Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 30 November 2024

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   CMA CGM MEKONG

WHARF TALK: Gateway to Antarctica – FU XING HAI
SA Navy needs to change and adapt quickly or become obsolete – Mkhonto
Madagascar’s huge ocean algae bloom was caused by dust from drought-stricken southern Africa
Transnet peeved with UNTU’s claim about CTCT’s terminal equipment
Tourist boat sinks in Red Sea – 16 people missing
MSC’s AGL to invest €uro 40 million into ports of Walvis Bay and Lüderitz
Exercise Crocodile Lift is underway in Nigeria
New maps show high-risk zones for whale-ship collisions − vessel speed limits and rerouting can reduce the toll
Umhlanga Rocks Lighthouse marks 70 years as a beacon of safe navigation
SA Port Statistics for October 2024
WHARF TALK: standards-setting PCTC (car carrier) – HÖEGH AURORA
Successful trial of articulated skips carried out at Maydon Wharf
90-Metre wide floating dock Dourado crosses the Suez Canal
TNPA Tariff Increase Announcement this Friday
Western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden
Air Force and Navy ‘hardly operational’ as SANDF performance declines
Höegh Aurora, world largest car carrier, makes maiden call at Durban
MSC Musica arrives in Durban at start of 2024/25 cruise season
Big welcome in Port Elizabeth for Höegh Aurora’s maiden visit

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 16 November 2024

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   GREEN MOUNTAIN 

WHARF TALK: Federal German Navy Frigate – FGS BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG F222
Rhenus goes BIG with state-of-the-art logistics facility in Johannesburg
Van Oord completes major dredging project in Egypt’s Ain Sokhna port
Kenya Railways metre-gauge locos brought back to life with RR engines
Minister of defence hiding true state of SANDF fleet – Rise Mzansi
Two German Navy ships visit Cape Town
In Conversation: Mauritius has won back Chagos – but not all of it. Why the largest island, Diego Garcia, is so important to the UK
WHARF TALK: cruise ship – AIDAstella
State of SA & Regional Container Ports – Week 45
Wallenius Wilhelmsen increases order for two additional 11,700-CEU Shaper class car carriers
Eat more peas at sea: 35 tons less meat on Stena Line ships in 2025
India donates two fast interceptor vessels to Mozambique
Zutari appointed advisor to validate Durban’s Island View strategy
Nautilus International: NATO nations called on to strengthen merchant navies
Maersk Tankers turn to sail – bound4blue win orders
Remembrance London 10 November
Container vessel orders up by over 50% in 2024: Sector heading for record breaking year
WHARF TALK: big, bigger, biggest – MSC EURIBIA
Lack of serviceable vessels sees SA Navy miss time at sea target
Exercise Grand African Nemo 2024 kicks off in West Africa
Political Conflict in Mozambique Takes a Heavy Toll on South Africa – SAAFF
IMO heads to COP 29: Promoting net-zero framework for shipping
SA closes Lebombo border crossing as unrest and rioting sweeps across Mozambique
Hapag-Lloyd on spending spree for 24 new container ships
Xeneta: Trump Presidency will reignite US-China trade war
TNPA switching to clean fuels for tug fleet

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 2 December 2023

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FIRST VIEW:   MSC SPLENDIDA

Transnet Recovery Diary 1 December 2023
Transnet Recovery Diary 30 November 2023
South Africa in bid for election onto IMO Council
WHARF TALK: polar icebreaker A.MIKOYAN 1942
Port Maputo aiming high at increasing throughput to 47 mtpa
Porto Maputo tem como objetivo aumentar a produção para 47 mtpa
MPV Everest Engine room fire – ATSB report
Transnet Recovery Diary 29 November 2023
Maersk & CMA GGM go big on their Far East-West Africa services
WHARF TALK: Holland America cruise ship ZUIDERDAM
Ship emissions: VesselBot’s Report reveals key insights
Somali pirates strike again, Iranian fishing vessel highjacked
CMA CGM omits Durban call for MIDAS 1 service
Transnet Recovery Diary: 28 November 2023
Port of San Pedro loads first iron ore cargo at TIPSP MPT terminal
Le port de San Pedro charge la première cargaison de minerai de fer au terminal TIPSP MPT
WHARF TALK: MR2 product tankers – HELLAS TATIANA & HELLAS MARGARITA
US Navy liberates Israeli tanker seized by Houthi forces
Nigerian oil spill at sea, clean-up operations underway
Nigerian Navy holds Exercise Nchekwa Oshimili 2023 in Gulf of Guinea
President promises “We have a plan” to fix ports crisis
WHARF TALK: Handysize bulk carrier EDWINE OLDENDORFF
IMO news: Single Window for Facilitation of Trade (SWiFT) – System handover, Lobito, Angola
Two oil storage tank farms for port of Dar es Salaam
FLNG GIMI en route to West Africa
FPSO GTA departs offshore Durban for West Africa
ICS counts down to COP28
IMO at COP28
Maersk signs landmark green methanol offtake agreement
Making lithium batteries safe to air freight: IATA advice

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 21 August 2022

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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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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 6 May 2022

Africa Ports & Ships maritimne news

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FIRST VIEW:  DAL KALAHARI

Durban Port’s Millennium Tower woes
WHARF TALK: Nigerian Navy latest ship – NNS KADA
Two new Greenland-based cargo ships for Royal Arctic Line
NPA granted R1 billion restraining order in Regiments assets over Transnet affair
Maersk reports record Q1 results
Backlog cleared at Cape Town Container Terminal – TPT
WHARF TALK: naval auxiliary vessel – FNS CHAMPLAIN
China pressurising Tanzania to restart Bagamoyo port project
Natal Corridor railway from Durban to Gauteng & Botswana out of service until 9 June
MOL builds one of the largest capacity green hydrogen plants in Europe
African Flag Registries Exploited by High-Risk Fishing Operators
WHARF TALK: surveillance patrol frigate – FNS NIVOSE F732
UN S-G Guterres in Senegal: ‘Triple crisis’ in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine
Coal miners resort to road transport in place of railing to ports
IN CONVERSATION: Rising atmospheric CO2 may benefit maize crops: first experiment in African conditions
IMO and tackling aquatic invasive species
Durban’s Pier 1 Container Terminal handles record volumes
Russian oil to be pumped ashore at Saldanha?
WHARF TALK:  La Fayette class stealth frigate FNS COURBET
Ocean Network Express (ONE) adds new Mozambique, Middle East, India service
Paramount Maritime launches state-of-the-art high-speed, multi-purpose naval vessel
Six new Rubber Tyre Gantries (RTGs) arrive for Abidjan’s 2nd container terminal
ABB’s integrated ship operating system: Key DNV cyber security certification
Nor-Shipping looks to 2023 with confidence after success of “long-awaited” return
Xeneta container rates alert: Demand, disruption and deft carrier strategies fuel new highs for long-term ocean freight rates
IMO and the Ukraine: Actions to facilitate seafarer evacuation

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