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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 25 February 2024

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Here are the News Headlines for the period between 18 and 24 February 2024

FIRST VIEW:   ITAL USODIMARE

Red-letter day as mv Mpungu is launched into Lake Victoria
Cape Town Container Terminal has 43% improvement in weekly truck volumes
Moroccan ports prepare for climate change impact
Central Region ports recovery plan in full swing
Durban port productivity and Mauritius cyclone threat force port omissions
Cyclone warning for Mauritius and Reunion
WHARF TALK: Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) – HANG JUN 4017
Tug SVITZER SANTO NIÑO (IMO 9965904) on delivery voyage to Cape Town
Transnet Port Terminals launches programme to boost technical capacity
Lest We Forget. SS Mendi 21 February 1917
Livestock carrier raises a huge stink in Cape Town
EU launches Eunavfor Aspides to safeguard freedom of Red Sea navigation
WHARF TALK: livestock carrier – AL KUWAIT
Loadshedding and logistics constraints, increase cost of doing business in South Africa – Kumba
Houthi’s score a success, force crew to abandon their damaged ship Rubymar
CMA CGM orders 3 Kalmar straddle carriers for SAMR, Port Réunion
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose offshore field support vessel – SKANDI SEVEN
Trade News: Weathernews launches “Berth Waiting Forecast” service
Shipping industry calls for release of Galaxy Leader crew
Smell in the City – livestock carrier to blame
WHARF TALK: SA Port Statistics for January 2024
Islamist terrorists occupy fishing town of Quissanga near Pemba
WHARF TALK: MR1 chemical and product tanker – MARITIME TUNTIGA
Ukraine sinks Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov in Black Sea
Maputo port intends investing further in rail transport
O porto de Maputo pretende investir mais no transporte ferroviário
IMO: Tanzania – Enhancing maritime security
Germany sends frigate Hessen to join EU mission in Red Sea
Houthi missile strikes a laden crude oil tanker Pollux with Russian oil for India
Boskalis acquisition of ALP receives approval

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 30 April 2023

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FIRST VIEW:   ISLAND SKY

FSO SAFER: Urgent call for equipment for oil spill contingency plan
WHARF TALK: MR2 product tanker – STI VENERE
East London port: New 80 ton bollards improve ship turnaround time
Harbour Craft Jetty operationalised at Tema’s Terminal 3
Cruise curtain lowered on ports of the Eastern Cape
Cruise ship calls accelerate at Ghana ports
Angola tops a million tonnes of gas in exports
Suspension of Reefer shipments to Douala, Cameroon
DP World Port of Dakar terminal sets new container record
WHARF TALK: Panamax MR2 product tanker & Scrubbers – NORDTOKYO
Two new Ubuntu LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulkers: on charter to Anglo American
Port of Luanda unveils its developmental plan
Porto de Luanda revela o seu plano de desenvolvimento
Rehabilitation of Beira-Zimbabwe (Machipanda): line to be completed by September
WHARF TALK: LPG tanker – HELSINKI
Mashatile calls for removal of Africa’s structural and regulatory barriers to unlock investment in road and maritime infrastructure
Boskalis’ NDeavor en route to facilitate oil removal from FSO Safer in Yemeni waters
Mossel Bay celebrates its best ever cruise season
MPDC to develop truck stop to help decongest Port of Maputo
Fugro deepwater expertise helps locate wreck of Montevideo Maru 81 years after tragic sinking
Seychelles Coast Guard arrests Madagascan fishing vessel in island waters

