Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 10 April 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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Front Page: IVAR REEFER

IN CONVERSATION: The toll and toil it took to cleave the Suez Canal through the Egyptian desert
WHARF TALK: Coastal tanker service: Maersk Altus
Romania’s border on the Black Sea: EMSA provides enhanced surveillance capacities
Quark’s Ultramarine ready to sail the polar oceans
Tullow Oil begins drilling at Ghana’s Jubilee Field
Call back the past: Coaster Sunergon plies her trade to Africa
MSC to base flagship MSC Virtuosa in UK waters for summer
Egypt ready to open new naval base on Mediterranean coast
NIGER DELTA KING: the story of a long-staying Cape Town visitor
REFLECTIONS: Antarctic reserach ship Akademik Aleksandr Karpinskiy returns to Cape Town
High calibre chefs
IN CONVERSATION: Farming fish in fresh water is more affordable and sustainable than in the ocean
WFO responds to emergency in harbour town of Palma
USCG protecting America’s interests at home and abroad
WHARF TALK: Yenesei River calls at Cape Town – first Suez diversion to enter SA port?
REFLECTIONS: Bulkers in our ports
Tanzania Ports Authority Director-General suspended over corruption charge
PORT IS WHAT WE DO: Hamburg’s Marker Men are back on the Water
Narcotics just keeps coming as CMF makes 5 seizures in 1 week
Multiple cruise ship anchor failures: UK MAIB Safety Bulletin 1/2021
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: What’s in a name?
USCGC Walnut At homeport Pensacola, Florida

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 6 March 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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Front Page:   BAHRI JEDDAH

Grindrod reports solid results for 2020
IN CONVERSATION: Africa looks likely to continue relying on power from fossil fuels for some time
Port is what we do: the plight of trapped seafarers
Vesconite acquires super-large lathe for marine bearings
Astral Aviation increases airfreight capacity to Johannesburg to 160 tonnes per week
Engine failure and fire: mv Finlandia Seaways
Freight association comments on UK budget
South African hake trawl fishery celebrating fourth certification
CMA CGM acquires significant equity stake in Algeciras’ TTIA container terminal
Buoyant air cargo demand being reported
IN CONVERSATION: Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices
R583 million cocaine haul on Saldanha coast
IHMA announces new Regional Committee for Africa
CMA adds Port Louis to its NEMO service: Connecting Europe with Indian Ocean & Australia
1250 years cumulative jailtime for copper thieves
NSPCA hits out at transporting livestock by sea
Tanzania-Burundi rail connection to cost US$ 1.9 billion
WTO latest
Saldanha Bay IDZ brings in R21 billion worth of investments
Hapag-Lloyd opens new office in Nairobi, Kenya
TRADE NEWS: LOC launches digital solution for enhancing port pilotage safety
AIRFREIGHT: Kenya Airways resumes cargo flights to India
WHARF TALK: Sunday’s Ship Movements at the Port of Durban
WHARF TALK: Cape Town Ship Movements
The 2012 Cape Town Agreement: IMO African Regional webinar builds support
WTO LATEST: DDG Wolff calls on members to work with new Director-General
US Military Sealift transport ship USNS Carson City visits Port Sudan
IN CONVERSATION: At last, climate science may be able to predict tropical Atlantic weather better
TRADE NEWS: Shipowners advised on IMO 2020 compliancy amid high sulphur warning
Further arrests in theft of railway copper wiring
Latest piracy attack report a hoax

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 27 February 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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Front Page: DA XIN

Latest piracy attack report a hoax
PIRACY: Security Escort Vessel (SEV) attacked, two crew dead
CONTAINER RATES ALERT: rates rise go into overdrive
Unions call for global seafarer vaccination programme
AIRFREIGHT: Kenya Airways launches B787 Dreamliner freighter
Upgrade for the Ngqura Container Terminal
Port is what we do – Hamburg port authority video
Kuehne+Nagel acquires Chinese logistics provider Apex
ICAO and WCO issue joint calls Vaccine supply chain priorities
WHARF TALK: Durban shipping movements today
WHARF TALK: Cape Town commercial shipping movements
Russia’s Red Sea plans amidst rising militarisation
WHARF TALK: SAECS scheduled delays, southbound Cape Town calls omitted
MSC’s new direct service between India and West Africa
Rehabilitation of Beira-Zimbabwe railway back underway
Bolloré Transport & Logistics receives AEO regional recertification in East Africa
Arrivederci, South Africa – MSC Orchestra sails for Europe
WHARF TALK: Durban & Santos, a tale of two ports
Transnet prioritises capacity improvements to Richards Bay coal line
UK’s Freeport East Hydrogen Hub will boost decarbonisation agenda
Global Shippers Council fed up with chaotic shipping market
WW announces plans for first full-scale wind powered RoRo ship
NSRI rescue reports & a warning to stay clear of the Bos 400 wreck
WHARF TALK: State of the Port of Durban
WHARF TALK: Port of Durban Volume & Vessel Call Performance
WHARF TALK: Cape Town Ship Movements
Merchant Shipping Bill 2020: a work in progress
The RAF transports Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine to Ascension
SA looks to Asian markets to revive economic growth
UK to lead the way in training for autonomous shipping
Namport makes social investment to Namibian secondary school
WHARF TALK: Djibouti set to provide floating bunker operations
 US Navy ship Herschel ‘Woody’ Williams arrives in Cape Town

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