New South African port planned News12-Aug-22 South African transport utility Transnet has issued a request for qualification (RFQ) for parties interested in designing, building and operating a new deep water port in the Northern Cape, near to the Namibian border. The new port would be closer to the Port ofContinue Reading
Following a devastating fire in July 2020, the Port of Tilbury’s Grain Terminal has now completed major construction works with the commissioning of 10 x 30m-high steel silos and a flat store with a combined storage capacity of 36,000t. The metal silos will be filled and emptied using a newContinue Reading
The Liebherr LHM 420s will arrive shortly from Rostock in northern Germany. The new investment has cost £9.7M with an additional £500k on new Nemag grabs. They will be a welcome addition to the port, the largest by volume of tonnage in the Humber. Liebherr is not usually associated withContinue Reading
AD Ports Group has announced the arrival of the first international shipment at Mugharraq Port, claimed to be one of the highest performing ports located within the Al Dhafra Region. This marks the first shipment since Mugharraq Port was recognised as an international port facility under the provision of theContinue Reading
AD Ports Group has announced the listing of its shares on the main market of the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). Trading is set to begin today (7 February), under the ticker symbol ‘ADPORTS’. Ahead of the listing, AD Ports Group raised AED4B (approximately US$1.089B) in new capital through aContinue 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
