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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 14 September 2024

14th September 2024 Terry Hutson Current & Older News, Uncategorized

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW: EVRIALI

Crew safely rescued from burning OSV AM Pride off Mossel Bay
Reinventing the logistics sector at the heart of the South African economy
Transnet Freight Rail resumes operations on the Cape Main Line
Walvis Bay Container Terminal concessioning process completed – October handover
Oil spill in Algoa Bay sees IMOrg launch an investigation
Emirates Shipping Line (ESL) boosts Far East-East Africa service
Grimaldi adds direct China-Persian Gulf service to go with its new Nigerian ro-ro service
Drydocks World orders Middle East and Africa’s largest floating sheerleg crane
Port News and Shipping Advisories
Lobito Atlantic Railway begins exporting copper from the DRC to the United States
LAR arranca com exportações de cobre da RDC para os Estados Unidos da América
Shaping Africa’s maritime future: Women’s networks join forces
SeaLead launches Far East-India-Djibouti service
WHARF TALK: classic passenger liner – PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Folk Maritime introduces liner service between Jeddah and India
IMO ‘mid-term’ GHG reduction measures – Expert workshop held
In Conversation: China reaps most of the benefits of its relationship with Africa: what’s behind the imbalance
Port News & Shipping Advisories
Plans for world’s largest container ship unveiled: 27,500-TEU
Board of Inquiry rules no person to blame for SAS Manthatisi deaths
In Conversation: China’s investments in Africa aren’t working as well as they should for cities: this needs to change
Promoting allyship§at sea: ISWAN launches sector-wide campaign
Port of East London officially welcomes two new tugs
Brazzaville to host first ever Congo Energy & Investment Forum
Trade News: OCIMF completes transition to SIRE 2.0 for tanker inspections
TFR and Petredec partner to deliver LPG by rail from Richards Bay to Gauteng

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 7 September 2024

7th September 2024 Terry Hutson Current & Older News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW: ELVIRA

Port of East London officially welcomes two new tugs
Brazzaville to host first ever Congo Energy & Investment Forum
Trade News: OCIMF completes transition to SIRE 2.0 for tanker inspections
TFR and Petredec partner to deliver LPG by rail from Richards Bay to Gauteng
WHARF TALK: support vessel – BAD COMPANY SUPPORT 175
Russian Navy training ship Smolny calls at Cape Town
In Conversation: China in Africa: Kenya railway study shows investment projects aren’t a one-way street
Third container ship loses boxes overboard along SA’s notorious east coast
Initial efforts to salvage tanker Sounion in Red Sea fail
Houthis target more ships in the Red Sea
CILTSA and Vaal University of Technology Sign Historic MoU
Transnet financial report FY ending 31 March 2024
WHARF TALK: ONE container ship – ONE READINESS
Kings Rest Container Park ordered by Durban court to vacate prime Bayhead site
SANDF delegation reviews Project Hotel at Sandock Austral Shipyards
IATA and the global air cargo market: July
Compromise offer to defuse the Ethiopia/Somaliland port dispute
Transnet signs R5bn loan agreement with NDB to enhance capacity & efficiency
NEW BOOKS: Halcyon Days
MOL’s Cerulean Ace: ClassNK awards notification for safe transportation of EVs
Trade News: Mammoet launches world’s strongest land-based crane
Port News and Advisories
US$115 million upgrade of Onne’s West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) is completed
Kotug to support ENI’s Congo LNG project
Grindrod’s locomotives return from West Africa
Red Sea attack on tanker Sounion: IMO S-G statement

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 29 May 2022

22nd May 2022 Terry Hutson Current & Older News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW: BRONAGH J & ALPHA FALCAO

Algoa Oil Spill Update – Umnenga II and Lefkas
Nigeria continues dredging of Escravos channel to improve access to Eastern Ports
IN CONVERSATION: Pan-African integration has made progress but needs a change of mindset
ISRAR fishing fleet blacklisted in Indian Ocean to safeguard tuna
Clean-up of Algoa Bay oil spill involving Umnenga II and Lefkas, continues
WHARF TALK: Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) vessel NOR GOLIATH
Abuja MoU: Harmonising Port State Control and Flag State implementation
Zimbabwe citrus sector turns towards China for new exports
IN CONVERSATION: Environmental groups launch legal review of go-ahead for Phinda gas-to-power plant in Richards Bay
Another bunkering oil spill in Algoa Bay
WHARF TALK: A bitumen tanker named BISKRA
NPA warns that Nigerian port concessions may be revoked unless….
IN CONVERSATION: Rising sea levels are driving faster erosion along Senegal’s coast
MAIB Report: Fumigant poisoning, mv Thorco Angela
Port of Douala Fruit Terminal upgraded
WHARF TALK: SA Port Statistics for April 2022
WHARF TALK: Japanese-built MR2 product tanker – CALANDRIA
IMO Madagascar Port Security Workshop
WHARF TALK: Maritime News in Brief
Kenya: Developing a National Maritime Security Risk Register – IMO support
DR Congo shipping line opens offices at Dar es Salaam & Mombasa
WHARF TALK: THREE CONFEDERATE RAIDERS AT THE CAPE IN 1863
CGA calls for urgent update on interventions at the ports
ICS and Suez accord
Malawi grants licence to African Railway Company to import fuels from the port of Nacala
Bashir Jamoh hopes to remain with NIMASA as Director-General
Good news for the South African citrus industry: EC withdraws Cold Treatment requirement
Shipping costs costing E Cape citrus industry dearly
Air cargo: Air France-KLM and CMA CGM accord

