Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 8 July 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW: RICHARDS BAY PORT & WATERFRONT

End of era as last DAL container ship is renamed Kalahari Express
IN CONVERSATION: How Africans can assess the value of the latest G7 summit
APM Terminals takes the next step on its strategic journey
WHARF TALK: BOUVET ISLAND – the modern Atlantis, found then lost for 70 years
Calabar port dredging dispute amicably settled, says Nigerian Ports Authority CEO
Libya shuts two of its largest export oil terminals plus an oilfield
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS: Special Shibata fenders enable harbour deepening to go ahead
Transnet lifts force majeure for those coal exporters who have signed a Deed of Amendment
WHARF TALK: HMS Woolwich  1806 & 1807
Zambia to build diesel pipeline from Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam
Transnet takes on 400 interns in new intake
IN CONVERSATION: How Nigeria can turn its huge cashew waste into valuable citric acid
Historic rail agreement sees goods trains operating between Maputo and Belfast
WHARF TALK: MR2 products tanker – HAFNIA ANDREA
IMO in South Africa: Prevention of stowaway cases, ratification of the FAL Convention
AD Ports Group acquires control of Egypt’s Transmar and Transcargo International (TCI) companies
CMA CGM agrees to reduce shipping rates, but only if it’s to France
Nigeria’s Lekki deepwater port receives next generation STS and RTG cranes
Durban and Richards Bay Port Master Plans due for validation
WHARF TALK: Dutch multipurpose vessel – BREADBOX XERUS
Port Elizabeth Car Terminal achieves record 5,700 export units on one vessel
UK-Africa trade and investment: New trade commissioner
Nacala rail corridor back in full operation
International Grains Council: New chair – Dr Florence Kaibi of Kenya
IN CONVERSATION: How marine fisheries can add millions of tonnes to Africa’s catch
XENETA Container Alert: long-term shipping rates shrug off uncertainty to rise again
Port of Dover Western Docks progress

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 24 June 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:  CLEAROCEAN MUSTANG

French naval & polar supply ship L’Astrolabe arrives in Durban
WHARF TALK: Sampling and mineral exploration ship THE EXPLORER
Cruise News: Stories from the world of cruising
IN CONVERSATION: World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it’s not fixed yet
Zero shipping carbons emissions by 2050 – Gibson Shipbroker report
Emerging technology gives first ever global view of hidden vessels
CRUISE NEWS: A&K Travel Group acquires two gems in Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony
IN CONVERSATION: Alarm bells ring after 15,000 sheep drown as transport ship capsizes in Port of Sudan
Constitutional Court rules in favour of Transnet over pipeline dispute
IATA AGM Day Two – Safe carriage of lithium batteries: Parallels with maritime carriage
New dredger named Estoril arrives for port of Beira
WHARF TALK: Supramax bulk carrier DE SHENG 1
US visit to APM Terminals at the Liberian Free Port of Monrovia
The Future is Here: ESL Shipping to use Neste’s co-processed marine fuel
The Future is Here: First commercial flight using sustainable fuel (SAF)
LNG-powered MSC World Europa completes first set of sea trials
Expansion plans for Durban, Ngqura port terminals welcomed
WHARF TALK: LR1 oil products tanker – LEADER
ICAO Assembly: Need to adopt long term aspirational goal to save aviation
Coral Sul FLNG takes in its first natural gas from offshore northern Mozambique
IN CONVERSATION: What’s driving the surge in South Africa’s fuel price
Latest Service Operation Vessel (SOV), Edda Brint, is named
Oil starts ‘flowing’ along Nacala Rail Corridor to Malawi
High volumes amid signs of recovery in auto industry
WHARF TALK: HMS Bounty of 1788 and the return of the Bounty mutineers 1792
Strengthening Port Security in South Africa: IMO and UK DfT input
WHARF TALK: Maritime News in Brief
IN CONVERSATION: China to adopt genetically modified maize and soy: why it matters for South Africa
MSC makes bid for leading cruise port operator, Global Ports Holdings
BUSA slams government over last week’s road blockades
WTO Ministerial Conference MC12 outcomes: The Geneva Package 12-17 June

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : DAR MLODZIEZY
Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama and two other officials served with suspension notices
Cape Town plays host to famous Polish tall ship
Vale Mocambique’s debt reaches almost US$8 billion
Lagos’ Apapa-Wharf Road for completion in September, according to NPA
Dti endorses recommendation to increase sugar import duties
Mozambique enforces compulsory weighing of containers
MOL looks at autnomous berthing of ships
Migration of reefer traffic to containers intensifies–Drewry
Crew abandon VLCC after explosion off coast of Oman
Nor-Shipping 2019 devotes entire hall to focus on Blue Economy
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : STAR CANOPUS

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : JOLLY DIAMANTE
TNPA ports wins four out of seven PMAESA Awards
Vale Moçambique pulls out of exporting coal via Port of Beira and Sena Railroad
Nigeria issues directive enforcing palletisation of containerised cargo
SA Agulhas arrives in Port Louis, Mauritius
RFA Tidespring joins the Fleet
Total and CMA CGM agreement on LNG supply for newbuild CMA CGM container ships
Video of Miniature Wonderland — Hamburg’s largest model railway
Guinea — SMB-Winning announces a US$ 3 Billion Investment
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : BOSPHORUS PRINCE

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : STOLT SNELAND
TNPA appoints new port managers at East London & Mossel Bay
Four African nations eected to 40-member IMO Council
Damen Shipyards Cape Town hosts one-day Dredging Seminar and Demo
US$ 2.7 billion contracts signed for Nacala Corridor
Ports Regulator grants TNPA average of 2.5% increase in tariffs
NSRI 17-hour mission to rescue vessel 40 nautical miles off the coast
RAF military advisory training team in Nigeria
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : SEASTAR ENDEAVOUR

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : STOLT SELJE
Höegh Autoliners faces prosecution on 7 charges of collusive action and price fixing
Tete coalfields to have four rail services to the coast
Lucky sea rescue off Port Elizabeth
TAZARA links with Bombardier with MoU
Namibia reports illegal fishing vessels to Angola
Hurricane Irma: HMS Ocean arrives at Gibraltar
PRESS RELEASE: Autonomous ships and the human element
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : THEMIS LEADER

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