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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 17 August 2024

17th August 2024 Terry Hutson Current & Older News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

FIRST VIEW: GRANDE GABON

Port of Nacala looking at record levels of growth
Durban’s five new tugs are officially named
Barcelona expands: New automated cranes
WHARF TALK: Grindrod container ship – HORIZON
Transnet concerned with media reports over OBS tender process
In port today: Wadi Bani Khalid
Hapag-Lloyd enjoys strong first half of 2024
Port News & Advisories
TPT & truckers pilot a truck booking solution at Durban terminals
WHARF TALK: Heavy transport vessel – YU ZHOU SHI JIA
USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams visiting Angola
IMO and the insider security threat: New toolkit to curb
Maersk expects Red Sea crisis to continue through the year
Positive news for railed coal deliveries to Port of Richards Bay
WHARF TALK: MR2 class products tanker – TORM DISCOVERER
TNPA replaces all capstans at Durban and Cape Town port dry docks
Dramatic rescue of 59 people from sinking dredger off Nigerian coast
Standing NATO Maritime Group in East Mediterranean
Container Rail Corridor faces annual maintenance shutdown
WHARF TALK: Handy class bulk carrier – VANTAGE REEF
Explosion at Ningbo-Zhoushan port in China raises further serious safety concerns in ocean container shipping
Xeneta Update: Another record-breaking month for container shipping
AfDB grants Comoros US$ 135M for port & trade development
Comoros: IMO bolsters Port State Control capabilities
Road upgrade to help ease Port of Durban congestion
Port News & Advisories
All aboard for Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway
SA Navy Chief to Deliver Maritime Security Keynote at AAD 2024 Conference

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 9 May 2021

2nd May 2021 Terry Hutson Current & Older News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

Front Page: FOREVER HARMONY

WHARF TALK: Chartered container ship Cypress flies the CMA CGM flag
Lekki port developers receive first installment of the loan facility to build the port
CAPE, an appropriate name for a ship calling at the Tavern of the Seas
TAZARA faces shortfall in freight carried for 2021/22
Scary moment on Lake Nyasa as mv Mbeya II is grounded by huge waves
UPDATE on quarantined ship Eaubonne in Durban harbour
Port of Douala terminal orders two Konecranes Gottwald Mobile harbour cranes
WHARF TALK: MSC Gabriella: Bet you didn’t know this
Update on Mozambique’s Palma in the aftermath of the March attack, Part 3
MSC Seaside returns to cruising with new Mediterranean destinations
Call for second Suez Canal channel to avoid another Ever Given
More Transnet Freight Rail cable theft arrests
Update on Mozambique’s Palma in the aftermath of the March attack, Part 2
WHARF TALK: Unicorn tanker named SC Draco calls at Cape Town
SAMSA appoints new acting senior managers
Bolloré Transport & Logistics alongside UNICEF in fight against malaria
Ship placed under quarantine in Durban in fear of Coronavirus
Update on Mozambique’s Palma in the aftermath of the March attack
WHARF TALK: Chinese tanker Lian Gui Hu calls at Cape Town
IN CONVERSATION: Watching a coral reef die as climate change devastates one of the most pristine tropical island areas on Earth
Celebrating Fish for Good: Setting a course for sustainable fishing in South Africa
Höegh Autoliners launching Aurora class: largest & most environmentally-friendly car carrier
Bon Voyage……saying ‘Goodbye’ to saying Goodbye
Royal Navy News
WHARF TALK: Oryong No.373 in port for planned maintenance & serious repair
Royal Canadian Navy Ship HMCS Calgary seizes record drug haul
Demand for HSFO to remain until future fuels roll out on larger scale – BIMCO
WHARF TALK: Bittersweet as HORIZON sails on
At IMO a new series of webinars on oil spill preparedness and response
US cruising to re-start in mid-July subject to COVID vaccinations
Port of Lüderitz to use feeder vessel for transships to Handymax or Capesize vessels