PORTS, TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SECTOR NEWS ROUND-UP, 3/2021 (8 – 19 FEBRUARY 2021)

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 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 a variety of sources, covering stories from Botswana, Djibouti, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

For a selection of South African PTL news stories...

• New dawn for SA’s freight rail industry?
  Read the full article from Creamer Media’s Engineering News on 19 February 2021.
• Transnet seeking ways of avoiding rail washaways
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 18 February 2021.
• Western Cape to establish dedicated infrastructure agency
  Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 17 February 2021.
• Minister Fikile Mbalula: Debate on the State of the Nation Address
  The Minister’s speech included a statement that “The transformation of the maritime sector will be given impetus by the corporatisation of the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), enabling us to increase efficiency and competitiveness of our ports.  The finalisation of this process will also give full effect to the provisions of the National Ports Act of 2005.” Read the full speech from the South African Government website on 17 February 2021.
• Export-efficiency projects in spotlight at Richards Bay Coal Terminal
  Read the full article from Creamer Media’s Engineering News on 12 February 2021.
• President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2021 State of the Nation Address
  Read the full address from the South African Government website on 11 February 2021.
• For regular updates and statistics from Durban and Cape Town, see Africa Ports’ weekly Wharf Talk articles.

For a selection of PTL news stories covering Ethiopia, Djibouti, Ghana, Niger and Nigeria…

• Milestones for Djibouti port productivity
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 15 February 2021.
• Nigeria-Niger SGR railway aims to ease logistics of import and export business
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 11 February 2021.
• Green light for Africa’s first offshore gas terminal
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 9 February 2021.
• Nigerian cabotage and ship ownership back in the news
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 9 February 2021.
• Port of Djibouti launches shipyard construction
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 7 February 2021.

For a selection of stories around logistics corridors…

See Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW for a number of “Border Beat” stories over the last two weeks about the Kazungula and Groblersbrug border posts and the Beira corridor.