Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 9 November 2023

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   SAAGAR

Two former Transnet execs have their pension benefits interdicted
WHARF TALK: offshore platform supply vessel (PSV) – ALLIANZ CRYSTAL
Varamar and COSCO Shipping agree commercial partnership to boost respective trades
In Conversation: Abandoned oil rigs could scrape carbon from the sky and store it in empty undersea reservoirs
ICVL plans to double its Mozambique coal production
South African cruise season gets underway
WHARF TALK: MR2 products tanker – SEA ADORE
Shipping schedule updates
In Conversation: The price of fish & chips: The shark slayers and an unfolding disaster for the love of fried fish
Cargo traffic on Lake Victoria increases during Q1
Boluda provides new tug for Port of Lomé
In Conversation: The Lawless Oceans — forced labour on rust-bucket boats docking at Cape Town harbour
WHARF TALK: NeoPanamax container vessel MAERSK AMAZON
MAIB lifeboat investigation – RRS Sir David Attenborough
MSC judged ‘Best Shipping Line – Asia-Africa’ for 4th year at AFLAS
Ship collision in Cape Town’s Duncan Dock
Kenya: IMO maritime security legislation training
Fugro’s next-generation coastal mapping system on view
Maputo Port Development Company renews marine services contract with P&O Maritime Logistics
Maputo Port Development Company renova contrato de serviços marítimos com a P&O Maritime Logistics
WHARF TALK: French Navy (Marine Nationale) Frigate FS FLORÉAL (F730)
Shipping Service and Schedule Updates
TNPA to the rescue of Richards Bay Alkantstrand Beach
IMO marks 50 years since the MARPOL Convention was adopted
Ramaphosa calls for lengthier AGOA to incentify African industry
European ports concern over the EU ETS for maritime sector
Two leading terminal operators initiate widespread electrification of container handling equipment
The Master’s Practical Guide to Maritime Law published to aid seafarers with incidents at sea
Xeneta Update: Upturn in the ocean freight shipping market proves to be a false dawn

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 28 November 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:  PALMGRACHT

Cruising resumes in Namibia and South Africa
Danish Naval forces on HDMS Esbern Snare kill four Gulf of Guinea pirates
WHARF TALK: container ship with a story – MAERSK LUZ
Mozambique Beira-Malawi railway to reopen in first half of next year
SAA & Kenya Airways jointly plan a Pan African airline by 2023
WHARF TALK: Heavylift visitor – FRIEDA
Greenpeace slams Cameroon’s proposed 15% increase in raw timber export duty
HMS Queen Elizabeth cross-decks with the Italian Navy
Shipping companies unprecedented profits continue
Keta port Phase 1 will cost $600 million – Ghana Ports Authority
Algoa Bay oil spill: birds found contaminated
Navigating the challenges of the Suez Canal
WHARF TALK: seismic survey vessel arrives – AMAZON WARRIOR
IN CONVERSATION: How South Africa can get communities involved in conserving coastal and marine areas
ISWAN Annual Review 2020-21
Nigerian Navy’s landing ship launched at Damen Shipyards, Sharjah
DFFE says it notes concerns over Shell’s East Coast seismic surveys
Cameroon cuts customs duty to cover freight rate increases
WHARF TALK: Second seismic support ship arrives – OCEAN FORTUNE
IN CONVERSATION: African marine rules favour big industry, leaving small-scale fishers in the lurch
TRADE NEWS: World’s first inline Active Heave Compensator successfully tested
WHARF TALK: SA Port Statistics for October 2021
WHARF TALK: Seismic support ship – ASTRA G
News from the coast: Bunker spill, Skandi Africa, dredger Macuti, MSC Trieste, NS Qingdao, Marvin Star, Algoa
The Grains Trade Convention: Addition of pulses and their products in the definition of grains
FLNG Coral South (Sul) launched and ready to work off Mozambique
Sea-based sources of marine litter: New report by GESAMP
Maersk issues first green bond to fund first green methanol vessels
Call by Nigeria’s Dangote Group for ports in Africa to be reformed

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