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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 21 September 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   IRENES RULE

South Africa and the Maritime Single Window
Grindrod acquires full control of Maputo/Matola coal & magnetite terminal
Beira port general cargo terminal hits historic July volumes
Green Hydrogen programme makes progress
Meet SANPC, South Africa’s new petroleum company
Port News & Advisories
In Conversation: South Africa needs more nautical scientists and maritime engineers – if you love the sea these may be the careers for you
IMO and marine fuels: Assessment of life cycle GHG intensity and sustainability
9,300-TEU Ammonia-fueled container ship approved by KR
Transnet in court with APM Terminals over DCT Pier2 concession
WHARF TALK: German research vessel – SONNE
Additional ShoreTension mooring units arrive for Cape Town & Ngqura ports
IMO S-G on geopolitical conflicts and life threats to seafarers
AD Ports sending STS & RTG cranes for ports of Pointe Noire and Luanda Terminal
Mozambique’s Chongoene ‘port’ terminal concessioned to China for 15 years
MPDC to expand Maputo port grain terminal capacity
Shipping Dangerous Goods: Reminder of need for accurate reliable emergency contact information
Transnet and SAPS sign MoU regarding theft & vandalism affecting logistics network
Crew safely rescued from burning OSV AM Pride off Mossel Bay
Namibia: Effective port security training
Walvis Bay Container Terminal concessioning process completed – October handover
Reforming Alliances and Standalones as shipping lines reshuffle
Reinventing the logistics sector at the heart of the South African economy
Transnet Freight Rail resumes operations on the Cape Main Line
Oil spill in Algoa Bay sees IMOrg launch an investigation

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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 31 August 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   TEAM BRAVO

US$115 million upgrade of Onne’s West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) is completed
Kotug to support ENI’s Congo LNG project
Grindrod’s locomotives return from West Africa
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose offshore support vessel – BOURBON TRIESTE
Red Sea attack on tanker Sounion: IMO S-G statement
Mercy Ships new hospital ship to use energy efficient compressed air system
Eni’s offshore Angoche concession to drill for oil extended by 8 years
Uganda company launches second new tanker on Lake Victoria
Port of Beira: Significant growth in throughput for July
Transnet Pipeline fuel thief gets 35 years jail time
Robust result for Sea Harvest, despite challenging environment
WHARF TALK: cable laying vessel – CS RECORDER
Port Advisories latest
Transnet falls back under Transport Ministry
PLAN hospital ship Peace Ark joins forces with SAMHS in Cape Town
Malawi’s dry port concession at Nacala to follow legal procedures
FLNG Coral Sul delivers 5 million tons of LNG from Rovuma Basin
Ultra Galaxy shipwreck – oil and fuel removal a lost cause as ship breaks apart
Automotive parts manufacturing boost at Durban’s Dube Trade Port
Port News & Advisories
Transnet welcomes lengthy jail sentences for infrastructure thieves
Grindrod reports sustained performance for 1H 2024
MOL retrofits Norsepower Rotor Sails to Capesize bulker
Feature: Development of deepwater container port at Banana, DRC
The Future is Now: AAL Limassol record-breaking maiden voyage
AAL introduces monthly express heavylift Europe-Asia liner service
Maersk opens its largest Middle East Logistics Park in Jeddah

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 24 August 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   CS LEADER

The Future is Now: AAL Limassol record-breaking maiden voyage
AAL introduces monthly express heavylift Europe-Asia liner service
Maersk opens its largest Middle East Logistics Park in Jeddah
WHARF TALK: first ‘Ammonia-Ready’ container vessel – CMA CGM MASAI MARA
BMA Commissioner visits Port of Cape Town
Oil tanker attacked by Houthis, on fire and abandoned in Red Sea
Chinese hospital ship on goodwill visit to Cape Town
Weather Alert: Port of Durban and KZN coast
SA Port Statistics for July 2024
WHARF TALK: platform supply vessel – SHAW TIDE
Lebanon: IMO and oil spill response training
Africa’s largest mining and infrastructure project completes regulatories – set to go
AD Ports’ Noatum acquires Egypt’s Safina Shipping Services
Another CMA CGM ship loses 99 containers overboard off KZN coast
SHIPS IN PORT: Chinese satellite tracking ship – YUAN WANG 7
Port News & Advisories
Two new Malaysian patrol boats for Nigerian Navy
IMO assistance: Cote d’Ivoire – Safety of domestic ferries and fishing vessels
Critical satellite infrastructure starts deployment in Africa
Début du déploiement d’une infrastructure satellitaire essentielle en Afrique
SHIPS THAT CALL: Maersk Rio Blanco
Port of Berbera: IMO maritime security training boost
Maersk links with LR and Core Power to explore nuclear-powered feeder container ships
Liberian Registry launches RISC, a maritime compliance tool
Port of Nacala looking at record levels of growth
Durban’s five new tugs are officially named
Barcelona expands: New automated cranes
Transnet concerned with media reports over OBS tender process

