Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 25 September 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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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 10 June 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

FIRST VIEW:   MAERSK MESSINA

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WHARF TALK: Leon Thevenin – Cape Town-based cable repair ship
Cutty Sark remembered
MSC Cruises cancels deployment to SA by MSC Lirica, MSC Musica cruises unaffected
MSC Cruises to resume cruising from U.S. ports
First citrus export leaves Durban for the Philippines
TRADE NEWS: HHI orders ALS compressors for five LNG vessels
OOPS, what went wrong? Durban pilot boat goes aground
Coega Development Corporation to manage two Ngqura port infrastructural projects
WHARF TALK: Rare visit to Cape Town by diamond mining vessel SS Nujoma
Port of Luanda Sogester Container Terminal implements the Solvo.TOS system
Lines divert from Yantian port as COVID-19 intensifies
Yantian port delays worsen over COVID-19 outbreak, causing serious congestion
REFLECTIONS: Ferreira – ex CUTTY SARK – Cape Town 1916
Keel laid at Kisumu for Kenya’s new rail wagon ferry, Uhuru II
WHARF TALK: Calypso 8, an unexpected VLCC arrival
AVIATION: Kenya flower exports a bloomin’ success
X-Press Pearl incident: Statement by Kitack Lim, Secretary-General, IMO
IN CONVERSATION: Colonial ports, customs and censorship: tracking books from ship to shore
The G7 Summit
WHARF TALK: SANMAR SONGBIRD – a ‘song and a dance’ across the ocean
World Ocean Day: 8 June 2021: One Ocean, One Climate, One Future – Together
The Navigator: Summer 2021 issue: Unpeeling the layers of navigation
WHARF TALK: Another day, another LR1 tanker – Bani Yas
Unbelievable charter rate achieved for 5,000-TEU ship – $135,000 per day!
CMA CGM reports $2.1 billion profit for Q1 2021
International Day of the Seafarer: 25 June 2021 – The sounding of the horns
WHARF TALK: Questioning why Saldanha doesn’t provide bunkers? Marigoula
Watch dockside crane collapse on Durban ship and across containers
NATO Exercise Formidable Shield
PIRACY REPORT: Ship approached southwest of Lomé, not boarded
Karmol LNGT Powership Africa arrives in Dakar to join Karpowership Ayşegul Sultan
WHARF TALK: A Cape Town facelift for MSC ship, GH Meltemi

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : AFRICAN WEAVER
Djibouti intends nationalising the Doraleh Container Terminal
OOCL introduces Asia-East Africa services this month
Fears that commissioning of Kribi port may lead to over-logging in Congo basin
Focus on Namibia as Cormorant Well spuds
Port Elizabeth harbour opens to be part of Nelson Mandela Urban Fun Run
New Kleven-built R2 billion diamond mining ship for Debmarine
Destroyer USS Jason Dunham seizes 2,521 AK-47 rifles in Gulf of Aden
Launch of campaign to tackle offshore fatigue
AAPA gathering remembers 9/11 victims
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : STENA IMPERATIVE

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Here are the day’s News Headlines:

First View : CCNI ANGOL
Wärtsilä secures operations of De Beers’ diamond mining vessel Debmar Pacific
Cargo ship named Lada detained in Algoa Bay with explosives on board
Mozambique’s Limpopo railway under-utilised due to little Zimbabwe traffic
Michael Asherson to join Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys as partner
Missing tanker Pantalena reappears and docks in Lome, Togo
Kenya to Sign $3.8b SGR contract for next phase of SGR railway
UK Government statements on Brexit still leave questions unanswered
UK Defence in the Arctic
Industry frontrunners to collaborate in making ‘green’ propulsion a reality
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : TOREADOR

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : SHELDUCK
SA Agulhas takes young crew and scientists to Antarctica
De Beers plans another newbuild diamond mining vessel with Kleven
Nigeria gets serious about Bayelsa Waterways security and deploys 16 gunboats
Beira LNG terminal to open for business in January
MSC Musica’s arrival will signal growth in South Africa’s cruise industry
TPT takes delivery of 23 Kalmar straddle carriers
China’s NDRC calls on state-owned ports to cut handling fees & end monopolistic practices
SA Port Regulator decision on TNPA Tariff Application
Concern over cyber liability & lack of regulation with unmanned ships
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pic of the Day : CROWN RUBY

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Here are the day’s News Headlines:

First View : LEO SPIRIT
US warship in collision
World Maritime Day 2020 conference comes to Durban
Another heroin smuggler nabbed by Australian Navy off African coast
Cameroon hands back stolen Nigerian research vessel
Diamond mining ship SS Nujoma ready for service
Ethiopia negotiates to buy into Port of Berbera
PRESS RELEASES
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : LEEUW

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