Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 12 December 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

FIRST VIEW:  MSC ORCHESTRA

IN CONVERSATION: Planned seismic survey by Shell has kicked up a storm in South Africa. Here’s an explainer
Matola scores with a Capesize, its largest ever ship in Port Maputo
WHARF TALK: All Indian tanker – JAG APARNA
SA minister visits Port of Rotterdam to discuss hydrogen exports
IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee: 22-26 November – Part 2
Interesting book release: The Ever Given
TRADE NEWS: Xeneta Shipping Index by Compass is launched
UNCTAD and Africa Report
Grindrod stake in new freight ferry service to be introduced on Lake Victoria
WHARF TALK: Ice class general cargo vessel – MALIK ARCTICA
IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee: 22-26 November
Who’s the biggest of them all? MSC now on top, but Maersk still has the most ships
Liberia and China sign MoU to bolster and expand on maritime safety
UN Security Council adopts resolution to combat the continuing threat of piracy off the coast of Somalia
Capt Nick Sloane appointed as President of International Salvage Union
Wallenius Wilhelmsen celebrates naming ceremony for car carrier MV Nabucco
CRUISE NEWS: Hurtigruten launches more West African cruises; Covid and Omicron on board Norwegian cruise ship
West Africa: where have the pirates gone?
TNPA dredger Isandlwana replenishing sand on Durban beaches to prevent beach erosion
WHARF TALK: Unusual visitor to Cape Town – TEMIS
Maritime Safety: UK MAIB and collision investigation – Anchoring: Marine Guidance Note issued
Shell gets go-ahead with seismic survey off Eastern Cape Wild Coast
News From the Coast: Ships in port tonight; Seismic Surey underway, Platform vessel Temis
WHARF TALK: Ultramax SDARI Dolphin 64 design – CP CHONGQING
Omicron: Transport leaders warn of governments’ knee-jerk reaction: Supply chain at greater risk
Singapore suspends crew change for those with recent travel history to southern Africa
Nigerian Ports set date to become fully digital by 2025
BIMCO’s new contract for Employment of Security Escort Vessels

Read more

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 17 October 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

First View: MSC JEANNE

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to prioritise Intra-African trade
WHARF TALK:  keeping the wheels turning – HELLAS NEMESIS
IN CONVERSATION: Overseas trade has a hidden environmental ‘disaster footprint’ – new report
Protect our Oceans, keep trash in the bin – Port of Mossel Bay
Coega Development Corp welcomes DHL as investor in the SEZ
Transnet investigating another fire at Port of Richards Bay
Three new port managers appointed by Nigeria Ports Authority
WHARF TALK: LR1 Panamax products tanker – NORDIC TRISTAN
WTO issues new edition of Trade Profiles
DP World and CDC Group create US$ 1 billion investment platform in three African ports
KPA denies there is port congestion at Mombasa
WHARF TALK: Final reefer of the 2021 season – ICE GLACIER
CDC calls for proposals for new manganese export terminal at Ngqura
WATER: What is needed, per WMO
Mammoet’s heavy lifting services in action for Djibouti’s first renewable energy farm
Impact of Congestion on Chinese Ports – project44 report
Update on fire on the Houseboat Shayamanzi on Lake Jozini
WHARF TALK: a tale of a new tanker & new oil & gas port – AL KHTAM
IN CONVERSATION: China’s ‘Silk Road urbanism’ is changing cities from London to Kampala – can locals keep control?
SA’s hydrogen valley receives feasibility study stamp of approval
New IMO video highlights need for domestic ferry regulations
Fire onboard luxury passenger vessel on Jozini Dam, northern Zululand
Second cargo of copper cathodes exported through Port of Walvis Bay
WHARF TALK: From Russia with…. –   VENTURE GRACE
Confident UK logistics recovery forecast
TSHD Isandlwana sets new dredging record at Port of Mossel Bay
TRADE NEWS: Haropa port installs ShoreTension®
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin KCB ADC appointed as Chief of the Defence Staff
Covid-19’s heavy US$10 Billion burden on African airlines

Read more