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 17 August 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   GRANDE GABON

Port of Nacala looking at record levels of growth
Durban’s five new tugs are officially named
Barcelona expands: New automated cranes
WHARF TALK: Grindrod container ship – HORIZON
Transnet concerned with media reports over OBS tender process
In port today: Wadi Bani Khalid
Hapag-Lloyd enjoys strong first half of 2024
Port News & Advisories
TPT & truckers pilot a truck booking solution at Durban terminals
WHARF TALK: Heavy transport vessel – YU ZHOU SHI JIA
USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams visiting Angola
IMO and the insider security threat: New toolkit to curb
Maersk expects Red Sea crisis to continue through the year
Positive news for railed coal deliveries to Port of Richards Bay
WHARF TALK: MR2 class products tanker – TORM DISCOVERER
TNPA replaces all capstans at Durban and Cape Town port dry docks
Dramatic rescue of 59 people from sinking dredger off Nigerian coast
Standing NATO Maritime Group in East Mediterranean
Container Rail Corridor faces annual maintenance shutdown
WHARF TALK: Handy class bulk carrier – VANTAGE REEF
Explosion at Ningbo-Zhoushan port in China raises further serious safety concerns in ocean container shipping
Xeneta Update: Another record-breaking month for container shipping
AfDB grants Comoros US$ 135M for port & trade development
Comoros: IMO bolsters Port State Control capabilities
Road upgrade to help ease Port of Durban congestion
Port News & Advisories
All aboard for Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway
SA Navy Chief to Deliver Maritime Security Keynote at AAD 2024 Conference

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 10 August 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   MSC NITYA B

Road upgrade to help ease Port of Durban congestion
Port News & Advisories
WHARF TALK: MR1 class products tanker – PATRICK C
All aboard for Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway
AfDB expects vigorous economic growth for Madagascar
La BAD s’attend à une croissance économique vigoureuse pour Madagascar
SA Navy Chief to Deliver Maritime Security Keynote at AAD 2024 Conference
WHARF TALK: seismic survey vessel – BGP PROSPECTOR
Port News and Advisories
Transnet Pipelines issues EIO for Lilly gas pipeline
Höegh Aurora, first of the Aurora class car carriers, is delivered
Two workboats for Port of Cape Town named and launched at Sandock Austral Shipyards
WHARF TALK: Super Handy 32 class bulk carrier – OLYMPIA LOGGER
Another level crossing tragedy this time near Postmasburg
Port News and Advisories
WHARF TALK: Aframax LR2 products tanker – ABLIANI
TNPA goes to market for a 3MW renewable solar plant at East London port
A.P.Møller-Mærsk anticipates ongoing supply chain disruption but an upgraded full-year guidance
Air cargo demand surges 14.1% – Strong first half performance
AD Ports completes EIA for Pointe Noire’s multipurpose New East Mole Terminal
SA to further focus on manufacturing and exports to grow economy
Xeneta Update: Ocean container shipping market reaches a tipping point in July
Liberian Registry appoints ex-US Navy commander as VP of Port State Control
Camillo Fontana appointed new CFO for Hanseatic Global Terminals

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 27 July 2024

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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 20 July 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   K-Line’s Bridge ships

Red Sea escalation: Israel bombs Yemen’s Port Hodeidah
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
Tanker struck as Houthis resume their missile and drone attacks in Red Sea region
WHARF TALK: crab fishing vessel – KAPITAN EGOROV
TNPA hosts Green Port workshop
Ngqura Container Terminal looks to increase citrus loading rate with 50 new haulers
Salvage work on Ultra Galaxy continues despite weather conditions
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose heavylift vessel – EENDRACHT
Xeneta Update: Spiralling ocean container shipping market set to peak, but will not bring an end to shippers’ problems
Gambia Ports Authority and Turkiye’s Albayrak Group put ink to 30-year port concession agreement
Rocket launch debris: IMO explores ocean threats
WHARF TALK: Hospital Ship No.67 – GERUSALEMME
Study finds health risks in switching ships from diesel to ammonia fuel
ABL appointed to provide MWS services for Phase 2 of the Congo LNG development project
Iraq: Major ports’ maritime single window
Welcome ‘Full Up’ sign outside Durban Dry Dock
WHARF TALK: MR1 chemical tanker – MTM KEY WEST
Ultra Galaxy salvage attempt weekend wrap
Transnet suspends rail operations on Cape Main Line due to weather damage
IMO: Call for Expressions of Interest – Reducing ship GHG emissions
Container ship CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin loses 44 containers overboard off Durban
Inland Navigation: Pathway for sustainable urbanization & industrialisation in Africa
Ultra Galaxy update – salvage operations take centre stage
Transnet gradually resuming port operations at Cape ports
Korean Register successfully installs onboard carbon capture system onto container ship

