Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 7 September 2024

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   ELVIRA

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
WHARF TALK: support vessel – BAD COMPANY SUPPORT 175
Russian Navy training ship Smolny calls at Cape Town
In Conversation: China in Africa: Kenya railway study shows investment projects aren’t a one-way street
Third container ship loses boxes overboard along SA’s notorious east coast
Initial efforts to salvage tanker Sounion in Red Sea fail
Houthis target more ships in the Red Sea
CILTSA and Vaal University of Technology Sign Historic MoU
Transnet financial report FY ending 31 March 2024
WHARF TALK: ONE container ship – ONE READINESS
Kings Rest Container Park ordered by Durban court to vacate prime Bayhead site
SANDF delegation reviews Project Hotel at Sandock Austral Shipyards
IATA and the global air cargo market: July
Compromise offer to defuse the Ethiopia/Somaliland port dispute
Transnet signs R5bn loan agreement with NDB to enhance capacity & efficiency
NEW BOOKS: Halcyon Days
MOL’s Cerulean Ace: ClassNK awards notification for safe transportation of EVs
Trade News: Mammoet launches world’s strongest land-based crane
Port News and Advisories
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
Red Sea attack on tanker Sounion: IMO S-G statement

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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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