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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 13 January 2025

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FIRST VIEW:   GREAT COTONOU

Cyclone Dikeledi rages in Mozambique Channel
WHARF TALK: AHST tug PANOS P & accommodation floatel BIBBY CHALLENGE
US East Coast Ocean container shipping rates may fall after strike avoidance
An air cargo appraisal: The air cargo market in detail, November 2024
Operation Deep Freeze: USCGC Polar Star departs Australia for Antarctica
Damen Cape Town delivers another patrol vessel to Nigeria’s Homeland IOSL
RFA: The end of Transnet rail monopoly and the beginning of better things?
Walvis Bay emerges as MSC’s new transshipment hub port in Southern Africa
MSC applies surcharge for cargo from the Middle East & India sub-continent to Mombasa
Construction work on DP World’s new port at Ndayane in Senegal gets underway
Bulker Hagen Oldendorff grounding: ATSB safety recommendations
Transnet reports 6% revenue increase amid operational challenges
IMO Secretary-General’s new year message
EUKOR Car Carriers secures US$ 4.2 billion contract with Hyundai and Kia
Senegalese fishery achieves historic MSC certification
The best of UK’s Defence Imagery 2024
Chaos and crisis in Mozambique continues

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 14 September 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   EVRIALI

Crew safely rescued from burning OSV AM Pride off Mossel Bay
Reinventing the logistics sector at the heart of the South African economy
Transnet Freight Rail resumes operations on the Cape Main Line
Walvis Bay Container Terminal concessioning process completed – October handover
Oil spill in Algoa Bay sees IMOrg launch an investigation
Emirates Shipping Line (ESL) boosts Far East-East Africa service
Grimaldi adds direct China-Persian Gulf service to go with its new Nigerian ro-ro service
Drydocks World orders Middle East and Africa’s largest floating sheerleg crane
Port News and Shipping Advisories
Lobito Atlantic Railway begins exporting copper from the DRC to the United States
LAR arranca com exportações de cobre da RDC para os Estados Unidos da América
Shaping Africa’s maritime future: Women’s networks join forces
SeaLead launches Far East-India-Djibouti service
WHARF TALK: classic passenger liner – PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Folk Maritime introduces liner service between Jeddah and India
IMO ‘mid-term’ GHG reduction measures – Expert workshop held
In Conversation: China reaps most of the benefits of its relationship with Africa: what’s behind the imbalance
Port News & Shipping Advisories
Plans for world’s largest container ship unveiled: 27,500-TEU
Board of Inquiry rules no person to blame for SAS Manthatisi deaths
In Conversation: China’s investments in Africa aren’t working as well as they should for cities: this needs to change
Promoting allyship§at sea: ISWAN launches sector-wide campaign
Port of East London officially welcomes two new tugs
Brazzaville to host first ever Congo Energy & Investment Forum
Trade News: OCIMF completes transition to SIRE 2.0 for tanker inspections
TFR and Petredec partner to deliver LPG by rail from Richards Bay to Gauteng

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 7 April 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   Port of Mombasa 

Cruise News: Farewell to MSC Splendida, hello to MSC Virtuosa
Durban Terminals prepared for bumper citrus season
In Conversation: Turkey and Ethiopia have had close ties for many years: Somalia maritime deals may shift the dynamics
New four-lane in-gate facility in Onne Port, Nigeria
Port of Nacala-a-Velha handles over 13 million tons of Mozambican coal via Malawi
WHARF TALK: P&O cruise ship – ARCADIA
CMA CGM to update EURAF 4 & 5 services with West Africa
In Conversation: Jihadism in Mozambique: southern African forces are leaving with mixed results
TNPA develops its first water desalination plant at Port of East London
President to open R2.6 Billion multi-modal rail terminal in Durban
WHARF TALK: passenger ship – BOREALIS
Chinese naval task force visiting Mozambique
Chinese tanker targeted by Houthi anti-ship missiles
MSC strengthens freight forwarding logistics with acquisition of Clasquin
Déjà Vu – Another sickening stink ship arrives. East London this time
Steady growth for Kenya’s Port of Mombasa
WHARF TALK: luxury expedition ship – SILVER CLOUD
Coral Sul FLNG: 50 successful LNG tanker transfers offshore Mozambique
Russian frigate Marshall Shaposhnikov arrives in Massawa, Eritrea
The Baltimore Bridge disaster – one week later
Baltimore Bridge’s losses within absorption capacity of the insurance industry – Morningstar DBRS
SAMIM to withdraw from Mozambique by 15 July 2024
Commissioner Lighe takes office at Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA)
First of 45 new haulers arrive for Durban Container Terminals
In Conversation: I’ve captained ships into tight ports like Baltimore, and this is how captains like me work with harbor pilots to avoid deadly collisions

