Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 13 January 2023

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   Durban Marina

Impasse, as Transnet locks horns with Chinese loco builder, CRRC E-Loco Supply
Norwegian Tall Ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl arrives in Cape Town on circumnavigation cruise
Watching the Gangway 5 by Paul Ridgway
IN CONVERSATION: How do floating wind turbines work? 5 companies just won the first US leases for building them off California’s coast
Energy Companies are raring to go in Africa in 2023 with sustainable energy development
Xeneta container rates alert: calm before storm
Mercy Ships’ founder receives Lifetime Achievement Award at GE7 Africa Visionary Leaders Annual Summit
Le fondateur de Mercy Ships reçoit le Lifetime Achievement Award lors du sommet annuel des leaders visionnaires africains de GE7
Watching the Gangway 4   by Paul Ridgway
WHARF TALK: SA Port Statistics for November 2022
FIRE ON SHIP IN DURBAN PORT – UPDATE
BREAKING NEWS: FIRE ON SHIP IN DURBAN HARBOUR
Watching the Gangway 3  by Paul Ridgway
Watching the Gangway 2  by Paul Ridgway
MSC completes full ownership of Bolloré Africa Logistics
Xeneta Freight Rates Update: Week 50
Watching the Gangway 1  by Paul Ridgway
IN CONVERSATION: Africa’s ports race is hyped as ‘development’ but also creates pathways for plunder
WHARF TALK: Antarctic krill trawler SEJONG
Cruise News: Unexpected arrival & MSC launches latest flagship, MSC Seascape
Holding Steady in a Turbulent Oil and Gas Market
UNCLOS – The UN Law of the Sea Convention: More relevant than ever
IN CONVERSATION: Joe Biden is meeting African leaders – why free trade is a major talking point
UNCTAD releases key data report on global economic, trade and development trends
WHARF TALK: Fisheries Protection Vessel VICTORIA MXENGE
Port of Walvis Bay to handle 110,900 tonnes of salt over eight days
IN CONVERSATION: Kenya’s Lapsset development corridor: between a bright future and a grim past
Indian Ocean wreck removal – Seychelles and Reunion
Championing women in maritime
WHARF TALK: The mystery of the Lady R – gun runner or just an innocent distressed ship?
New man, Vincent Clerc replaces Søren Skou as CEO at Maersk
TNPA calls for Request for Proposals for a LPG Terminal at Durban’s Island View
Tanker attacked by pirates off Cameroon coast
Compliance with STCW: IMO reports first regional workshop in Jeddah
Six more people arrested for Transnet pipeline theft
Walvis Bay handles largest 42,000 ton consignment of petcoke
WHARF TALK: Chinese krill trawler SHEN LAN
DP World signs to develop Puntland’s Port of Bosaso
Maritime security legislation: Support for Angola
Good news as Saldanha reduces ship time spent in port
UK Government £45 million award: Maintaining UK Flagship scientific research vessels
The making of a global port, and the unmaking of a people

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 24 June 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:  CLEAROCEAN MUSTANG

French naval & polar supply ship L’Astrolabe arrives in Durban
WHARF TALK: Sampling and mineral exploration ship THE EXPLORER
Cruise News: Stories from the world of cruising
IN CONVERSATION: World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it’s not fixed yet
Zero shipping carbons emissions by 2050 – Gibson Shipbroker report
Emerging technology gives first ever global view of hidden vessels
CRUISE NEWS: A&K Travel Group acquires two gems in Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony
IN CONVERSATION: Alarm bells ring after 15,000 sheep drown as transport ship capsizes in Port of Sudan
Constitutional Court rules in favour of Transnet over pipeline dispute
IATA AGM Day Two – Safe carriage of lithium batteries: Parallels with maritime carriage
New dredger named Estoril arrives for port of Beira
WHARF TALK: Supramax bulk carrier DE SHENG 1
US visit to APM Terminals at the Liberian Free Port of Monrovia
The Future is Here: ESL Shipping to use Neste’s co-processed marine fuel
The Future is Here: First commercial flight using sustainable fuel (SAF)
LNG-powered MSC World Europa completes first set of sea trials
Expansion plans for Durban, Ngqura port terminals welcomed
WHARF TALK: LR1 oil products tanker – LEADER
ICAO Assembly: Need to adopt long term aspirational goal to save aviation
Coral Sul FLNG takes in its first natural gas from offshore northern Mozambique
IN CONVERSATION: What’s driving the surge in South Africa’s fuel price
Latest Service Operation Vessel (SOV), Edda Brint, is named
Oil starts ‘flowing’ along Nacala Rail Corridor to Malawi
High volumes amid signs of recovery in auto industry
WHARF TALK: HMS Bounty of 1788 and the return of the Bounty mutineers 1792
Strengthening Port Security in South Africa: IMO and UK DfT input
WHARF TALK: Maritime News in Brief
IN CONVERSATION: China to adopt genetically modified maize and soy: why it matters for South Africa
MSC makes bid for leading cruise port operator, Global Ports Holdings
BUSA slams government over last week’s road blockades
WTO Ministerial Conference MC12 outcomes: The Geneva Package 12-17 June

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