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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 11 May 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   Maersk Stadelhorn

Namport’s Walvis Bay to have Africa’s first hydrogen-fuelled workboat
WHARF TALK: Hapag-Lloyd cruise ship – EUROPA
Incat Crowther to construct supply vessel for Senegalese operator
Somali pirates strike again taking another Iranian fishing vessel
SA auto sector highlights South Africa as an investment destination
WHARF TALK: passenger vessel – CRYSTAL SERENITY
Hapag-Lloyd & IKEA join forces to decarbonise container shipments from Asia
MSC Cruises places orders for two enviro-advanced World ships
IMO biofouling project: Biodiversity threat extended
Taylor Smith Shipyard and Nouum Engineering to cooperate in Mauritius
WHARF TALK: LPG/Ethylene tanker – NAVIGATOR PLUTO
New Multimodal Inland Port Association to lead logistics transformation in Southern Africa
Maersk adds capacity to compensate for Red Sea situation
Port News and Advisories
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose heavylift vessel – INDUSTRIAL SKIPPER
MSC makes successful offer to buy Norwegian Gram Car Carriers
Nigerian Navy rescues hundreds of passengers from sinking boat
IMO’s Legal Committee
African Maritime Forces Summit, Naval Infantry Leaders Symposium-Africa held in Ghana
Introduction of extra trains sees road truck congestion reduced at Richards Bay
Focus on the Port of Tanga
Xeneta Update: Long term rates edge up globally as Red Sea conflict continues to cast uncertainty across the market

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 9 September 2023

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FIRST VIEW:   Durban Container Terminals Piers 1 & 2

Mystery over APM Terminals reported sale of majority share in Luanda container terminal
WHARF TALK: Split bridge superstructure,  Part 2 of MSC BIANCA
Making Africa a renewable energy superpower: UN S-G speaks
Port of Beira to implement new reefer management system
Trans Kalahari Corridor Secretariat opens new offices in Windhoek
Govt issues Lady R executive summary report 
Port of Beira attracts ONE as new shipping carrier
WHARF TALK: Neo-Panamax container vessel MSC BIANCA Part 1
FIT Alliance launches ‘Declaration of the electronic Bill of Lading’
Turkish company Tosyali Holding to export 1.8 million tonnes of iron from Namibe
Surveillance of Russian vessels: A new Defence Minister
No evidence of weapons loaded for export onto Lady R
WHARF TALK: chemical tanker YC AZALEA
HMS Prince of Wales departs Portsmouth
Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) Container Terminal 2 concession awarded to APM Terminals’ SCCT
Seychelles to dredge sand for stockpile replenishment
Trade News: XXL monopile transport system lowers storage and handling costs
Transnet issues financial year end Report: unmodified audit opinion
Transnet financial report 2023 in some detail
WHARF TALK: Handymax bulk carrier VOGE MIA
Durban Dry Dock rehabilitation: Pump station commissioned 
TNPA issues RFP for East London port road widening
MOL Group Launches 1st Warehouse Operation in Africa
Shipping caught up in Gabon coup d’état
HMS Prince of Wales departs Portsmouth
SA Navy back on show with a mini festival
Xeneta Update: Long-term ocean freight rates plunge by more than 60% in year of decline, but changing fortunes appear imminent

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 15 April 2023

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Angola’s Sonangol takes delivery of new tanker Sonangol Kulumbimbi
WHARF TALK: Panamax container ship – MSC CARLA III
CMA CGM enhances its WAX service with call at Nigeria’s Lekki
ONE launches its carbon calculating eco-calculator
Seven candidates for the job of next IMO secretary-general
WHARF TALK: MR2 products tanker – SILVER VALERIE
Aero Africa launches Sea-Air freight service Asia to Africa via Dubai
ONE updates its Africa Rainbow Shuttle from May
Copernicus spies high sea surface temps: 
IN CONVERSATION: Présence chinoise en Afrique et Amérique latine : une version moderne de la “malédiction des ressources”
IN CONVERSATION: Chinese presence in Africa and Latin America: a modern version of the “resource curse”?
Eni despatches FPSO Firenze to the Ivory Coast and the start-up of the Baleine field
WHARF TALK: expeditionary cruise ship – ISLAND SKY
Second pirate attack in weeks in Gulf of Guinea as tanker is boarded
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: A landmark treaty on the high seas
NIMASA places four new ferries in service at Apapa
MSC to mobilise $100 million to help end overfishing
Ramaphosa meets country’s top exporters over rail & port logistics
WHARF TALK: passenger cruise liner – INSIGNIA
WHARF TALK: Chinese research & tracking ship – YUAN WANG 5
Russian pipelay vessel Fortuna heading for Equatorial Guinea
Ship-to-ship oil transfers: Tankers in the ‘dark fleet’ – The IMO Legal Committee
Large drug cocaine haul in Guinea’s Kamsar port
Gabon looks to exploit its gas potential
Le Gabon cherche à exploiter son potentiel commercial en matière de gaz
Dust and more Saharan dust – plumes observed by satellite

