Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 7 April 2024

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   Port of Mombasa 

Cruise News: Farewell to MSC Splendida, hello to MSC Virtuosa
Durban Terminals prepared for bumper citrus season
In Conversation: Turkey and Ethiopia have had close ties for many years: Somalia maritime deals may shift the dynamics
New four-lane in-gate facility in Onne Port, Nigeria
Port of Nacala-a-Velha handles over 13 million tons of Mozambican coal via Malawi
WHARF TALK: P&O cruise ship – ARCADIA
CMA CGM to update EURAF 4 & 5 services with West Africa
In Conversation: Jihadism in Mozambique: southern African forces are leaving with mixed results
TNPA develops its first water desalination plant at Port of East London
President to open R2.6 Billion multi-modal rail terminal in Durban
WHARF TALK: passenger ship – BOREALIS
Chinese naval task force visiting Mozambique
Chinese tanker targeted by Houthi anti-ship missiles
MSC strengthens freight forwarding logistics with acquisition of Clasquin
Déjà Vu – Another sickening stink ship arrives. East London this time
Steady growth for Kenya’s Port of Mombasa
WHARF TALK: luxury expedition ship – SILVER CLOUD
Coral Sul FLNG: 50 successful LNG tanker transfers offshore Mozambique
Russian frigate Marshall Shaposhnikov arrives in Massawa, Eritrea
The Baltimore Bridge disaster – one week later
Baltimore Bridge’s losses within absorption capacity of the insurance industry – Morningstar DBRS
SAMIM to withdraw from Mozambique by 15 July 2024
Commissioner Lighe takes office at Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA)
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

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 22 July 2022

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:  MedPort Tangier

Nigeria & shipping agencies aim at ending piracy in Gulf of Guinea
Mossel Bay port to host TNPA Garden Route Career Exhibition
CMA CGM’s Ceva Logistics expands in Africa
Militarisation of Red Sea – Russian seabase at Port Sudan scuttled
Oman acts against illegal fishing – strikes ISRAR fleet off register
Lobito Corridor (Benguela) railway concession awarded to consortium
WHARF TALK:  LR2 sized tanker – LEO
Former CMA CGM executive Sartini rumoured to head up Bolloré’s African logistics unit for MSC
DP World’s Imperial completes the acquisition of Mozambique’s J&J Group
IN CONVERSATION: Ice Wide Shut — Inside the complex, secretive world of the Antarctic Treaty
Impressive largest magnetite cargo handled by Richards Bay Bulk Terminal
WHARF TALK: purpose built research vessel – BAIA FARTA
IHMA announces a new President: Captain Paul O’Regan
Opinion: Oversupply of containers leading to second-hand container market
NIMASA to use Special Mission aircraft to fight oil theft
South African Summer Citrus arriving in the USA
WHARF TALK: Handysize chemical tanker – STOLT ALM
Mystery of APL Vanda solved
Swastika’s in Africa: Feedback on a Wharf Talk article
DP World rolls out e-commerce platform Dubuy.com into Ghana and Zambia
Don’t look for trouble, warns Nigeria’s new transport minister
APM Terminals MedPort Tangier invests to drive down CO2 emissions
WHARF TALK: US Task Force 88 – OPERATION SOLANT AMITY 1
Kenya ports and the concessioning debate – is Mombasa up to it?
WTO Webinar: Trade-related developments in an interdependent world
Imperial acquires controlling stake in Nigeria’s Africa FMCG Distribution Ltd
WTO LATEST: Cabo Verde Prime Minister José Ulisses Correia e Silva welcomed at WTO
TRADE NEWS: Choosing noise-free marine bearings
African countries’ export diversification: UNCTAD urges rethink
SADC extends SAMIM mandate in northern Mozambique

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

Africa PORTS & SHIPS Maritime News

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First View : UMBILO
MSC enters West African Ro-Ro trade with two car carriers
Naval Force CTF 150 nets another large Indian Ocean drug haul
Mauritius geared to become key Indian Ocean maritime hub in the Indian Ocean
Botswana to sign the COMESA-EAR-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement
FPSO Egina arrives at Lagos, Nigeria after 3-month tow
Man dies after falling while boarding ship off Ngqura
Rolls-Royce opens autonomous shipping research centre
CMA CGM takes delivery of 20,600-TEU CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery
OUT OF THE MAILBAG:  Mailbag: Rats and cockroaches – so what?
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : PRETTY TEAM

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