PORTS, TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SECTOR NEWS ROUND-UP 1/2022 (13 DECEMBER 2021 – 28 JANUARY 2022)

In light of the rapid pace of infrastructure and transport developments across Africa, our Ports, Transport and Logistics (PTL) Sector Group is pleased to present Bowmans’ latest PTL news round-up. Our regular round-ups bring you a selection of pan-African PTL-related stories and keep you up to date regarding developments in the space across Africa.

We draw on a network of multi-disciplinary experts across Africa in fields as diverse as regulatory, project finance, construction and environmental law, to keep you in the know about developments and thought leadership in the PTL space.

The articles to which we refer readers are, unless stated otherwise, neither written nor edited by ourselves and appear in their original form. Bowmans does not necessarily agree with opinions expressed in those articles.

This edition includes news headlines and links to articles from Angola, Benin, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Mozambique, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

News round-up...

• New container handling equipment enhances Monrovia’s port service delivery (Liberia)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 27 January 2022.
• Positive year-end results for Port of Maputo (Mozambique)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 27 January 2022. Also reported Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW here and Creamer Media’s Engineering News here.
• Tema’s MPS Terminal 3 breaks productivity record on MSC Ivana (Ghana)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 27 January 2022.
• Tanzania and Burundi agree on rail connection to Dar es Salaam (Burundi and Tanzania)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 24 January 2022. Also reported on Creamer Media’s Engineering News here.
• Tanger Med Port Results: 7 million TEU mark exceeded (Morocco)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 24 January 2022.
• Port investments to contribute towards SA economy (South Africa)
  Read the full article on South African Government News Agency from 24 January 2022.
• Africa needs to beef up and integrate infrastructure for AfCFTA to have desired impact
  Read the full article on Creamer Media’s Engineering News from 21 January 2022.
• Work commences on construction of the new port of Ndayane, Senegal (Senegal)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 19 January 2022. Also reported on Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW here. 
• Benin to digitise and safeguard its coastline (Benin)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 19 January 2022.
• Port of Pemba to handle Mozambican graphite exports (Mozambique)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 19 January 2022.
• Richards Bay Bulk Terminal receives new multi-purpose ship loader (South Africa)
  Read the full media release on Transnet Port Terminals from 18 January 2022. 
• Mombasa’s new salvage & harbour tug is delivered: Also three new STS cranes (Kenya)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 18 January 2022.
• FLNG Coral Sul arrives on station off northern Mozambique. Flotel CSS Temis secured (Mozambique)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 18 January 2022.
• Mombasa’s new Kipevu Oil Jetty nears completion (Kenya)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports  from 18 January 2022.
• Turnaround in motion at the Richards Bay Bulk Terminal (South Africa)
  Read the full media release on Transnet Port Terminals from 17 January 2022.
• SA Port Statistics for December 2021 (South Africa)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports  from 17 January 2022.
• MSC has exclusivity on bid to acquire Bolloré Africa Logistics
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 17 January 2022
• Bolloré Ports’ Congo Terminal tops one million TEU (Republic of the Congo)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports  from 17 January 2022. Also reported on Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW here.
• MSC Orchestra resumes cruising in SA waters (South Africa)
  Read the full article on Africa Ports from 17 January 2022.
• Logistics major expands into Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)
  Read the full article on Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW from 11 January 2022.
• DP World Luanda launches digital tracking platform (Angola)
  Read the full article on Creamer Media’s Engineering News  from 5 January 2022.
• Another step forward in Moz LNG project (Mozambique)
  Read the full article on Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW from 4 January 2022.
• Durban port makes progress in decongestion initiatives (South Africa)
  Read the full article on Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW from 15 December 2021. Also reported on Creamer Media’s Engineering news here.