Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 27 July 2024

Africa PORTS & SHIPS

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FIRST VIEW:   VOLANS

Ultra Galaxy salvage continues – crew repatriated
New round of MSC funding supports fisheries research
IMO Council: Transparency and access to information
The Future is Here: China commissions two all-electric container ships
WHARF TALK: MR2 class products tanker – MP MR TANKER 2
US and Africa: US will work with African nations
Investigation and enquiry into FPSO fire offshore Nigeria
Port Updates and Advisories
Senegal’s cashew nut season begins with mega-shipment from Dakar-terminal
WHARF TALK: Newcastlemax bulk carrier – STAR SIENNA
Houthi Red Sea crisis hurts Suez Canal revenues
Suez Canal Company takes delivery of locally-built floating crane
Maersk Frankfurt fire – one seafarer dead on ship
Mombasa Container Terminal at risk of catching up on Durban’s DCT
WHARF TALK: MR2 products tanker – HAFNIA SWIFT
Container ship spends ten days and counting alongside Durban Container Terminal
Senegal an exporter as first oil shipment heads to Europe
SA Port Statistics for June 2024
WHARF TALK: MR2 products tanker – ANDREA VICTORY
Red Sea escalation: Israel bombs Yemen’s Port Hodeidah
The Ever Changing Face of Ships – the Ulstein Twin X-Stern
A new global alliance on ocean litter: Invitation to shipping and fisheries companies
Maersk Frankfurt on fire in Arabian Sea
Transnet secures USD 1 billion loan from African Development Bank Group
Giant CMA CGM container ship cleared to sail after losing containers overboard
Damen contracts with Toyota Tsusho for four tugs for Namibe port

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 2 May 2024

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

FIRST VIEW:   Costa Deliziosa

WHARF TALK: Kamsarmax bulk carrier – ODYSSEAS L
Drone attack on diverted MSC Orion in Arabian Sea
Angola confirms intention of linking all three railway corridors
Port State Control Officers: IMO boosting maritime security skills
AD Ports awarded 20-Year concession to operate & upgrade Luanda MPT
AD Ports obtiene una concesión de 20 años para operar y mejorar el MPT de Luanda
WHARF TALK: British Military Sealift vessel – ANVIL POINT
Houthi attacks on Red Sea & GoA ships continue
Beira dredger Macuti returns to Mozambique port
UK MAIB Safety Digest issued
Turkish warship visits Somalia
Port News and Shipping Advisories
UK presents hydrographic award to Nigeria
Nigerian Navy’s second Dearsan OSV launched
Engineers open 10.6-metre deep channel under Baltimore’s collapsed bridge

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 27 April 2024

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

FIRST VIEW:   Port Nolloth

Nigerian Navy’s second Dearsan OSV launched
Engineers open 10.6-metre deep channel under Baltimore’s collapsed bridge
TNPA seeks RFP from potential liquid bulk terminal operator
WHARF TALK: return of the Rotorship – E-SHIP 1
Mercy Ships to grow fleet with new hospital ship with help from MSC & MSC Foundation
Xeneta Update: Counting the cost of war on the climate
Red Sea Crisis and implications for trade facilitation in Africa
Port News, Updates & Advisories
Hawks make R15m drug haul on ship in Richards Bay
WHARF TALK: expeditionary passenger vessel – NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER
Nigerian Navy takes delivery of new OSV 115 hydrographic survey vessel
Boskalis completes massive Maldives dredging & reclamation project
IMO S-G addresses the Legal Committee: Call for release of seized seafarers
Diverting shipping around the Cape, a costly business
WHARF TALK: Super Yacht – YAS
Another riverboat tragedy in Africa – more than 58 dead
In Conversation: Blue whales: first discovery near Seychelles in decades – what our study found
Port news and shipping advisories
New home sought for Durban port Vessel Tracking System (VTS) Radar
WHARF TALK: passenger cruise ship – RESILIENT LADY
Port News & Views: Advisories & Observations
SA initiates dispute with WTO over Black Spot Citrus regulations
IMO and port security training in Kenya – Tackling maritime security threats
Operation Aspides: German frigates exchange places in Red Sea
Finland joins Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) as 43rd member
Domestic ferry safety in Africa: IMO regional seminar
UNCTAD rebrands to UN Trade & Development
International Maritime Bureau: Concern raised on continued piracy
Analysis: South Africa’s national security priorities in question amidst troop deployment, naval visits

