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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 9 November 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   Port of Lüderitz

IMO heads to COP 29: Promoting net-zero framework for shipping
A closes Lebombo border crossing as unrest and rioting sweeps across Mozambique
Hapag-Lloyd on spending spree for 24 new container ships
WHARF TALK: fibre optic cable laying vessel – CS VEGA II
Xeneta: Trump Presidency will reignite US-China trade war
TNPA switching to clean fuels for tug fleet
Chevron Marine Lubricants adds Port Elizabeth to its global supply chain
IMO S-G visits Red Sea countries: Concern for seafarers
APM Terminals appoints new MD for Suez Canal Container Terminal
AD Ports Group signs MoU with Somali Ministry to boost fisheries and maritime sectors
Port of Mombasa gets neighbour’s nod
Houthis renew their attacks: three ships allegedly targeted
Port of Conakry Guinea – Advancing digitalization, IMO support
Beira port impacted by political demonstrations
Durban port weather warning
The Houthis are winning in the Red Sea – rest of the world on the back foot
WHARF TALK: German cruise ship – MEIN SCHIFF 4
“It’s time to act”- high rates of harm prompt call for more safety training in the fishing industry
Kenya and EU hold joint naval exercise
Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) must apply stents to the transport arteries of South Africa
Xeneta: European importers should not be spooked by ocean container carriers’ desperate efforts to drive up freight rates
China-South Africa – a rates comparison
Mozambique Government awards port terminal concession to Chinese Group
Beira’s Macúti Lighthouse to undergo rehabilitation
Dryad Global’s Maritime Security Threat Advisory: Key Global Hotspots and Recent Incidents

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 25 October 2024

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FIRST VIEW: Ships Coming & Going 

Azores designates largest North Atlantic Marine Protected Area Network in North Atlantic
Maersk’s seasonal Korosho Express operating from Tanzania’s Port Mtwara
IN CONVERSATION: South Africa’s massive Sasol petrochemical plant faces serious challenges – new report
UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2024
RFA’S Gavin Kelly hits out at Transnet’s proposed tariff hikes
WHARF TALK: pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) – WAY FORWARD
TNPA secures 15-year extension with Richard Bay’s South32 Hillside Aluminium
Celebrating 75 years of Rotterdam- Cabo Verde friendship
Viering van 75 jaar Rotterdams-Kaapverdische vriendschap
Captain Richard Woodman LVO MNM FNI. 1944-2024
Charter Link Logistic opens office in South Africa
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose dry cargo vessel – KAROLINE
In Conversation: Joe Biden in Africa: US president has ignored the continent for his entire term – why he’s visiting Angola
DP World goes ahead with £1 billion expansion of London Gateway
Xeneta Summit: Shipping giants reinforce confidence in Gemini alliance service reliability ambitions
EU naval ops off Africa under the spotlight
Construction underway with Angolan BR71 Mk II corvettes
World Maritime University MSc courses: First GHG-SMART scholars
Western Africa: IMO support for casualty investigation and reporting
Xeneta: Machine learning to predict future ocean freight rate movements in new Market Outlook
In Conversation: Somalia and Turkey are becoming firm allies – what’s behind this strategy
Saudi Arabia to launch exclusive cruise island in Red Sea
WHARF TALK: Bay Class Dock Landing Ship (LSD) – RFA LYME BAY L3007
Faced with demand, DP World acquires 47,000 TEUs to boost capacity and performance

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 7 September 2024

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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 17 March 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   The World

Angola’s Customs Police seize seven fishing vessels
TNPA opens 100 opportunities to lease port land and commercial developments
Indian Ocean naval exercise involving Iran, Russia & China – SA as observer
In Conversation: Five hotspots where floating plastic litter poses the greatest risk to North Atlantic marine life – new study
Armscor to acquire speedboats to patrol SA’s maritime borders
WHARF TALK: luxury passenger ship – SILVER SPIRIT
In Conversation: Technology to protect South Africa’s oceans: experts find that a data-driven monitoring system is paying off
IMO and Tunisia: Port security audit training
Bulk carrier Abdullah, sailing from Maputo, is highjacked by pirates
Near-tripling of EU ETS costs due to Red Sea crisis, analysis shows
WHARF TALK: Pure Car Carrier – WON SHIN
Two centuries of the RNLI
In Conversation: Somalia-Turkey maritime deal is a win for both countries, and not a power play for the Horn of Africa
TNPA begins rehabilitating Durban port roads
Nigerian Ports Authority to invest $1 billion in upgrading Tin Can Island and other ports
WHARF TALK: passenger cruise ship – ISLAND PRINCESS
Cyclone Filipo 17S now in Mozambique Channel, threatens southern Mozambique
TotalEnergies takes participating interest in Orange River Basin Block 3B/4B
IMO and MENA regional training: Seafarers’ assessment, examination and certification
MSC opens R350 million new cold storage facility in Durban
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose heavylift vessel – REGINE
Humanitarian aid to Gaza: US military to construct temporary pier
Anglo American takes delivery of 10th LNG-fuelled bulk carrier, Ubuntu Liberty
Port of Douala flourishing since MSC takeover
Beware the Chinese harbour cranes – US Homeland Security
Houthis & Yemen – first casualties on merchant ship True Confidence
New vessels needed for the SA Navy more than ever
Jeddah Amendment: Bahrain signs
In Conversation: West Africa’s coast was a haven for piracy and illegal fishing – how technology is changing the picture

