Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 22 July 2023

Africa Ports & Ships maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:  Richards Bay Terminals

TNPA gets ready to kick-start deepening of N-berth at East London port’s car terminal
WHARF TALK: MR1 products tanker – HARRIS
IMO and IAPH MoU: Ship-port cooperation
Adani Ports aims at becoming terminal operator at Dar es Salaam
The Black Sea Grain Initiative
TNPA invites bids for container handling facility at Richards Bay port
TNPA invites bids for container handling facility at Richards Bay port
Three Chinese Navy ships to visit Cape Town next week
South Africa & DRC working together over border delays
Kenya’s six-year logging ban lifted- exports can resume
Proactive collaboration among all levels of government & business necessary for success of AfCFTA
Dredging Services: Making a garden for Nelson Mandela
Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasco to be the IMO Secretary General
Praise for Durban Container Terminal and port from citrus sector
WHARF TALK: trailing suction hopper dredger – WILLEM VAN ORANJE
Financing confirmed for Djibouti’s Free Trade Zone
Angola’s position as an oil and gas hub consolidated regionally
TRADE NEWS: Vesconite Hilube bearings for dredging companies
The Black Sea Grain Initiative – Russia terminates
BREAKING NEWS: ICTSI selected to manage & operate Durban Container Terminal DCT2
WHARF TALK: of tankers and terminals – ELLIE M II
Mozambique has concerns over South African truck attacks
Hapag-Lloyd’s new fortnightly West Africa Service well underway
Mozambique exports 100,000 tons of eucalyptus to Europe
It wasn’t a good week for SA transport
WHARF TALK: in with one name, out with another – VB RHYNO
Service changes on South Africa-Europe Container Service
Mozambique suspends all offshore marine activity along Beira coast
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL remembered
ME news: MSC named the World’s Most Inspiring Liner Service
ME News: CMA CGM named World’s Most Inspiring Sustainable Shipping Initiative
UPDATE: Richards Bay Terminals fully operational again
Richards Bay port at virtual standstill following ‘stop work’ order

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 21 August 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   MSC CASSANDRE

SA Port Statistics for the month of July 2022
WHARF TALK: dedicated fish reefer vessel MEITA MARU
Port digitisation project at APM Terminals Liberia set to improve efficiency and ease of doing business
NATO maritime groups: Joint mine countermeasures exercises
Tugs and pilot boats on their way to Lekki Deep Seaport
Transnet locomotive saga: High Court launched against CRRC E-Loco
WHARF TALK: Turkish MR2 class tanker PS DREAM
UN Environment Programme and EIB: The Mediterranean Basin
Toyota plant at Durban reopens following April floods
Nigerian Navy ship NNS Kada arrives in Guinea Bissau with military hardware
Transnet security personnel given powers of arrest as peace officers
WHARF TALK: arrival of a fish reefer named SEIN HONOR
NATO Group in E Med and Adriatic
IN CONVERSATION: Auto manufacturing is changing: how South Africa can adjust to protect workers and jobs
NIMASA plans visit to Mombasa shipyards on behalf of Nigerian shipowners
Presidential election results and unrest affect JKIA and Mombasa port
WHARF TALK: rare visitor to South Africa- SWARNA JAYANTI
Cruise News: Three Canary Island cruise port concessions confirmed
Concession process approved for the proposed Bagagry Deep Sea Port
Maersk Air Cargo will take off with three B767Fs
WTO: Strengthening developing countries’ participation- Ireland gives €400,000
Island Innovator rig on her way to drill off West Coast
REPEAT : Ten Companies shortlisted to operate Pier 2 DCT; four for Ngqura
WHARF TALK: small handy chemical tanker MERA 7
The Seafarers’ Happiness Index
First cargo ship in 9 years arrives in Mossel Bay harbour
Settlement reached with EU to clear citrus blocked in European ports
AD Ports Group and Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd sign MoU for joint infrastructure investments in Tanzania
Montagu acquires Maritime Intelligence (Lloyd’s List) from Informa Plc
IN CONVERSATION: Lilian Ngoyi: an heroic South African woman whose story hasn’t been fully told
Mombasa added to ONE line’s Maputo- India- Middle East (MIM) service

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