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 25 August 2023

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FIRST VIEW:   INS SUNAYNA P57

TFR adopts an Outcomes Based Security solution to solve theft and vandalism on rail network
WHARF TALK: Norwegian Fisheries Research Vessel DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN
New Port Security Officer (PSO) appointed for Port of Durban
Tanker collision in Suez Canal
Third new tug arrives for service at Port Maputo
DRC copper mine to rail 10,000 tonnes of copper through the Lobito Corridor
Mina de cobre da RDC transportará 10.000 toneladas de cobre através do Corredor do Lobito
WHARF TALK: anchor handling, tug, and supply vessel BOKA FULMAR
Potential shortages as Panama Canal restrictions impact holiday stocks, warns Container xChange
Nigeria: Dangote Refinery completes construction and starts production
Innovative WindWings sail-assisted bulker sets off on commercial voyage
Namport planning to enlarge Walvis Bay port for oil and gas sector
WHARF TALK: offshore crane vessel BOKALIFT 1
92 Years of service for South Sands Bluff Lighthouse
In Conversation: Kenya and the US are negotiating a trade deal that could be a model for Africa
Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI) explained: Video series
TPT prepares to partner with ICTSI at Durban Container Terminal Pier 2
WHARF TALK: anchor handling, tug, supply vessel (AHTS) PACIFIC DOLPHIN
Transnet calls for retraction of media comments after Group CE speech
ICTSI posts healthy half-year results
Mossel Bay port issues a Request for Information on a renewable energy facility
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim welcomes transfer of oil from FSO Safer
Testing of Tanzania SGR delayed by lack of locomotives

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 15 July 2023

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FIRST VIEW:  Ngura and MSC Catania

Richards Bay port at virtual standstill following ‘stop work’ order
New Transnet Board appointed
WHARF TALK: cable laying vessel – NIWA
Torching of trucks an act of economic sabotage says Transport Mi
Gulf of Guinea: Resurgence of maritime piracy and armed robbery
TRADE NEWS: Thordon applies seal-embedded bearing involving no drydocking
Nigeria to destroy tanker laden with stolen oil
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose heavylift cargo vessel – DA DAN XIA
Over 300 migrants missing at sea between Senegal and Canary Islands
More trucks stopped and set alight on national roads
Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline under more pressure
New Northern Cape rail crossing loop leads to increased manganese export volumes
WHARF TALK: Capesize gearless bulk carrier – CAPE GENESIS
In Conversation: Somaliland- Berbera city’s growth is being held back by a power supply monopoly
Timely Reminder: African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is essential
NIMASA has lost focus, says NISA chairman 
Two new Mobile Cranes for Port of Maputo
Dois novos guindastes móveis para o Porto de Maputo
WHARF TALK: MR2 product tanker – NEUTRON SOUND
IMO Latest: Revised GHG reduction strategy adopted
Service Update: CMA CGM to launch TURAF EXPRESS service connecting Turkey, Malta and Algeria
Lobito Corridor aims at 1.5 million tons freight in three years
Service Update: MOL Proficiency to omit Cape Town call
Maritime security: Expanding skills in Africa and the Indian Ocean
MPA Singapore and Lloyd’s Register sign ‘Silk Alliance’ MoU