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 3 October 2021

26th September 2021 Terry Hutson Current & Older News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW: STAVANGER PIONEER

Port of Mossel Bay: Celebrating over 500 years of Maritime Heritage
WHARF TALK: For a change, a Handysize tanker – MTM AMSTERDAM
IN CONVERSATION: How illegal fishing off Cameroon’s coast worsens maritime security
WHARF TALK: Research vessel – PELAGIA
Xeneta container rates alert: long-term ocean freight rates now up over 90% year-on-year
AVIATION: SAA reactivate partnership with Emirates and MoU with Kenya Airways
Saldanha Iron Ore Terminal on planned maintenance shutdown
Kalmar to supply Mombasa port with reachstackers and forklift trucks
TFR door not yet slammed shut to coal line extension to Botswana
China introduces loadshedding – its way
How to cushion consumers from high maritime freight rates
Nigeria Ports Authority boss says Nigeria is poised to become West Africa’s maritime hub
Maersk sells its container factory business to CIMC
WHARF TALK: Another cargo of palm oil – BOW SAGA
Protests close Port Sudan seaport and the city’s airport UPDATE
TPT introduces truck booking system at Cape Town port terminals
Inchcape briefing: A wide range of MSI services
WHARF TALK: tanker with a sticky cargo – MAERSK BRIGIT
DSV opens Africa’s largest integrated logistics centre
Protests close Port Sudan seaport and the city’s airport
Seafarer access to medical care now a matter of life and death
New senior appointments by TNPA
WHARF TALK: Cape Town visit for USS HERSHEL ‘WOODY’ WILLIAMS
Extra large first heavylift for Mammoet’s terminal crane at Lagos
Ever Act, world’s biggest, now on her way into service
WHARF TALK: tale of tanker in a predicament – ENERGY CENTAUR
Synergy Group takes over Maersk tankers’ technical management business
French warship seizes over $5 million haul of illicit drugs
Second cyber attack in a year for CMA CGM
Leverage trade to build sustainable food systems – WTO D-G

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 10 September 2021

5th September 2021 Terry Hutson Current & Older News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

FIRST VIEW: ORIENTAL APOERA

Berbera port ready to compete with Djibouti but what effect will the Ethiopian war have?
WHARF TALK: Is she, or isnt she? – SAE IN LEADER
Grindrod Shipping announces closing of IVS Bulk Acquisition; IVS Pinehurst charter extension & share repurchases
NIMASA D-G says decline in piracy could end War Risk Insurance in Gulf of Guinea
Fishermen threaten Onne seaport operations over insecurity in Bonny waterways
Protests close Libyan ports of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf
Transnet and SIU granted a Preservation Order against CRRC E-Loco Supply
Nautical Institute Anniversary Webinar today, Friday and Saturday
WHARF TALK: a ship from another age – TOKACHI FROST
Whereabouts of Cape Town pilot launch
Namport looks to the future via education
East Africa: Truckers resume transporting cargo into South Sudan
CMA CGM resumes Reunion call with MIDAS 2 service
Nautical Institute Anniversary Webinar this week
Cheryl Carolus appointed as chairperson-designate of the Grindrod Limited board
WHARF TALK: chemical parcel tanker – BOCHEM OSLO
Durban’s Prince Edward Graving dock fire system upgraded
Italian frigate Antonio Marceglia heads out to West Africa on piracy patrol
DP World banks on Northern Sea Route vision: cooperates with FESCO at Vladivostok
PIRACY: Seafarer reported abducted from vessel off Libreville
Ghana bringing new maritime bill to jail convicted pirates
Aviation: SAA set for take-off
Government announces Timeframes for Fishing Rights Allocation Process
Hidden debts trial: Mozambique’s own corruption trial
Tanzanian port upgrades paying off
WHARF TALK: Maiden voyage for harbour tug BIO GUERRA
Australian-first Covid vaccinations for international seafarers: Application in Queensland
China opens first road-rail transport link to Indian Ocean
What’s happening in the world of ships and shipping?
USCG East Caribbean drugs bust
New Egyptian railway to link Red Sea and Mediterranean