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 13 July 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   Ipek – off the boneyard

Inland Navigation: Pathway for sustainable urbanization & industrialisation in Africa
Ultra Galaxy update – salvage operations take centre stage
Transnet gradually resuming port operations at Cape ports
Korean Register successfully installs onboard carbon capture system onto container ship
Stricken Ultra Galaxy goes aground off West Coast
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose heavylifter – KEITH
Houthis resume attacks on shipping
Xeneta Update: Global demand for ocean freight container shipping hit an all-time record in May
Voith Schneider about to supply propellers for 1000th Voith water tractor
Salvage tugs head for the stricken Ultra Galaxy
Transnet closely monitoring port operations amid adverse weather conditions
WHARF TALK: guided missile destroyer – JS SHIMAKAZE
Maputo railway section to SA border now a double track line
Over 500 tankers will call at Dangote Refinery this year
Technology: DNV rules create new in-operation class framework
Cargo ship Ultra Galaxy listing off West Coast, crew rescued
WHARF TALK: Japanese naval visitors to South Africa, including – JS KASHIMA
80-ton Lekki port tugs named and commissioned
Benin: Port of Cotonou loses its Niger trade but “still doing well”
Houthi’s score another success – Port of Eilat facing bankruptcy
Iranian frigate Sahand capsizes at her mooring
WHARF TALK: Capesize bulk carrier – GEORGE ISLAND
Hello Ceva Logistics, totsiens Bolloré Logistics
Mombasa port embraces the reefer sector
Ballast water management: New IMO online course – Free-to-access
Port of Tema: MPS installs latest simulator facility at Tema port
In Conversation: The story of how Swahili became Africa’s most spoken language
Angola’s Port of Luanda honoured by ESQR award
In Conversation: Shell didn’t consult communities properly about mining the Wild Coast – but how much legal protection do South Africans have?
Port Advisories and general shipping news  UPDATE

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 6 July 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   Durban Bay on a Saturday morning

Port of Tema: MPS installs latest simulator facility at Tema port
In Conversation: The story of how Swahili became Africa’s most spoken language
Angola’s Port of Luanda honoured by ESQR award
In Conversation: Shell didn’t consult communities properly about mining the Wild Coast – but how much legal protection do South Africans have?
Port Advisories and general shipping news
WHARF TALK: MR2 products tanker – YASA SEAGULL
SEIA reports highlight DP World’s socio-economic benefits for Nigeria and South Africa
Japanese Navy ships Cape Town visit – Public Public Visiting times
Maersk boss speaks of ‘massive impact’ of Red Sea attacks on global supply chains
WHARF TALK: MR2 products tanker – NORD VICTORIOUS
Marsa Maroc to operate Eastern Container Terminal at port of Nador West Med (NWM)
RFA concerned about ‘new brooms sweeping clean’ at cabinet level
Hapag-Lloyd terminal division rebranded as Hanseatic Global Terminals
Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force ships visiting Cape Town
WHARF TALK: MR2 products tanker – CL EMILY BRONTE
Great Fish Point Lighthouse turns 126 years today – World Marine ATON Day
ICS launches Global Health Emergency Guide, First Edition
Policy to boost African maritime security announced
Mombasa: Maritime security training on control and compliance
Comoros outlines National Action Plan to strengthen oil spill response
WHARF TALK: three-funnel passenger liner – CAP POLONIO
MOL to improve logistics presence in South-East Africa, taking stake in Alistair Group
SAS Amatola visit to Russia cancelled – defects and lack of maintenance cited
Beira port reacts, says record container volumes are being achieved this year
O porto da Beira reage e diz que volumes recordes de contentores estão a ser alcançados este ano
Port of Dar es Salaam hosts its largest containership, MSC ADU V
IMO Maritime Single Window: Port of Abidjan, Cȏte d’Ivoire
Kenmare names two new dredgers for new Moma mine site

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