Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 16 October 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:  CMA CGM ZANZIBAR

WHARF TALK: LR1 Panamax products tanker CORAL GULF
TRANSNET STRIKE: Transnet tables latest offer
IN CONVERSATION: Slavery has not disappeared – it’s just moved offshore
Xeneta Rates Report, Week 41: Contracts to obtain better ocean freight rates value
Maritime Sector under the spotlight: IMO World Maritime Day Parallel Event Day 2, October 13
Cable theft’ & vandalism on Transnet property reaches unprecedented levels
WHARF TALK: Norwegian krill trawler ANTARCTIC ENDURANCE
Sale of Grindrod Shipping a step closer
HMS Montrose nabs another drug smuggler at sea
IN CONVERSATION: The 5 biggest threats to West Africa’s oceans – and what to do about them
Maritime Sector under the spotlight: IMO World Maritime Day Parallel Event
Port Strike: Unions reject Transnet’s latest offer
WHARF TALK: general purpose tanker MH LANGOEY
Red Sea Jeddah port to deepen and add new berths
Did You Know? Red Sea
NSRI Gueberha evacuates seafarer from deepsea bulker
International: Boskalis to upgrade Europa Terminal in port of Antwerp
STRIKE NEWS: Kumba stands to lose 120,000 tonnes of iron ore exports per day
WHARF TALK: new coastal tanker? MAERSK CALLAO
Positive expressions of interest in Transnet’s Renewable Energy RFI
Walvis Bay records several important bulk shipments through port
Air cargo demand shows resilience: IATA data
Indian coastal sailing vessel sinks off Maldives – 76 dead in Nigerian boat tragedy
STRIKE ACTION: Full effect of worker stayaway expected from today
WHARF TALK: platform supply vessel LAYLA
STRIKE ACTION: Santa Cruz & Santa Teresa service update
SAECS update: MOL Proficiency returns to service
IN CONVERSATION: Fishers and environmental activists express concern over proposed drilling off SA’s West Coast
Container ship TSS Pearl on fire in Red Sea – crew safely evacuated
Joining forces for sustainable maritime development: IMO and The Commonwealth Secretariat
VIDEO: Bridge across Kerch Strait between Russia & Crimea damaged by explosion [repeat]
Annual World Maritime Day Parallel Event (WMDPE) [repeat]

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 23 September 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

FIRST VIEW:   Port of East London

Port of Walvis Bay handles 80 new tipper trucks for mining operation
WHARF TALK: French oceanographic research vessel ANTEA
Boost for Liberia’s Port Buchanan with project cargo
Return of the Bronagh J – back at Moma
ATSB Report: BBC Rhonetal ship fire.Port Hedland, Western Australia
The Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Rubber Tyre Gantries arrive for Durban Container Terminal, STS for Cape Town
DP World wins again in latest judgement over Djibouti concession
IN CONVERSATION: Supply chain management in Africa needs a rethink – COVID changed everything, or did it?
Rhenus Group opens large new warehouse in Durban
SA Port Statistics for the month of August 2022
WHARF TALK: Shell MR2 class tanker MORNING GLORY
IN CONVERSATION: Tanzania and Zambia want to upgrade the ‘Uhuru Railway’ – but can they?
Suez Canal users face double-digit rates hike from January
CMF Naval forces partner in Seychelles to build cooperation
Korean shipyards secure orders for eight ships from African operators
Second of three patrol vessels for Senegal is launched
Mozambique fishers complain of foreign trawlers taking their catch
Saudi Port of Jazan City inaugurated for primary & downstreaming industries
WHARF TALK: Royal visits to South Africa – in the 20th Century
Progress reported on Durban’s main container road to & from port
President Ruto reverses rule of clearing containers inland, Mombasa reinstated
Madagascar: Regional training for Port State Control officers
Xeneta Rates Report: Xeneta real-time container rates update: week 37
Hapag-Lloyd acquires share in land-based logistics group Spinelli

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 10 October 2021

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

Here are the News Headlines:

FIRST VIEW:   MORNING COMPOSER

Transnet reopens Cookhouse-Blaney branch line in Eastern Cape
Landmark trial eliminates mosquito pest
IN CONVERSATION: Blockade of Port Sudan: what’s behind it and what can end it
Fire at Port of Richards Bay terminal extinguished
China-US freight rates plunge, but China manufacturing woes create new headaches for shippers
WHARF TALK: Anchor Handling Support vessel – SD HONOUR
Mozambique Report: COP 26 – gas & cyclones?
HMS Trent deploys to West Africa to support maritime security
Berth at Port of Mwanza on Lake Victoria to undergo upgrade ahead of new ferry entering service
Mozambique Report: Total says LNG will go ahead, but three years late
WHARF TALK:  offshore vessel – NORMAN INSTALLER
IN CONVERSATION: South Africa’s massive ‘sardine run’ leads fish into an ecological trap
TRADE NEWS: Jan De Nul contracts Castor Marine to connect entire fleet
Kenya commissions new naval base in Manda Bay
President Ramaphosa gives ‘green light’ for cruises
WHARF TALK: Dolphin S57 type bulker – STAR CEPHEUS
TransNamib leases additional locomotives from South Africa to increase capacity
Sri Lanka Ports Authority in BOT agreement for new container terminal
Transnet infrastructure investment pays off: SA citrus exports up 12 per cent
WHARF TALK: a tug named – OUBANGUI
IN CONVERSATION: Global shortage of shipping containers highlights their importance in getting goods to Amazon warehouses, store shelves and your door in time for Christmas
Nigeria’s ultra modern Records Centre in commission
WHARF TALK: bulker from Ehoala – BRANT
SGM donates to Home Run for Education
The Walvis Bay Kids Haven continues to benefit from Namport’s generosity
Second big drug haul for French frigate in a week

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Here are the day’s News Headlines:

First View : ABY VIRGINIA
SA port statistics for August now available
Transnet to appear before Parliamentary Committee over loco acquisition
Kenya Ports Authority takes over Shimoni and Kisumu ports
SAMSA begins investigation into Robben Island ferry incident
RFA Mounts Bay begins support in the Turks and Caicos Islands
A reflection: LISW comes of age, hailed as the best yet
Durban conference on country’s potential to build strong gas economy
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : ARDMORE ENGINEER

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Wednesday’s Maritime News

Wednesday’s Maritime News – Africa Ports

Here are today’s News Headlines:

•First View : HS ROSSINI
•Grindrod acquisition of RBT Grindrod Terminals approved
•Commission approves Wilh Wilhemsen ASA’s merger with Wallroll AB
•President Zuma drums up support for ocean economy
•Cyclone Enowa hits Madagascar as another develops N-E of Mauritius
•International: Rail corridor to link Europe with South Asia
•Scenarios and strategies for the next phase of world container trade
•PRESS RELEASES
•Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
•Cruise News and Naval Activities
•Pics of the Day : ECO REVOLUTION

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