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 3 February 2023

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FIRST VIEW:  MAERSK TACOMA

Kumba’s tale of lost exports
WHARF TALK: LR1 class products tanker CHEMTRANS ARCTIC
Green shipping in South Africa: IMO supporting opportunities
Boluda Towage adds additional tug to fleet in Mauritania
COMMENT: MSC Shosholoza feeder service Ngqura to Cape Town
Mercy Ships’ newest Hospital Ship ready to lower her gangplank for patients
WHARF TALK: mini bulk carrier – LITA
MSC’s Shosholoza feeder service gets underway
IN CONVERSATION: Somaliland’s oil find could reset the regional balance: here’s how
Transaid at 25: London fundraising
Six arrested for truck highjacking – one a policeman
WHARF TALK: homeported at Cape Town – MSC SINFONIA
Land reclamation in the Maldives: Boskalis acquires €120 million contract
Xeneta container rates alert: record-breaking fall in long-term rates for ocean freight, as carriers brace for stormy 2023
MoU signed for railway linking Niger and Nigeria
MoU signé pour le chemin de fer reliant le Niger et le Nigeria
French Naval frigate FS Nivôse calls at Durban
Latest problem to hamstring Durban port operations – a broken down tug fleet
WHARF TALK: Neo-Panamax container vessel – MSC ATHENS
IN CONVERSATION: Copper transformed way the world works before: it’s about to do so again
Kenya’s new Lake Victoria ship, Uhuru II, to be launched in May
Large ammonia-fuelled bulk carrier development by MOL and Mitsui
Trademark Africa expands into West Africa
Trademark Africa s’étend en Afrique de l’Ouest
Transnet approaches market for lease of Durban-Johannesburg Container Corridor 
WHARF TALK: MR2 product tanker – STI MAGISTER
Hamburg Süd loses its identity as Maersk consolidates brands
IMO Symposium: The Maritime Single Window 2024
Anglo American loads first LNG dual-fuelled vessel in chartered fleet
IN CONVERSATION: Deep sea reefs are spectacular and barely-explored – they must be conserved
Aqaba Cruise Terminal opens
Revamped Mombasa Cruise Terminal making a difference

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 25 November 2022

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 21 November 2022

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FIRST VIEW:   Zaandam

Transnet concludes evaluation of bids for Corridor slots
U.S. Navy destroyer makes large drug haul in Gulf of Aden
WHARF TALK: Panamax container vessel COSCO IZMIR
IMO’s Secretary-General Kitack Lim commissions new NIMASA headquarters
Xeneta market forecast 2023: Xeneta forecasts falls in freight rates, volumes and demand as storm clouds gather for 2023
SA – Maputo railway to fully reopen on Sunday 27 November 2022
Female cadet and Maersk reached settlement over sexual assault on company ship
WHARF TALK: MR2 tanker in Cape Town STAVANGER POSEIDON
Aviation: Ampaire Flies First Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft
Boskalis enjoys strong Q3 and tackles new project in Togo & Benin
African Upstream Activity Trending Higher in 2023: What’s Driving the Increase?
WHARF TALK: 30-year old CNFC reefer SHIP HAI FENG 728
APM Terminals to expand Suez Canal Container Terminal
COP27: Breakthrough on the Global South’s call: Climate-related loss and damage
Final update on Richards Bay railway North Corridor repair
AD Ports acquires logistic provider Noatum for EUR 660 million
Cape St. Lucia Lighthouse – 1906
Cape St Lucia Lighthouse trashing – 2022
SA Port Statistics for the month of September 2022
WHARF TALK: NeoPanamax container ship MSC DESIRÉE
Gazania-1 well off Orange River Mouth shows up dry
CRUISE NEWS: SA cruise season swings into action with arrival of ships
IATA and the Dangerous Good Code
Richards Bay coal line derailment – one BOTH lines reopened

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 16 October 2022

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FIRST VIEW:  CMA CGM ZANZIBAR

WHARF TALK: LR1 Panamax products tanker CORAL GULF
TRANSNET STRIKE: Transnet tables latest offer
IN CONVERSATION: Slavery has not disappeared – it’s just moved offshore
Xeneta Rates Report, Week 41: Contracts to obtain better ocean freight rates value
Maritime Sector under the spotlight: IMO World Maritime Day Parallel Event Day 2, October 13
Cable theft’ & vandalism on Transnet property reaches unprecedented levels
WHARF TALK: Norwegian krill trawler ANTARCTIC ENDURANCE
Sale of Grindrod Shipping a step closer
HMS Montrose nabs another drug smuggler at sea
IN CONVERSATION: The 5 biggest threats to West Africa’s oceans – and what to do about them
Maritime Sector under the spotlight: IMO World Maritime Day Parallel Event
Port Strike: Unions reject Transnet’s latest offer
WHARF TALK: general purpose tanker MH LANGOEY
Red Sea Jeddah port to deepen and add new berths
Did You Know? Red Sea
NSRI Gueberha evacuates seafarer from deepsea bulker
International: Boskalis to upgrade Europa Terminal in port of Antwerp
STRIKE NEWS: Kumba stands to lose 120,000 tonnes of iron ore exports per day
WHARF TALK: new coastal tanker? MAERSK CALLAO
Positive expressions of interest in Transnet’s Renewable Energy RFI
Walvis Bay records several important bulk shipments through port
Air cargo demand shows resilience: IATA data
Indian coastal sailing vessel sinks off Maldives – 76 dead in Nigerian boat tragedy
STRIKE ACTION: Full effect of worker stayaway expected from today
WHARF TALK: platform supply vessel LAYLA
STRIKE ACTION: Santa Cruz & Santa Teresa service update
SAECS update: MOL Proficiency returns to service
IN CONVERSATION: Fishers and environmental activists express concern over proposed drilling off SA’s West Coast
Container ship TSS Pearl on fire in Red Sea – crew safely evacuated
Joining forces for sustainable maritime development: IMO and The Commonwealth Secretariat
VIDEO: Bridge across Kerch Strait between Russia & Crimea damaged by explosion [repeat]
Annual World Maritime Day Parallel Event (WMDPE) [repeat]

