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 16 September 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   Ngamotu

South Korea deploys patrol boat to guard FLNG Coral Sul
WHARF TALK: MR2 tanker named AJAX
New Kenyan president asked to find solutions to delays at border crossings
Break-through: Volvo Trucks starts series production of heavy electric trucks
TRADE NEWS: NAVTOR signs major agreement with Shoei Kisen for NavFleet
Kaleris acquires Navis & launches first-of-a-kind Supply Chain Execution & Visibility Platform
Sappi Saiccor’s R7.7 billion upgrade a boost for KZN and for exports
OBITUARY: Shane Dwyer, maritime lawyer
NIMASA ordered to deploy unused new floating dock
ROAD TRANSPORT: Dachser SA enhances capabilities with new custom fleet
IN CONVERSATION: WTO head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: how trade can help beat inequality
WHARF TALK: Royal visits to South Africa – in the 19th Century
Uganda-owned ferry Pamba returns to service on Lake Victoria
Mozambique’s INAMAR levies fees for all users of coastline and sea
IMO training: Preventing loss of containers in west and central Africa
HAL makes ‘unconditional’ offer to acquire Royal Boskalis Westminster NV
Durban Container Terminal extends date of implementing changed free import storage rule
Public comment on revised Bunkering Codes is extended by one month
Dredging contract awarded to widen and deepen Monrovia’s port channels
Exmar confirms sale of FLNG Tango to Eni, along with LNG gas tanker charter
IN CONVERSATION: West Africa’s fisher women are experts at coping with job insecurity – but policymakers are using their resilience against them
Sitarail receives new tamping machine for Ivory Coast to Burkina Faso railway
The death of HM Queen Elizabeth II: Worldwide tributes
WHARF TALK: Subsea construction vessel – SKANDI AFRICA
Bolloré Logistics and Hapag-Lloyd commit on sustainable maritime transport
IN CONVERSATION: Climate change: colonial diaries in South Africa are helping scientists reconstruct weather patterns of the past to protect against future events
WMO: Climate change in Africa can destabilise countries and entire regions
OPEC Fund financing package to improve vital fishery industry in Liberia

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 12 June 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 6 June 2022

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FIRST VIEW:  DURBAN AT SUNRISE

WHARF TALK: HMS SEAHORSE 1774 – the second of two famous voyages and – HMS DOLPHIN 1776
Truckers ordered by Maputo court to vacate port property
Boskalis wins proceedings after suspending operation involving Russian project
Port of Ngqura refurbished with new SFT Element Fenders
WHARF TALK: sixth rate frigate with a history – HMS SEAHORSE
Grain imports & exports at Port of East London
NEW BOOKS: What Ship, Where Bound? A History of Visual Communication at Sea
Aviation: United Airlines commences 3 flights a week between Cape Town and New York
FOCUS ON NIGERIA: Nigerian ports to undergo massive infrastructure renewal
WHARF TALK: Danish-built reefer ship – SWEDISH STREAM
Cabotage: National Fleet will boost Australia’s maritime industry
CMA CGM turns to methanol powered container ships with large new order
After four years, Posidonia returns to the maritime stage
Port of East London reopens for agricultural maize exports
WHARF TALK: Antarctic Toothfish Longliner – SHINSEI MARU No.8
Dangers of cargo liquefaction
CMA CGM adds new call at Apapa for MIDAS 1 service
USS Sioux City deployed to CTF 153 in Red Sea
NEW BOOKS: British Sloops and Frigates of the Second World War
Liberia applies to rejoin International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA)
WHARF TALK: tug and tow into Cape Town – ATLANTIS & RENCRAFT
Two Beaver cutter suction dredgers commissioned for Ghana
The Platinum Jubilee: The naval and military contributions
NHC Northern Helicopter to travel with research ship Polarstern to polar regions
Maersk completes purchase of Senator International

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Monday’s Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : HÖEGH BRASILIA
Liberia’s third port, Sinoe, is back in business
Gigaba says Africa must trade with itself
BOOT contract signed for Port of Ngqura liquid bulk terminal
Greenpeace concludes tour with recommendations to West Africa
African Petroleum spuds Ayamé-1X exploration well off Ivory Coast
US turns down Japanese container line merger
Maersk’s quiet takeover of Hamburg Süd
PRESS RELEASES: Thordon Bearings & Drydocks World team up to convert ships to seawater lubricated shaft lines
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : YONG XING

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