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 29 January 2023

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First View: MSC Federica

TRANSNET APPROACHES MARKET FOR LEASE OF DURBAN-JOHANNESBURG CONTAINER CORRIDOR
Cargo ship Jin Tian sinks in sea between Japan and Korea
WHARF TALK: welcome addition to coastal cruises – NORWEGIAN JADE
Cold ironing at Port of Mombasa being assessed by ABL Group
Annual West Africa Obangame Exercise gets underway
Xeneta Container Freight Rates Update: Week 4
Tropical cyclone Cheneso in Mozambique Channel
WHARF TALK: semi-submersible heavy load carrier – ZHEN HUA 33
Cameroon introduces law aimed at Gulf of Guinea combatting piracy
IN CONVERSATION: Nigeria has a coastal litter problem:  it’s time to clean up
MSC and Maersk agree to dissolve their 2M Alliance
Port Maputo records strong growth in 2022
WHARF TALK:  subsea construction & support vessel – SKANDI ACERGY
NSRI involved in medically evacuating patient off cruise ship Azamara Journey
UN Secretary-General and the Ocean Emergency
IN CONVERSATION: Chinese workers on Africa’s infrastructure projects: the link with host political regimes
New milestone as FPSO sails for Senegalese/Mauritania project site
Nouvelle étape alors que le FPSO navigue vers le site du projet sénégalais/mauritanien
RB Logistics opens new logistics warehouse at Clairwood Logistics Park
Minerals Council reacts to social media campaign to stop coal exports through Richards Bay
WHARF TALK: one of the last RMS flagships – ST HELENA
AD Ports expands into Angola with a JV at the Luanda Multipurpose Terminal
Karpowership & MOL raise finance to develop Senegal FRSU
African marine traffic being monitored for invasion of South Asian malaria-carrying mosquito
IATA Manuals: Air cargo, ground handling, and operations – Revised Industry Standards 2023 Edition
At the height of the Durban cruise season
WHARF TALK: A big dredger, no doubt – HAM 318
Durban Bay, a place of beauty, or a cesspool?
Underwater protection – RFA PROTEUS
Denmark launches the world’s first digital ship register
Cape Town Terminal enjoys 8% increase in deciduous fruit volumes
In Conversation: South Africa’s underwater explorers are going deeper to map biodiversity and track climate change in the ocean

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 4 December 2022

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FIRST VIEW:   BELITA

TNPA allowed a 3.32% average tariff increase for 2022/23
IN CONVERSATION: Even weak tropical cyclones have grown more intense worldwide
Call for faster African industrialisation
Inmarsat deal with Zamil Offshore
Government’s decision to ban the trade of scrap metal is welcomed
UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2022. Part 2: Africa
Xeneta container rates alert
Equatorial Guinea & DRC to develop joint oil refinery and storage facilities
Guiné Equatorial e RDC Desenvolverão Instalações Conjuntas de Refinaria e Armazenamento de Petróleo
UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2022
WHARF TALK: interestingly named container ship MSC ANZU
Port of Mocimboa da Praia ‘back in business’
K Line & partners obtain approval to plan a 200,000-dwt ammonia-fueled bulk carrier
Airfreight: RwandAir launches service with Boeing 737-800
Thieves disturbed while stealing thousands of litres of TFR diesel
Durban’s Bayhead Road bypass road nearing completion
TransNamib to focus of moving coal by rail to Walvis Bay
NATO meeting in QE: The RN’s new strike missiles to be procured
Kenmare’s mining operations at Moma hampered by electricity outages
Navigational buoys installed at the Ghanaian Port of Takoradi
Traxtion Sheltam conditionally awarded slots to operate trains on Cape Corridor (Kroonstad to East London)
Transnet confirms trashing of Cape St Lucia Lighthouse
Free the Nigeria 26 — seafarers who have been unfairly criminalised
Nigeria goes after Denmark’s Navy over pirate detention
Transnet freight Rail (TFR) turns up the heat on cable thieves
MSC Air Cargo to fly from early December
Uganda: Transaid‘s road safety project – Royal patron’s visit