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 11 February 2024

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First View: Queen Mary 2 in Durban

Preparations for the removal of the wreck Elke M underway
TRADE NEWS: Can a single maritime AI research project cut 1% of total global emissions?
In Conversation: Somaliland-Ethiopia port deal: international opposition flags complex Red Sea politics
Ivanhoe Mines to bring 240,000 tonnes of annual export capacity along Lobito Corridor
Give us more time, Transnet’s acting CEO tells government
WHARF TALK: Roll-On, Roll-Off vessel – HARTLAND POINT
CENTCOM report of 6 February attacks on Red Sea shipping
Cape Town Container Terminal reducing backlog – Transnet
South African Port Statistics for the Calendar Year 2023
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose heavylift cargo vessel BBC RAINBOW
Transnet sees some improvement on North (Richards Bay) Corridor
Red Sea maritime situation worsens
Tender issued for Inhaca Island jetty
IMO S-G’s fresh maritime agenda
Hapag-Lloyd weighs in with a weekly ‘Citrus loader’
Maritime Single Window – advancing digitalization in shipping
Reload Logistics acquires Sulphur Bulk Terminal at Richards Bay

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 21 January 2024

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FIRST VIEW:   FINNCANOPUS

TFR returns Richards Bay coal line to service
WHARF TALK: SA Port Statistics for December 2023
US CENTCOM strikes more Houthi weapon sites: US bulk carrier bombed by drone
A NEW BOOK: Brief Atlas of the Lighthouses
In Conversation: Ethiopia’s deal with Somaliland upends regional dynamics, risking strife across the Horn of Africa
Cyclone Belal hits La Réunion and Mauritius
Elke M salvage operation update
Transnet Freight Rail ‘fast-tracking’ repairs on KZN coal export line
WHARF TALK: Spirit on Mighty Servant 3
Transnet Recovery Diary 17 January 2024
Tanzania Ports Authority revives plans for container port at Bagamoyo
DCT Terminal 2 reducing the backlog
In Conversation: Suez Canal is not the only ‘choke point’ that threatens to disrupt global supply chains
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are teaming up with an operational cooperation
Port Maputo tops 31 million tonnes throughput, 16% up on previous year
WHARF TALK: laden Supramax bulk carrier SPAR CORVUS
TNPA to appoint panel to help close operational gaps at port terminals
Tanzania bans Kenya Airways in tit-for-tat
IMO and an Onshore Power Supply package: Now available for port stakeholders
Transnet Recovery Diary 16 January 2024
Trade News: CIMC Raffles picks TMC for Havfram Wind’s WTIVs
Two coal trains collide outside Richards Bay causing derailment
WHARF TALK: Antarctic Krill fishing vessel ANTARCTIC SEA
Breaking News: Houthi missile strikes US merchant ship
Tensions rise over Ethiopia’s sea access deal with Somaliland
In Conversation: Ethiopia’s quest for access to the sea: success rests on good relations with its neighbours
Transnet Recovery Diary 12 January 2024
Degrading rebel group Houthi’s capabilities
WHARF TALK: multi-purpose heavylift vessel CPC CAROLINA
SAMSA Update: Elke M casualty, St Francis Bay
Red Sea: UN Security Council Resolution 2722 (2024) Statement by IMO S-G
World’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel calls at Walvis Bay
SAECS advisory – SANTA ISABEL to omit Cape Town call
IMO improving Polar Code training: Key recommendations proposed
In Conversation: Houthi rebel Red Sea attacks and the threat of escalation and supply chain chaos are a major headache – and not just for the west
Transnet Recovery Diary 12 January 2024
US and UK missile strikes could signal the ‘beginning of the endgame’ in the Red Sea crisis
US and UK military launch attacks against Houthi bases
Transnet Recovery Diary 11 January 2024
Vopak Terminal Durban and TPL consortium awarded LNG Terminal concession at Richards Bay port
Transnet Recovery Diary 10 January 2024
Removal of pollutants from grounded fishing vessel Elke M begins
Houthis make largest overnight attack on naval and commercial ships in Red Sea
Richards Bay conveyor belt returns to service
Airfreight: Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services adds Casablanca
DNV: Maritime decarbonization efforts propelled as orders for alternative-fueled vessels grow
Transnet Recovery Diary 9 January 2024
Transnet Recovery Diary 8 January 2024
NATO’s Operation Sea Guardian (OSG)
Attacks on shipping: UN Security Council briefed
Maersk reverses course, heads around the Cape
Transaid looks back on a silver year
Fishing vessel Elke M aground near Cape St Francis, crew safe UPDATED
WSC, ICS & BIMCO speak out about Red Sea crisis
US and allies issue warning to Houthis over shipping in Red Sea
Transnet Recovery Diary 4 January 2024
IMO S-G addresses UN
Transnet Recovery Diary 3 January 2024
Cyclone Alvaro, First of the ‘Season’ – Madagascan waters  
S-G IMO’s New Year message

