombasa is suffering major congestion, due to vessels switching from the neighbouring port of Dar es Salaam, where congestion is even worse. Importers are also being blamed because of the slow clearance of containers from the port.
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Mombasa to stay in public hands
Kenya''s Transport Minister has labelled as ''unrealistic'' plans to privatise container handling at the port of Mombasa.
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With traffic across East Africa and the Indian Ocean continuing to grow,Mombasa is taking its future role seriously, as Alex Hughes finds out
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The privatisation quandary
Privatisation of Mombasa Container Terminal has been under discussion for a long time and while no time frame has been set as yet, a committee comprising officials from both the government and port authority is looking into this issue.
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NewsDry bulk bonanza
A slight dip in 2006 throughput should prove no hurdle to growth in 2007 at Africa''s key ports. Alex Hughes reports
