The African Rail Industry Association (ARIA) has called for the speedy implementation of third-party operator access into Transnet Freight and Rail (TFR) network infrastructure in a bid to generate more revenue for the fiscus. ARIA has been expressing serious concerns regarding the restrictive terms and conditions Transnet has imposed onContinue Reading
Namibia’s state-owned railway company TransNamib plans to shift coal exports from Botswana off the road and onto rail by early next year, potentially doubling exports via Walvis Bay port, its CEO said. Land-locked Botswana has sought alternative routes to export its coal as disruption to South Africa’s railway lines impactContinue Reading
Bad policies and the government’s failure to implement some policies that will boost the efficiency of the ports in the country have made Nigerian importers divert their cargoes to neighbouring ports. ANOZIE EGOLE looks at the implications this has been on the country’s revenue Although the Nigerian maritime industry isContinue Reading
Ivory Coast has completed construction of a second container terminal at its main port in Abidjan, paving the way for it to become a regional shipping hub, officials said late on Friday. Port authorities said the project cost about 596 billion CFA francs ($953 million) and was 85% financed byContinue Reading
With 38 of its 54 states being coastal or island states, it is no surprise that Africa is home to over 100 port facilities, including massive terminals in Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town in the south, and Mombasa and Dar es Salaam in the east, and Lagos in theContinue Reading
The South African state owned port company Transnet has issued a request for information for the design, building and financing of a container terminal for the Richards Bay port in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Containers are currently being handled at the multipurpose terminal, which has limited capacity. The request forContinue Reading
The first shipment of Russian fertiliser bound for Africa has left the Netherlands after days of wrangling to ensure it was not snagged by Western sanctions. Dutch and United Nations officials said some 20,000 tonnes of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK) left on board the MV Greenwich from the southernContinue Reading
Superior Industries updated its Exterra conveyor belt cleaners as a means for operators to reduce the time required to maintain scraping systems. According to Superior, a new fast-acting click tensioner is available for the primary and secondary Exterra models. After installation, operators twist the tensioning unit a prescribed number of timesContinue Reading
Intercem discusses a new clinker and raw material receiving hopper and reveals how it has transformed the materials handling capabilities of one Ivorian port operator. The operator of the port in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, was searching for an engineering company with the flexibility to develop a hopper that could bothContinue Reading
Simeza has planned a series of innovative investments to comply with market requirements in the steel silo industry. The steel silo market is always moving to higher technical specification, bigger dimensions, more reliable performance, shorter delivery time and the highest degree of product flexibility. Simeza’s planned activities include a newContinue Reading
