Africa – Page 35
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Abidjan and Douala concessions up in the air
The disputed container terminal concession at Vridi, Abidjan, awarded to SETV and the Bollore group continues to cause problems. Last week 30 people were killed in Abidjan during anti-government protests that were in part related to this issue. The top management of the port authority were sacked and the president ...
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THERE'S GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
If ports are the arteries that ensure a country''s economic lifeblood, then in some East African countries the economy is being well supported with the opportunity to pump vigorously, whilst others are facing the potential of a serious coronary and all that goes with it. Steve Cameron investigates.
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NewsMUSC helps Nigerians
Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC) has been selected by the Nigerian government as advisors for raising standards of security in Nigeria''s ports and offshore oilfield installations.
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NewsNIGERIA TAKES THE PLUNGE
It''s been quite a year for Nigeria and its ports in particular. The successful elections last year marked the first civilian transfer of power in the country''s history and growing international support was underlined by the Commonwealth heads of Government meeting and a state visit by Her Majesty the Queen. ...
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Cote D'Ivoire Vridi Terminal concession, done or undone?
The recent announcement that the Vridi Container Terminal concession at Abidjan, Cote D''Ivoire had been awarded to the French Group Bollore, caused a considerable reaction in port privatisation circles and the West African maritime community.
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NewsAFRICAN PORTS PROGRESS
The International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) held its Pan African Ports Conference in Douala, Cameroon last December. Steve Cameron was there.
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NewsLUANDA DECISION RAISES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS
The award of the Luanda container terminal concession has not been without controversy, raising local and broad-based issues regarding the management and operation of container terminals by groups with strong shipping line links. Mike Munday reports
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NewsMAPUTO AND BEYOND: Skanska enters the fray
Skanska BOT believes it can bring a unique blend of investor and construction expertise to major port sector infrastructure projects - container terminals and others.
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Unions protest Nigerian privatisation plans
Nigerian dock workers'' unions have issued an ultimatum to the government to withdraw plans to privatise port operations and management or face a series of strikes by stevedores. They claim that earlier attempts at injecting private sector know-how resulted in monumental losses to both the National Ports Authority (NPA) and ...
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Two BOT projects for North Africa
In 2002 Africa is estimated to have accounted for just 3% of world container port throughput, equivalent to 8.1mTEUs out of a near 273mTEUs globally.
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NewsSTRUGGLING TO EMERGE FROM THE SANDS OF TIME
North Africa''s ports need to be unleashed from the constraints imposed by politics and bureaucracy, reports Gordon Feller
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Africans need to upgrade port security
Ferdinand Gauze, president of the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa, has called upon member states to make a collective effort to fight terrorism and implement the new International Port & Ship facility code.
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Tanga targets northern trade
Tanzania''s second port of Tanga is targeting exporters in the country''s northern regions of Kilimanjara and Arusha in a concerted drive to expand its hinterland.
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Mombasa audited and re-equipped
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has formed a committee to investigate waterfront operations at Mombasa Container Terminal. The team is expected to recommend an appropriate IT system for the management of water and yard operations at the port.
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Pension problems delay investment
A senior official at South Africa''s Public Enterprises Ministry, Dr Ian Phillips, conceded recently the national ports authority had had to support a huge financial burden in attempting to keep afloat the pension fund of its holding company Transnet. By 1999, Transnet was having to find US$253m simply to service ...
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NewsSouth Africans progressing ports legislation
Additional clauses have been inserted into South Africa''s National Ports Authority Bill enabling Public Enterprises minister Jeff Radebe to direct state holding company Transnet to speed up the privatisation of its ports division if he detects any signs of deliberate foot dragging. Transnet currently generates much of its profit from ...
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NewsOn the horns of an African dilemma
Steve Camerson reports with breaking news on the hard-fought concessions over the Luanda and Douala port privatisations
