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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 27 July 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   VOLANS

Ultra Galaxy salvage continues – crew repatriated
New round of MSC funding supports fisheries research
IMO Council: Transparency and access to information
The Future is Here: China commissions two all-electric container ships
WHARF TALK: MR2 class products tanker – MP MR TANKER 2
US and Africa: US will work with African nations
Investigation and enquiry into FPSO fire offshore Nigeria
Port Updates and Advisories
Senegal’s cashew nut season begins with mega-shipment from Dakar-terminal
WHARF TALK: Newcastlemax bulk carrier – STAR SIENNA
Houthi Red Sea crisis hurts Suez Canal revenues
Suez Canal Company takes delivery of locally-built floating crane
Maersk Frankfurt fire – one seafarer dead on ship
Mombasa Container Terminal at risk of catching up on Durban’s DCT
WHARF TALK: MR2 products tanker – HAFNIA SWIFT
Container ship spends ten days and counting alongside Durban Container Terminal
Senegal an exporter as first oil shipment heads to Europe
SA Port Statistics for June 2024
WHARF TALK: MR2 products tanker – ANDREA VICTORY
Red Sea escalation: Israel bombs Yemen’s Port Hodeidah
The Ever Changing Face of Ships – the Ulstein Twin X-Stern
A new global alliance on ocean litter: Invitation to shipping and fisheries companies
Maersk Frankfurt on fire in Arabian Sea
Transnet secures USD 1 billion loan from African Development Bank Group
Giant CMA CGM container ship cleared to sail after losing containers overboard
Damen contracts with Toyota Tsusho for four tugs for Namibe port

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 20 July 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   K-Line’s Bridge ships

Red Sea escalation: Israel bombs Yemen’s Port Hodeidah
Maersk Frankfurt on fire in Arabian Sea
Transnet secures USD 1 billion loan from African Development Bank Group
Giant CMA CGM container ship cleared to sail after losing containers overboard
Damen contracts with Toyota Tsusho for four tugs for Namibe port
Tanker struck as Houthis resume their missile and drone attacks in Red Sea region
WHARF TALK: crab fishing vessel – KAPITAN EGOROV
TNPA hosts Green Port workshop
Ngqura Container Terminal looks to increase citrus loading rate with 50 new haulers
Salvage work on Ultra Galaxy continues despite weather conditions
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose heavylift vessel – EENDRACHT
Xeneta Update: Spiralling ocean container shipping market set to peak, but will not bring an end to shippers’ problems
Gambia Ports Authority and Turkiye’s Albayrak Group put ink to 30-year port concession agreement
Rocket launch debris: IMO explores ocean threats
WHARF TALK: Hospital Ship No.67 – GERUSALEMME
Study finds health risks in switching ships from diesel to ammonia fuel
ABL appointed to provide MWS services for Phase 2 of the Congo LNG development project
Iraq: Major ports’ maritime single window
Welcome ‘Full Up’ sign outside Durban Dry Dock
WHARF TALK: MR1 chemical tanker – MTM KEY WEST
Ultra Galaxy salvage attempt weekend wrap
Transnet suspends rail operations on Cape Main Line due to weather damage
IMO: Call for Expressions of Interest – Reducing ship GHG emissions
Container ship CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin loses 44 containers overboard off Durban
Inland Navigation: Pathway for sustainable urbanization & industrialisation in Africa
Ultra Galaxy update – salvage operations take centre stage
Transnet gradually resuming port operations at Cape ports
Korean Register successfully installs onboard carbon capture system onto container ship

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 16 June 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   Atlantic Narval

WHARF TALK: New ‘Russian’ Transnet Harbour Tugs
Houthi missiles strike several ships, engineroom of m/v Tutor flooded
Trade News: All new ships should be built to a seawater-lubricated sterntubeless ship design, says Leontopoulos
Two of TNPA’s four new harbour tugs will operate at East London
WHARF TALK: handy class size products tanker – ALFRED N
MPDC and CFM sign Joint Service Level Agreement for greater logistics efficiencies
Transnet another who is angry and disappointed with World Bank port rankings
In Conversation: Africa’s freeports should boost trade and foreign exchange earnings – but evidence is thin
WHARF TALK: multipurpose project ships – BBC NYHAVN and BBC NAGASAKI
LNG newbuilding values at record high
ONE & Freightliner switch to HVO fuel oil for UK rail cargo
TNPA’s four latest tugs arrive in Durban – Photographs
Angry Djibouti refutes World Bank port container performance rankings
WHARF TALK: LR2 product tanker – KING PHILIPPOS
Heads Up! Four new Transnet tugs arriving Durban today (Tuesday 11 June)
NATO Mine Countermeasures Task Group: Major Italian exercise
World Bank publishes Port Rankings for 2023 – poor showing by SA ports
WHARF TALk: pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) – SAIC ANJI SINCERITY
Port News & Shipping Advisories
Houthis keep up with their attacks on merchant and naval ships
Lobese reaches out to Chinese Navy
Mauritius: Dry-dock operations: biofouling prevention
In Conversation: South Africa’s largest oil refinery sold for a few cents: will BP and Shell be held accountable for environmental damage?
Cameroon: Boosting seafarer training and certification skills
Mozambique’s Coral Sul exports 58 LNG shipments since November 2022
World Ocean Day 2024: Environmental concerns prompting nearly half of consumers to switch diets
Did you know? 5 ways sustainable fishing gives us more on World Oceans Day