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 1 December 2022 #3

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FIRST VIEW:   BELITA

Government’s decision to ban the trade of scrap metal is welcomed
UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2022. Part 2: Africa
Xeneta container rates alert
Equatorial Guinea & DRC to develop joint oil refinery and storage facilities
Guiné Equatorial e RDC Desenvolverão Instalações Conjuntas de Refinaria e Armazenamento de Petróleo
UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2022
WHARF TALK: interestingly named container ship MSC ANZU
Port of Mocimboa da Praia ‘back in business’
K Line & partners obtain approval to plan a 200,000-dwt ammonia-fueled bulk carrier
Airfreight: RwandAir launches service with Boeing 737-800
Thieves disturbed while stealing thousands of litres of TFR diesel
Durban’s Bayhead Road bypass road nearing completion
TransNamib to focus of moving coal by rail to Walvis Bay
NATO meeting in QE: The RN’s new strike missiles to be procured
Kenmare’s mining operations at Moma hampered by electricity outages
Navigational buoys installed at the Ghanaian Port of Takoradi
Traxtion Sheltam conditionally awarded slots to operate trains on Cape Corridor (Kroonstad to East London)
Transnet confirms trashing of Cape St Lucia Lighthouse
Free the Nigeria 26 — seafarers who have been unfairly criminalised
Nigeria goes after Denmark’s Navy over pirate detention
Transnet freight Rail (TFR) turns up the heat on cable thieves
MSC Air Cargo to fly from early December
Uganda: Transaid‘s road safety project – Royal patron’s visit

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 2 September 2022

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FIRST VIEW:  SALICA FRIGO

Taylor Maritime Investments makes takeover offer for Grindrod Shipping
WHARF TALK: Panamax LR1 product tanker OCTA LUNE
AMSA and PSC: Report shows zero-tolerance approach lifts shipping standards
Nigeria’s Navy Shipyard Limited (NSL) delivers semi-ballistic gunboats 
USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams returns to Cape Town
Arrests of allegedly corrupt former Transnet bosses a ‘milestone’
Coral Sul delayed by technical hitches, tanker sails from Pemba
WHARF TALK: Green Dolphin 38 eco bulk carrier GOLDEN ISLE
CMA CGM adds second ship to 9-vessel SHAKA 2 service
Gambia’s Department of Fisheries trains second batch of vessel observers
CRUISE NEWS: Fred.Olsen cancels cruises due to lack of demand
Sale of Maerk Container Industry (MCI) to China’s CIMC terminated
Strong half-year results for Grindrod Limited
WHARF TALK: handysize flexi chemical tanker CHEMSTAR IRIS
IMO mission to Malawi: 22-26 August 2022
Transnet says it is committed to amicable wage negotiations: strike on the horizon
NEW BOOKS:
Bolloré Logistics joins the Shippers’ Coalition for Low Carbon Maritime Transport

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 1 July 2022

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FIRST VIEW: MSC TOKYO

Durban and Richards Bay Port Master Plans due for validation
Port Elizabeth Car Terminal achieves record 5,700 export units on one vessel
WHARF TALK: former J.Lauritzen vessel – KNUD REEFER
WCO Illicit Trade Report 2021
UNCTAD promotes ‘Blue Deal’ investment and innovation at UN Conference
Future is Here: Berge Olympus grows WindWings
War in Ukraine raises global shipping costs, stifles trade, says UNCTAD
WHARF TALK: Cape Town container caller – MAERSK SHEERNESS
Faster port turnarounds: African teamwork by Inchcape
IN CONVERSATION:The art of bribery: a closeup look at how traffic officers operate on Kenya’s roads
NIMASA receives more mobile assets to tackle maritime security
Maritime News in Brief
WHARF TALK: maiden visit to Cape Town MAERSK PANGANI
World Customs Organization Council 2022 – outcomes
AfDB loan to improve access between Kribi industrial zone and deep-water port
IMO and combat of micro-plastics, bio-fouling and other wastes
MSC has “Appetite for Growth” in Africa, CEO Toft Tells Abidjan Forum
WHARF TALK: a reefer ship, Crimea and a local hero – ALMA
IN CONVERSATION: Ukraine war: as the conflict at sea intensifies, Russia’s prospects of victory look further off than ever
Franco-German diplomatic visit to Port of Aden: Importance of stimulating the Yemeni economy
Rwanda shows interest in using port of Nacala for imports and exports
Transnet commits to a R9.1 billion infrastructure spend for Port Elizabeth, Ngqura and East London ports
WHARF TALK: LR1 Panamax tanker LIA
Twelve fishermen rescued off Cape Point
Strong interest in gas pipelines from Nigeria to Europe as projects get underway
Transnet looks towards new orders for locomotives
IMO and maritime security support for Namibia
Apapa port’s standard gauge rail connections complete in July
Namport and Port of Antwerp sign MoU
IMO Day of the Seafarer
New port planned for Sudan on Red Sea coast

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