Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 12 January 2025

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   AFRICA MERCY

RFA: The end of Transnet rail monopoly and the beginning of better things?
Walvis Bay emerges as MSC’s new transshipment hub port in Southern Africa
MSC applies surcharge for cargo from the Middle East & India sub-continent to Mombasa
Construction work on DP World’s new port at Ndayane in Senegal gets underway
Bulker Hagen Oldendorff grounding: ATSB safety recommendations
Transnet reports 6% revenue increase amid operational challenges
IMO Secretary-General’s new year message
EUKOR Car Carriers secures US$ 4.2 billion contract with Hyundai and Kia
Senegalese fishery achieves historic MSC certification
The best of UK’s Defence Imagery 2024
Chaos and crisis in Mozambique continues
US to build polar security cutter
APM Terminals Expands MedPort Tangier Capacity to 5.2 million TEUs
SASTUNA Secures MSC Certification for Southern Africa Albacore Fishery
Antarctic iceberg A23a afloat again
South Africa receiving a growing number of visiting foreign naval vessels
Vale tests wind energy on one of world’s largest ore carriers
World Shipping Council Elects New Leadership
No Christmas MMIPV for the Navy
Dust, more dust: Saharan dust affects the Canary Islands, Spain
Bears starting to roar in the car carrier market
Managing Maritime Risks: Stowaways and Rescued People at Sea
South African Albacore Tuna Fishery secures global MSC certification for sustainability
Port Elizabeth tanker berth back in business
Transnet Port Terminals’ quayside performance shines through recommissioned conveyor belt
Mayotte disaster
Cyclone Chido downgraded after bringing devastation to Mayotte
Dumping of wastes at sea: Kenya advances efforts to curb
Red Sea tensions: 4 scholars explain what’s at stake for global trade and security
FFS Tank Terminals lines up to operate Port of Cape Town’s Liquid Bulk Terminal
WHARF TALK: luxury cruise ship – AZAMARA QUEST
MENA: Training on assessment, examination and certification of seafarers
SA Agulhas II prepares for annual South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) relief voyage
Madagascar: Casualty investigation and reporting
South African government suspends mineral transport to Maputo port
Tropical cyclone warning for northern Madagascar and Mozambique Channel

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 10 March 2024

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   Hellas Margarita

Grindrod grows its headline earnings with operational resilience
Saldanha MPT having a good year, already exceeded YTD volume budget by 6.2%
World Shipping Council speaks out on attack of True Confidence
Port advisories for South African ports
In Conversation: MH370 disappearance 10 years on: can we still find it?
Is Iran planning a naval base at Port Sudan?
Breaking News: Tanker hit by missile off Aden, 2 seafarers killed
WHARF TALK: multipurpose heavylifter – BBC SCANDINAVIA
Vice Admiral Monde Lobese to address poor morale in the SA Navy
Höegh Autoliners receives funding for two ammonia-powered car carriers
Houthi attacks continue as Italian destroyer gets into the action
WHARF TALK: newly spotted box ship – ONE REASSURANCE
IMO statement on the Red Sea crisis and the Rubymar
UNCTAD port training module for Nigerian port officials
West Africa’s GTA LNG project: Arrival of FLNG vessel GIMI – Major milestone reached
Transnet unpacks plans for repositioning ports of Durban & Richards Bay
WHARF TALK: residential cruise ship – THE WORLD
Seafarer lost overboard container ship Santa Cruz near Cape Recife
Houthi’s may have scuttled abandoned British bulker Rubymar
Tunisia commercial port traffic increases 2% in 2023
Transnet given approval to finalise DCT2 contract with ICTSI
DCT Pier 2 is steadily recovering, says TPT
WHARF TALK: Large Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHST) vessel – NORMAND SIRIUS
Transnet says it will deal ‘decisively’ concerning activities at TNPA
CMA CGM given go-ahead to acquire 
SA Navy will hit the high seas this year with ship visits to Russia and Cuba
SA Navy prepared to divorce itself from the Armscor Dockyard – Lobese
Xeneta Update: XSI® records biggest increase in 18 months
Combating harassment and bullying: ICS sets out industry principles
In Conversation: How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences
Transnet executive appointments – official announcement

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Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news 4 June 2023

Africa PORTS & SHIPS maritime news

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FIRST VIEW:   COSCO CHANG SHENG

Air Cargo: Demand decline slows in April
WHARF TALK: When the Hunter Becomes the Hunted – SEA SHEPHERD  Part Two
Battle of the Atlantic: 80th commemoration – Port of Liverpool
Seabourn Sojourn completes call at Ghanaian port of Tema
Nigeria releases VLCC Heroic Idun after plea bargain by owners
DP World & Standard Bank partner to expand trade in Africa
WHARF TALK: When the Hunter Becomes the Hunted – SEA SHEPHERD
India and Kenya stage naval exercise off Mombasa
Xeneta Container Update: Long-term ocean freight rates collapse by almost 30% in a month
Algeria to expand ship repair in port of Arzew
Pier One problems are over, promises TPT
WHARF TALK: large LR1 product tanker – NAVE CIELO
In Conversation: China in Africa: Kenya railway study shows investment projects aren’t a one-way street
Opinion Piece: Africa’s slowly expanding cast of LNG players
Article d’opinion: Le casting d’acteurs du GNL en expansion lente en Afrique
Protests close major road routes in Durban and Van Reenen
Runaway coal train collision – negligence or something else?
WHARF TALK: general cargo vessel – BLUE MASTER II
Libyan port attacked by drones, patrol vessels destroyed
IMO:   Mauritius – Strengthening oil spill preparedness plans
Boluda Maritime Corporation renforce son partenariat avec le Togo et l’Afrique de l’Ouest
Boluda Maritime Corporation strengthens its partnership with Togo and West Africa
Constitutional Court orders the extradition of Manuel Chang to the USA
WHARF TALK:two small bespoke tugs – FRANQUE TIDE & IGIRAN TIDE
Europe’s first new-build zero-emission tug on its way
Gibraltar’s Gibdock dockyard: Balaena celebrates first year anniversary
Less containers lost at sea in 2022 – WSC report
TRADE NEWS: Fluent Cargo Makes Route Planning Easy
Women in Maritime: 2024 IMO Gender Equality Award
Sixteen bodies found after Chinese fishing vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 capsizes

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