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 21 October 2022

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BP tanker arrives to load LNG at the Coral Sul FLNG
WHARF TALK: first of the cruise ships HANSEATIC SPIRIT
World Bank to finance Nacala port upgrades to assist Malawi
Important arrests made in Transnet pipeline theft investigations
Xeneta Update: Reefers riding out spot rate storm better than dry containers on key North Europe routes
SAECS advisory: Santa Clara to bypass Cape Town
SA Port Statistics for the month of September 2022
WHARF TALK: ore or bulk carrier or? BANGUS
Zambia’s president commits to full use of Walvis Bay’s Zambia Dry Port
IN CONVERSATION: How do you instantly create 10 ghost towns? Stop using coal, Gwede Mantashe warns
CMA CGM Reshuffles three services to West Africa
Second SA Navy Inshore Patrol Vessel MMIPV ‘blessed’
Transnet introduces recovery plan after majority of workers return
WHARF TALK:   general purpose tanker PACIFIC TRADER
Cruise Ship Schedule for Port of Durban 2022-2023
IN CONVERSATION: Coastal erosion is unstoppable – so how do we live with it?
US Coast Guard Strategy released for 2022 and beyond
International: Market volatility causing the classic ‘boom and bust cycle’ in the container shipping industry
STRIKE UPDATE: Transnet reaches agreement with majority union UNTU
WHARF TALK: Chinese MR2 products tanker ARDMORE SEAVANGUARD
WTO Trade Policy Review: Djibouti
NAMPORT RESULTS: Mixed fortunes, but altogether not a bad year
CMA CGM opens new winter version of EUROMAR with new service tween Morocco & North Europe
Out of the ordinary NSRI sea rescue evacuation off KZN South Coast
MSC’s TiL is the preferred bidder for Walvis Bay Container Terminal concession
WHARF TALK: midsize LPG tanker GASCHEM AACHEN
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IN CONVERSATION: Somalia: Puntland state port is getting a revamp – this is key to its future
TRADE NEWS: Wilhelmsen enters into an agreement to acquire Vopak Agencies
Fishing vessel safety: The 2012 Cape Town Agreement – IMO Secretary-General urges ratification

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 25 September 2021

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FIRST VIEW:   JOLLY COBALTO

WHARF TALK: Dramatic local beginning for new South African tug – UMKHUSELI
Special Feature: Shining the Light:  South Africa’s lightkeeping heritage
WHARF TALK: Former Safmarine ship – UML VALENTINA
Back to the future for Inchcape in Sri Lanka
IN CONVERSATION: Scientists still don’t know how far melting in Antarctica will go – or the sea level rise it will unleash
TNPA appoints Durban Port Manager
WHARF TALK: Handysize bulker from a great shipping line – WULIN
Commercial production at Mozambique’s Coral Sul FLNG on track for 2022
Benin Terminal commissions two Konecranes container handlers at port of Cotonou
Cameroon’s Kribi port terminal bolstered by five new RTGs
Maritime sector’s commitment on climate change: Highlight of IMO new video
Debmarine diamond recovery ship Benguela Gem arrives in Cape Town
WHARF TALK: New charter vessel for MACS – ARAMIS
IN CONVERSATION: How big is the Islamic threat in Mozambique? And why are Rwandan troops there?
UNCTAD: Strengthening resilience in commodity-dependent countries
USS Herschel ‘Woody’ Williams arrives in Walvis Bay
De Beers’ Damen-built diamond recovery ship heads for South Africa
Disabled MSC KATERINA arrives under tow in Durban for repairs
WHARF TALK:   Offshore support vessel heading for Angola – GREATSHIP MANISHA
AMSOL welcomes new anchor handling vessel tug supply vessel UMKHUSELI to the fleet
No Time To Die: new James Bond film with a helping hand from CMA CGM
IN CONVERSATION: How a new app helps fishing boats avoid endangered species
WHARF TALK: another in the ‘stream of tankers’ – STI EXCEL
Delivering Covid-19 vaccines: International organizations, vaccine manufacturers to intensify cooperation

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : JPO LEO
Nigeria’s head of Ship Owners Assoc speaks out on floating dock plan
Maputo-Catembe Bridge delayed yet again
35 Seafarers kidnapped in Gulf of Guinea in first half of 2018-EOS Report
Djibouti improves position in World Bank rankings due to infrastructure spend
Coega car plant BAIC ramps up use of local materials and labour
Hapag-Lloyd annopunces Europe-Australia (EAX) rotation & terminal changes
Transaid Latest-transforming lives through safe, available, and sustainable transport
TNPA observes Women’s Month
How the new fuel regulations change the entire shipping industry
Complimentary map: Port projects in the Middle East
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : MAERSK VARNA

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : ARDMORE DEFENDER
SA trade surplus decreases but is above market expectations
Beit Bridge border crossing in line for major overhaul
Ghana and Ivory Coast to collaborate over future cocoa sales
Subsea 7 announces contracts with OneSubsea for offshore Equatoria Guinea
TUI’s New Mein Schiff 1 tastes water for first time
Damen aims at expansion with appointment of new sales director
Durban port closed to traffic last night
PRESS RELEASE: Xeneta sees mixed fortunes for container segment’s peak season
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : YASA PEMBE

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