Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 31 March 2024

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   Ala’suinu

First of 45 new haulers arrive for Durban Container Terminals
In Conversation: I’ve captained ships into tight ports like Baltimore, and this is how captains like me work with harbor pilots to avoid deadly collisions
WHARF TALK: Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker – CLAUDE
Tropical Cyclone Gamane threatens Madagascar and Mozambique
Aftermath of Baltimore Bridge collision
Baltimore Bridge disaster: Significant impact on local port and economy
TFR has best performance of the year on North (Richards Bay) Corridor
WHARF TALK: MR2 class Product Tanker – STI MILWAUKEE
Over 100 dumpers and payloaders arrive to beef up Richards Bay MPT performance
The Baltimore Bridge collapse – Civil Engineer’s comment
Baltimore Bridge collapse: potential for significant supply chain disruption
BREAKING NEWS: Ship strikes Baltimore bridge, major collapse
French Navy seizes over 10 tons of cocaine from Gulf of Guinea fishing vessel
WHARF TALK: polar expeditionary passenger vessel – SH VEGA
Maritime net-zero framework: IMO agrees possible outline
India, Mozambique, Tanzania joint maritime exercise IMT Trilat underway
US–India joint CG ops – Andaman and Nicobar Islands
SA Port Statistics for February 2024
WHARF TALK: short sea Ro-Pax ferry – ALA’SUINU
Ship and port scheduling advisories
Richards Bay port to become key hub for energy trade
CMA CGM upgrades service between Jeddah and North Red Sea
Poland becomes 42nd member of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF)
UNCTAD’s Global Trade Update: Encouraging signs
Quissanga and Quirimba Island retaken by Mozambique armed forces
SAMSA receives reports of oiled Cape Gannets on Bird Island

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 10 December 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   Richards Bay Coal Terminal

Container Terminals, not privatisation – its collaboration, says Transnet
WHARF TALK: Modern cable laying vessel ILE DE BREHAT
Tin-Can Island Container Terminal workers assured their jobs are safe under MSC
Xeneta Freight Rates Update: Week 49
U.S donates coastal patrol craft to Mozambique authorities
Port of Durban lagging behind in a post-pandemic world
WHARF TALK: Handymax bulk carrier WELLPARK
EU’s emission trading system (ETS) now includes maritime transport
Container xChange forecasts container rate war in 2023
Wilhelmshaven becomes Germany’s first LNG terminal
Wilhelmshaven wird Deutschlands erster LNG-Terminal
South Africa’s National shipping Line – feasible or stupid?
WHARF TALK: Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ SEVEN SEAS VOYAGER
IN CONVERSATION: Why Britain should immediately withdraw from Mauritius’ Chagos Islands
Gas: The Ideal Resource Namibia and South Africa can offer Germans for Security
Gas: Der ideale Rohstoff Namibia und Südafrika bieten den Deutschen Sicherheit
TRADE NEWS: Castor Marine offers Starlink to boost Internet for its maritime, offshore and superyacht clients
Sexual Violence in Maritime Industry: Calls for Accountability
WHARF TALK: visiting French Navy ships NIVOSE & LE MALIN
Transnet eases the way for doing business with emerging manganese miners
Products tanker pirated twice in Gulf of Guinea: Italian Navy assists
Harvesting rainwater: Graduate saves fresh water in Malaysia
Exxaro faces a R11 billion cost in lost opportunities due to TFR’s inability to increase coal exports
WHARF TALK: former Leopard Star, now ELANDRA STAR
Angolan Navy takes delivery of first of three Ocean Eagle patrol boats
African Development Bank commits US$301 million to overhaul Uganda’s metre-gauge railway
Transnet Freight Rail happy with ban on scrap metal
Freak wave causes fatality, others injured on Viking Polaris cruise ship

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