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 9 September 2023

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

FIRST VIEW:   Durban Container Terminals Piers 1 & 2

Mystery over APM Terminals reported sale of majority share in Luanda container terminal
WHARF TALK: Split bridge superstructure,  Part 2 of MSC BIANCA
Making Africa a renewable energy superpower: UN S-G speaks
Port of Beira to implement new reefer management system
Trans Kalahari Corridor Secretariat opens new offices in Windhoek
Govt issues Lady R executive summary report 
Port of Beira attracts ONE as new shipping carrier
WHARF TALK: Neo-Panamax container vessel MSC BIANCA Part 1
FIT Alliance launches ‘Declaration of the electronic Bill of Lading’
Turkish company Tosyali Holding to export 1.8 million tonnes of iron from Namibe
Surveillance of Russian vessels: A new Defence Minister
No evidence of weapons loaded for export onto Lady R
WHARF TALK: chemical tanker YC AZALEA
HMS Prince of Wales departs Portsmouth
Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) Container Terminal 2 concession awarded to APM Terminals’ SCCT
Seychelles to dredge sand for stockpile replenishment
Trade News: XXL monopile transport system lowers storage and handling costs
Transnet issues financial year end Report: unmodified audit opinion
Transnet financial report 2023 in some detail
WHARF TALK: Handymax bulk carrier VOGE MIA
Durban Dry Dock rehabilitation: Pump station commissioned 
TNPA issues RFP for East London port road widening
MOL Group Launches 1st Warehouse Operation in Africa
Shipping caught up in Gabon coup d’état
HMS Prince of Wales departs Portsmouth
SA Navy back on show with a mini festival
Xeneta Update: Long-term ocean freight rates plunge by more than 60% in year of decline, but changing fortunes appear imminent

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 2 September 2023

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

FIRST VIEW:   MSC YASHI B

TNPA reaches out to Port Elizabeth NSRI with donation of equipment
WHARF TALK: MR2 product tanker TORM ASLAUG
In Conversation: Landlocked Ethiopia wants better sea access: a port deal with neighbours could benefit the region
Transnet Board – Our view on the latest changes
Eco Atlantic moving ahead with two-well campaign offshore Orange River mouth
Rail services between South Africa and Maputo to be expanded for chrome & ferrochrome
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose heavylift vessel ATLANTIC
Angola’s Southern Moçâmedes Corridor moves 600,000 tons in 2023 H1
O Corredor Sul de Moçâmedes de Angola movimenta 600.000 toneladas no primeiro semestre de 2023
SAECS/SRX update – vessel Mehuin to omit Port of Cape Town
P&O Britannia cruise ship collides with second ship during storm
Port of Richards Bay to upgrade Bayvue Railyard
WHARF TALK: Neo Panamax container vessel SANTA ISABEL
Banjul port expansion and Sanyang Deep Seaport development approved
ONE overtakes Evergreen into sixth position
Ghana’s Transaid road safety project: London to Paris sponsored Cycle Challenge
In Malawi truck drivers are taught about human risks of trafficking
TFR Outcomes-Based security teams make important crime busts
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose heavylift carrier TIDE NAVIGATOR
INTERCARGO warns on liquefaction
Grindrod posts positive half-year results
DP World 2023 announces H1 results
Cornelder de Moçambique, Beira port puts down new container markers
Xeneta Update: Latest data is ‘a wake-up call’ for shippers
Mercy Ship’s Global Mercy arrives in Freetown, Sierra Leone
TFR update: All three lines at Hercules outside Pretoria reopened
SAECS service rotation update

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Wednesday’s Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Wednesday’s Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Here are today’s News Headlines:

First View : BALTIC PRIDE
Tanker highjacked off Somali Puntland coast
Deepwater port and railway at Macuse in Mozambique to go ahead
TPT’s DCT implements container appointment system
Congo Terminal employs female gantry crane operators
Russian groups to build oil refinery and rail link in Angola
Talk of reviving Kenya National Shipping Line
Naval: Royal Navy’s first Offshore Patrol Vessel named
PRESS RELEASES: Saga Shipholding installs all 32 ships with Optimarin Ballast System
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : APL SANTIAGO

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