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 4 December 2021

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FIRST VIEW:  KAPETAN NONDAS

GOOD NEWS STORY: Young(ish) man scores his local cooperative a container and sewing machines
Algoa Bay oil spill cleanup completed
WHARF TALK: Something just doesn’t ‘stack’ up – STI AMBER
IN CONVERSATION: How we found a way to track alien marine species along South Africa’s coast
NS Qingdao returns to St Helena Bay to have reactive cargo removed
R240 million of cocaine discovered by Hawks on MSC container ship in Durban harbour
IN CONVERSATION: Nigeria and South Africa have a love-hate relationship: the continent needs them closerMozambique conference calls for revival of fishing communities
WHARF TALK: The cruise that wasn’t to be – EUROPA
New port managers appointed for ports of Saldanha, Cape Town, Mossel Bay & Richards Bay
News from the Coast: Cruise ships cancel seven Durban South African calls
Nigerian Maritime Law Association queries the killing of pirates in Gulf of Guinea
WHARF TALK: more tankers for Cape Town – LEFKARA
Future health of the seafaring community: Industry-wide collaboration sought
Strengthened freight rates saves PIL – all Scheme debts repaid ahead of schedule
Xeneta container rates alert: “astronomical” monthly hike pushes long-term ocean freight rates up 121% year-on-year
IN CONVERSATION: Channel deaths: the UK has clear legal responsibilities towards people crossing in small boats
WHARF TALK: tanker with a story – BW ZAMBESI
Life Saving Signals
IN CONVERSATION: Omicron is the new COVID kid on the block: five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately
Yara Birkeland, first fully electric & automated containership readies for service
UECC takes delivery of world’s first dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid car carrier
Critically ill patient airlifted from ship 45 n.miles off Richards Bay
Panic over seismic surveys off the Wild Coast
Mozambique launches sixth hydrocarbon licensing round
Shipping needs action from IMO member states on concrete climate change initiatives
Maritime security: IMO promotes a whole of government approach
WHARF TALK: From Cape to Rio (not quite) – NAVE ATRIA
Tanga port expansion pays off as bigger ships start calling
IMF warns against limiting Mozambique’s gas developments
Nigerian railway staff suspend strike but demand action on working conditions

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : POLONIA
Pirates raid bulker Glarus off Bonny Island, take 12 hostages
Lake Victoria’s MV Nyerere death toll passes 200
Madagascan licensing bidding opens at Africa Oil Week
Second shipment of copper ore reaches Lobito by train from DRC
DAFF formalises small-scale fisheries
English High Court continues restraint against Djibouti Port Company
President Ramaphosa on stimulating the South Africa economy
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : UACC RAS TANURA

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : MAERSK SIRAC
Peace and stability in Indian Ocean is priority for India’s foreign policy
Mozambique to stop importing sugar from next year
30,000 tons of cocoa trapped by gridlocked roads outside Lagos ports
Railroad to new port at Macuse now a priority for 2019
Transnet NPA outlines plans for Port of Mossel Bay
Prime Minister Theresa May hands over SS Mendi ship ship’s bell
Princess Jennifer sails from Durban for Koko after storm damage repairs
Gibdock completes complex ballast water treatement system retrofit to bulker Zambesi
Drive New Ways — Voith at the SMM 2018 (Hamburg)
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : ZENITH LEADER

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : SANTA ROSA
More changes for TNPA as focus shifts to ship repair
Export prospects thumbs-up for R10-billion Mercedes Benz investment
Richards Bay Coal Line annual maintenance shut-down
Port of Walvis Bay handles water plant equipment for Zambia
Namport continuing to make its presence felt in the Kunene region
Transnet Port Terminals engages with Gauteng stakeholders to improve productivity
Vard secures contract for three Norwegian coast guard vessels
China makes $584 million part payment for Sri Lankan Port of Hambantota
Xeneta launches XSI™, new index contract offering
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : RED SAKURA

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : SEASPAN LINGUE
ONE expects to boost business in Africa through competitive customer service
Foreign seafarers in medical rescue mission to East London
HMAS Warramunga scores again… and again… and again
President Ramaphosa invited to G7 Summit for oceans protection
SAMSA recognizes World Oceans Day with Durban Open Day
Bunker supplier Aegean Petroleum shares crash after US$200 million write-off report
Historic Mozambique Island to rebuild sea wall
Long Beach named best green seaport worldwide
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : THOR MAXIMUS

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