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 5 June 2022

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FIRST VIEW:  OBS VENUS

Poor sad Port Bell on Lake Victoria. What future has it?
WHARF TALK: specialised purpose vessel – EDDA FIDES
It’s official – sale of DAL to Hapag-Lloyd is approved
Spanish & French vessels fishing illegally in the Indian Ocean
Contracts signed to build 2,000km high-speed Egyptian railway
WHARF TALK: Ulramax bulk carrier – FERMITA
TRADE NEWS: Hydrogen energy system for cruise vessels
ONE signs contracts for ten very large container ship buildings
Davos 2022: WTO DG Okonjo-Iweala calls for global solidarity
Algoa Bay Oil Spill Update
WHARF TALK: tanker in Cape Town named – HAFNIA YANGTZE
Aden: Dilapidated oil tankers and dhow traffic increase
Xeneta container rates alert: shipping costs soar as long-term rates race 150% up year-on-year
IN CONVERSATION: What US re-entry into Somalia means for the Horn of Africa and for bigger powers
Durban, Cape Town & Ngqura rated poorly in latest World Port Rankings
WHARF TALK: Heavy lift vessel – ATLANTIC DAWN
Mercy Ships and Heads of State gather at Dakar as latest hospital ship enters service
IN CONVERSATION: Marine life in a South African bay is full of chemical pollutants
Transnet to focus on emerging miners for port and rail allocation
Five senior officials arrested over controversial Transnet locomotive procurement
European Commission shocks with an about face over cold treatment for South African citrus
WHARF TALK: Ukrainian Antarctic research ship – NOOSFERA
Mark this date: Day of the Seafarer 2022: 25 June
SAS Spioenkop limps home after mission in Mozambique
Algoa Bay oil spill – weekend update
Creecy extends fishing rights appeals period
KENYA: Ruto vows to undo SGR and Mombasa port deals if he becomes next president
20 years jailtime for diesel pipeline thief
Marine geospatial collaboration: UK’s role as a global leader in ocean science

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First View : DURBAN PORT FESTIVAL
Nigeria’s Shippers Council to morph into National Transport Commission
SAMSA’s Safety Guru, Captain Nigel Campbell retires
Durban Port Festival to Celebrate All Things Heritage
Naval exercises with EU NAVFOR in Somalia
UNESCO to speed up conservation on Ilha de Mocambique
Vigilant Lion a Roaring Success in the Gulf of Aden
Websites to watch No.3
IMarEST releases report on the human impact of autonomous ships
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : LOWLANDS AMSTEL

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First View : KARIYUSHI LEADER
How an unrecognised state’s port deal could shift dynamics across the Horn
Transnet in international consortium concession to build new Nigerian rail network
Tugs and port cranes delivered to Port Sudan from Qatar Ports
South Africa disappointed at US steel tariff decision
IFC to finance new LPG terminal at Port of Mombasa
Davies Turner goes east with express China rail service
Freight and Brexit
First Damen Fast Crew Supplier with motion-compensated gangway system enters service
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : MSC BEIJING

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First View : KALEY
Container revival? Not yet, or so it seems
Zambezi and Chire River waterway to Malawi not viable – report
More than 30 properties up for offer in the Port of Durban
Italy donates four patrol boats to Somalia
Nigeria to spend US$ 186 million on combatting piracy
FASTEUR embassy engagement training exercise in US Africa Command
Mega alliances ‘failing miserably’- Drewry
PRESS RELEASES: Take a Girl Child to Work in all TPT regions
Expected Ship Arrivals and Ships in Port
Cruise News and Naval Activities
Pics of the Day : HAPPY DIAMOND

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