Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 28 October 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 24 October 2022

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FIRST VIEW:   EUROPA 2

Cape Town Terminals clear backlog ahead of approaching fruit export season
WHARF TALK: Dynamic Positioning vessel BOURBON EVOLUTION
IN CONVERSATION: Kenya has lifted its ban on genetically modified crops: the risks and opportunities
Ringfencing Port of Durban with new high security fencing
Govt casts Denel a R3.4 billion lifeline
Transnet welcomes R5.8 billion additional funding from National Treasury
WHARF TALK: SA Diamond Sampling Vessel CORAL SEA
Accra accueille la neuvième Conférence Régionale de l’Initiative Mondiale pour l’Afrique occidentale, centrale et australe (GI WACAF)(7 – 10 Novembre 2022)
The 9th Regional Conference of the Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa (GI WACAF)
IN CONVERSATION: Kenya’s big railway project makes life even harder for the poor by ignoring their reality
Black Sea Grain Initiative offers hope, shows power of trade
Ports gearing for bumper cruise season, says Transnet
National consultation on proposed amendments to regulations of the Merchant Shipping Act
A simple word window into Durban Port
WHARF TALK: MR2 tanker HELLAS APHRODITE
IMO and Africa
New Managing Director appointed at APM Terminals Liberia
Scanners go into use at Apapa port over a month ago
Dachser SA: Responding to forces that impact the supply chain
New monthly record for TPT’s Durban Car Terminal
WHARF TALK: new Warrior-class MMIPV SAS ADAM KOK P1572 
Abidjan’s new ‘Côte d’Ivoire’ container terminal’s successful test call
Partial lifting of force majeure for TPT terminals
First Meko A-200 type frigate handed over to Egyptian Navy
Port of Dunkerque delegation visits Namport

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 21 October 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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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
News in Brief
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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