Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 31 July 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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UKHO announces intention to withdraw from paper chart production
WHARF TALK: small handy bunker tanker VEMAHARMONY
In Conversation: Searcher Geodata returns to South Africa to pursue seismic surveys off the West Coast
XENETA container alert: long-term shipping rates finally peak, but now stand 112% up year-on-year
Transnet releases unqualified Financial Statements for year ending 31 March 2022
WHARF TALK: vintage visitor to Cape Town – REEF PROTECTOR
News Brief: Bulk carrier Gladiator towed into Durban for repairs
News Brief: Algeciras replaced by Port Tangier from northbound SAECS service
News Brief: Cold ironing for Port of Las Palmas
EUNAVFOR Atalanta to the rescue of a merchant ship in distress with no power
In Conversation: Africa’s free trade area offers promise for cities – but only if there’s investment
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) partners with Angola to drive growth
Heavy sands mining for ilmenite, zircon & rutile to commence this year in Mozambique’s Inhambane province
WHARF TALK: MR2 Panamax product tanker GRAND WINNER 5
Operation IRINI finds cargo in breach of UN arms embargo
In Conversation: At Unguja Ukuu, human activity transformed the coast of Zanzibar more than 1,000 years ago
TNPA delegation visits Ghanaian port of Tema
Europe looking to Mozambique to obtain gas supplies
WHARF TALK: CNFC Antarctic krill trawler – LONG FA
TNPA issues RFI for potential renewable energy project
In Conversation: Russia/Ukraine grain export deal promises major benefits for poor countries. If it holds
NEW BOOKS: In the Treacle Mine
AIRFREIGHT: Ethiopian signs proposal for up to 4 more Dash 8-400 Freighter Door Kits
Ukraine grain shipments to resume: The world waits in hope: Odesa bombed
IMO welcomes maritime humanitarian corridor in Black Sea
WHARF TALK: The visit of the last leader of the Nazi Regime to South Africa
IMO launches decarbonisation strategy roundtables in Kenya
Xolani Mbambo to succeed Andrew Waller as CEO of Grindrod
Malindi port expects to serve ships at international standards
Work begins on Ghana’s Inland Marine Port – part of Trans-Volta Logistics Corridor
New heavy-duty weighbridge for Durban’s TPT Multipurpose Terminal

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 6 March 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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Front Page:   BAHRI JEDDAH

Grindrod reports solid results for 2020
IN CONVERSATION: Africa looks likely to continue relying on power from fossil fuels for some time
Port is what we do: the plight of trapped seafarers
Vesconite acquires super-large lathe for marine bearings
Astral Aviation increases airfreight capacity to Johannesburg to 160 tonnes per week
Engine failure and fire: mv Finlandia Seaways
Freight association comments on UK budget
South African hake trawl fishery celebrating fourth certification
CMA CGM acquires significant equity stake in Algeciras’ TTIA container terminal
Buoyant air cargo demand being reported
IN CONVERSATION: Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices
R583 million cocaine haul on Saldanha coast
IHMA announces new Regional Committee for Africa
CMA adds Port Louis to its NEMO service: Connecting Europe with Indian Ocean & Australia
1250 years cumulative jailtime for copper thieves
NSPCA hits out at transporting livestock by sea
Tanzania-Burundi rail connection to cost US$ 1.9 billion
WTO latest
Saldanha Bay IDZ brings in R21 billion worth of investments
Hapag-Lloyd opens new office in Nairobi, Kenya
TRADE NEWS: LOC launches digital solution for enhancing port pilotage safety
AIRFREIGHT: Kenya Airways resumes cargo flights to India
WHARF TALK: Sunday’s Ship Movements at the Port of Durban
WHARF TALK: Cape Town Ship Movements
The 2012 Cape Town Agreement: IMO African Regional webinar builds support
WTO LATEST: DDG Wolff calls on members to work with new Director-General
US Military Sealift transport ship USNS Carson City visits Port Sudan
IN CONVERSATION: At last, climate science may be able to predict tropical Atlantic weather better
TRADE NEWS: Shipowners advised on IMO 2020 compliancy amid high sulphur warning
Further arrests in theft of railway copper wiring
Latest piracy attack report a hoax

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