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 16 September 2022

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FIRST VIEW:   Ngamotu

South Korea deploys patrol boat to guard FLNG Coral Sul
WHARF TALK: MR2 tanker named AJAX
New Kenyan president asked to find solutions to delays at border crossings
Break-through: Volvo Trucks starts series production of heavy electric trucks
TRADE NEWS: NAVTOR signs major agreement with Shoei Kisen for NavFleet
Kaleris acquires Navis & launches first-of-a-kind Supply Chain Execution & Visibility Platform
Sappi Saiccor’s R7.7 billion upgrade a boost for KZN and for exports
OBITUARY: Shane Dwyer, maritime lawyer
NIMASA ordered to deploy unused new floating dock
ROAD TRANSPORT: Dachser SA enhances capabilities with new custom fleet
IN CONVERSATION: WTO head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: how trade can help beat inequality
WHARF TALK: Royal visits to South Africa – in the 19th Century
Uganda-owned ferry Pamba returns to service on Lake Victoria
Mozambique’s INAMAR levies fees for all users of coastline and sea
IMO training: Preventing loss of containers in west and central Africa
HAL makes ‘unconditional’ offer to acquire Royal Boskalis Westminster NV
Durban Container Terminal extends date of implementing changed free import storage rule
Public comment on revised Bunkering Codes is extended by one month
Dredging contract awarded to widen and deepen Monrovia’s port channels
Exmar confirms sale of FLNG Tango to Eni, along with LNG gas tanker charter
IN CONVERSATION: West Africa’s fisher women are experts at coping with job insecurity – but policymakers are using their resilience against them
Sitarail receives new tamping machine for Ivory Coast to Burkina Faso railway
The death of HM Queen Elizabeth II: Worldwide tributes
WHARF TALK: Subsea construction vessel – SKANDI AFRICA
Bolloré Logistics and Hapag-Lloyd commit on sustainable maritime transport
IN CONVERSATION: Climate change: colonial diaries in South Africa are helping scientists reconstruct weather patterns of the past to protect against future events
WMO: Climate change in Africa can destabilise countries and entire regions
OPEC Fund financing package to improve vital fishery industry in Liberia

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 12 June 2022

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 6 June 2022

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FIRST VIEW:  DURBAN AT SUNRISE

WHARF TALK: HMS SEAHORSE 1774 – the second of two famous voyages and – HMS DOLPHIN 1776
Truckers ordered by Maputo court to vacate port property
Boskalis wins proceedings after suspending operation involving Russian project
Port of Ngqura refurbished with new SFT Element Fenders
WHARF TALK: sixth rate frigate with a history – HMS SEAHORSE
Grain imports & exports at Port of East London
NEW BOOKS: What Ship, Where Bound? A History of Visual Communication at Sea
Aviation: United Airlines commences 3 flights a week between Cape Town and New York
FOCUS ON NIGERIA: Nigerian ports to undergo massive infrastructure renewal
WHARF TALK: Danish-built reefer ship – SWEDISH STREAM
Cabotage: National Fleet will boost Australia’s maritime industry
CMA CGM turns to methanol powered container ships with large new order
After four years, Posidonia returns to the maritime stage
Port of East London reopens for agricultural maize exports
WHARF TALK: Antarctic Toothfish Longliner – SHINSEI MARU No.8
Dangers of cargo liquefaction
CMA CGM adds new call at Apapa for MIDAS 1 service
USS Sioux City deployed to CTF 153 in Red Sea
NEW BOOKS: British Sloops and Frigates of the Second World War
Liberia applies to rejoin International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA)
WHARF TALK: tug and tow into Cape Town – ATLANTIS & RENCRAFT
Two Beaver cutter suction dredgers commissioned for Ghana
The Platinum Jubilee: The naval and military contributions
NHC Northern Helicopter to travel with research ship Polarstern to polar regions
Maersk completes purchase of Senator International

