Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 9 October 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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STRIKE!  SA ports and rail face ongoing delays as unions declare strike action
WHARF TALK: diamond mining vessel MAFUTA
Egypt Taps Agility to Modernise Suez Canal Economic Zone Customs, Operations
Xeneta Rates Report: Spot rates collapse continues, as prices fall two thirds since May
WHARF TALK: Holding the country to ransom
Transnet increases its offer but strike remains a possibility
Maersk adds another six green methanol-fueled ships
Samskip and carbon capture: Decarbonisation strategy
Hapag-Lloyd expands horison and acquires SAAM Ports SA
Second batch of rail wagons arrive for Mozambique railways
Semi-submersible drilling rig Island Innovator arrives to drill off Orange River Block 2B
WHARF TALK: MR2 tanker BRUNO
UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2022  Part 1
UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2022 Part 2
IN CONVERSATION: Ghana’s petroleum sector management is a mess: what’s gone wrong?
Unions reject latest Transnet wage offer
Transnet & Alstom reach in-principle agreement over supply of electric locomotives
WHARF TALK: neo-Panamax container ship MAERSK SOFIA
IN CONVERSATION: Green hydrogen sounds like a win for developing countries. But cost and transport are problems
190-metre long bulk carrier ship calls at Calabar port
Kribi Container Terminal in Cameroon to triple capacity by 2024
McKinsey & Co and one other added to Transnet fraud case linked to State Capture
WHARF TALK: Indian MR2 product tanker HARVEST
Saipem awarded major Ivory Coast oil services contracts
Annual World Maritime Day Parallel Event (WMDPE)
IN CONVERSATION: Africa risks losing out on trade as rich countries cement relationships with trusted partners
Aqaba Container Terminal announces zero-emission vision

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 1 July 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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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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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 21 May 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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Front Page:  MAYDON WHARF

PIRACY: Atlantic Princess (IMO 8124412) boarded off Ghana coast and 5 crew kidnapped
WHARF TALK: CELSIUS RAVENNA – tankers on a conveyor belt
Two ships collide in Beira Harbour
WHARF TALK: GREEN MOUNTAIN – general cargo ship in every sense
Sonandrill secures contract to drill 12 wells offshore of Angola
Kenya’s newest port, Lamu, opens today
project44 warns blank sailing schedules portend delays well into the summer
WHARF TALK: TILL JACOB – An unabated stream of LR tankers to Mother City
DNG Energy intends placing FSU at Ngqura to supply LNG bunker vessels
MSC Cruises to start Baltic cruising from July
WHARF TALK: AVANTI – part of a waiting game
Dredging of Kribi Port access channel completed
SCA given authority to widen and deepen Suez Canal
Tema Floating Storage Regasificaton Unit (FSRU) completed
WHARF TALK: HAI FENG 698 – reefer with a long history
MSC Virtuosa arrives in Southampton, ready to restart cruising in UK waters
IMO and energy efficient ship operation: A free online course launched
Transnet doubles its capacity to rail export grain to Durban
WHARF TALK: BBC PLATA – and Damen 3307 FCS
Maritime charities extend retraining funding to year end
WHARF TALK: PALANCA CADIZ – potholes, roads and refineries
The future is here: Vale’s 325,000-ton sailing ship about to go into service
HMS Queen Elizabeth on pre-deployment exercise
WHARF TALK: SA Port Statistics for April 2021 are now available here
WHARF TALK: Durban Port Bulletin News
WHARF TALK: Durban Volume and Vessel Call Performance
WHARF TALK: AKADEMIK FEDOROV – Russian Antarctic supply vessel
HAPAG’s East Africa Service EAS 3 arrives EA this week
Trinity House to replace Channel Lightvessel with Type 1 buoy
WHARF TALK: COOL SPIRIT – smaller version of impressive Cool Eagle
Protecting human rights at sea: New due diligence tool

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