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 1 April 2022

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FIRST VIEW:   JOLLY VANADIO

Historic step as Transnet commences wth sale of rail slots to third-party operators
SOUTH AFRICA’S NAVY AT 100 – special feature
WHARF TALK: expedition cruise ship SILVER EXPLORER
DP World launches DUBUY.com e-commerce platform in Tanzania
WHARF TALK: modern bulk carrier / logger – LUENHO
Maersk explores new ways to accelerate green fuel production
IN CONVERSATION: DRC is set to become 7th member of the East African trading bloc: what’s in it for everyone
IMO developing regional strategy for preventing invasive aquatic species in Red Sea & GoA
The Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway network, from yesterday to today
New citrus terminal at port of Maputo to open
WHARF TALK: Spanish research vessel – SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA
Guinea wants ambitious start to production by 2025 from the Simandou iron ore deposit
Port of Nacala rehabilitation complete next year
Stolt Tankers Pool provides support for reforestation projects
Eastern Cape’s Hannes de Waal is new chairman of Citrus Growers Association
Phase 2 of Mombasa’s second container terminal ready for commissioning
WHARF TALK: Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) – PACIFIC LEADER
BOOK REVIEW: Wartime Standard Ships
Nigeria’s new large Dangote fertiliser plant will enable exports
IN CONVERSATION: Red gold: the rise and fall of West Africa’s palm oil empire
Höegh Autoliners’ introduces Aurora-class of vehicle carriers
Dodgy fishing fleet moves into Indian Ocean after insurer ends coverage
WHARF TALK: long wait outside for – ELKA DELPHI
TICT at Tin Can Island orders two mobile cranes
Ukraine war’s impact on Trade and Development: UNCTAD report
IN CONVERSATION: Whale migrations: how new UN treaty aims to protect species on the high seas
Botswana sugar now imported through Port of Walvis Bay
Boskalis to replenish eroded Togo & Benin coastline
Sale of Vale Moatize coal mine to India’s Vulcan confirmed
TNPA launches 2022 Internship Programme

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 21 November 2021

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FIRST VIEW:  PORTO GERMENO

Oil spill in Algoa Bay – latest
WHARF TALK: sharing the drydock – ENSELENI & STEVIA
Trawler raised from the waters of Beira harbour has surprising background
IATF: Multilateral financiers discuss trade initiatives after Covid-19
UNCTAD Flagship Report: Review of Maritime Transport 2021
BREAKING NEWS: OIL SPILL IN ALGOA BAY
Transnet tenders go digital
WHARF TALK: tug and pontoon arrive – SEA ALPHA
From WTO The World Trade Report 2021: Economic resilience and trade
Ghanaian OSV Flat Confidence contraced by Tullow Oil for support in Jubilee and TEN fields
WHARF TALK: Neo-Panamax tanker – HAFNIA SHANGHAI
Marine Masters refloat Beira fishing vessel in upside down position
Lord Mayor’s Banquet: Guildhall
Bambo-1 well drilling commences offshore The Gambia
CMA CGM introduces $1000-dollar overweight surcharge on Nigerian containers from China
Durban Cruise Terminal to set the 2021 cruising scene
Grindrod returning to partnership with Maersk in coastal and regional logistics
Port of Felixstowe makes major decarbonisation investment
IN CONVERSATION: Climate finance for a transition away from coal: a chance to change history in South Africa
2021 Remembrance Day in Whitehall and with the Fleet
News from the coast: MSC Trieste in difficulty off Cape South Coast – SA Amandla in attendance
WHARF TALK: scrubber included tanker – SEA TIGER
Film Launch: At IMO a global network for energy efficient shipping: Emphasis on Africa
New SA Navy ships taking shape
Boskalis trading update
‘Extraordinary’ strong financial results from Hapag-Lloyd

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First View : BRIGHT HORIZON
Kenya to issue new tender for Mombasa’s second container terminal
Changing the way ports are planned and developed
Odfjell to drill offshore of South Africa for Total
Decline in African piray but experts warn of complacency
UAE aims at gaining membership of the IMO Council
Boskalis takes new mega Cutter Suction Dredger Helios into service
Port closed for a meeting!
PRESS RELEASES: The Nautical Institute launches Ice Navigator Scheme
PRESS RELEASES: CSSC launches new marine service business
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : MAERSK CALABAR

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