PORTS, TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SECTOR NEWS ROUND-UP, 7/2021 (5 – 16 APRIL 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 the DRC, Equatorial Guinea, the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

For a selection of PTL news stories from South Africa...

• Government establishes multi-party work team to oversee port performance
  Read the full article from  on Creamer Media’s Engineering News16 April 2021.
• Ease of doing business improved at Durban Port
  Read the full article from South African Government News Agency on 15 April 2021.
• SA Port Statistics for March 2021 are now available 
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 15 April 2021.
• Special Economic Zones continue to perform well
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 13 April 2021. 

For a selection of PTL news stories from the DRC, Equatorial Guinea, the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia...

• Ghana ports get serious about automation
  Read the full article from  on 14 April 2021.Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW
• Gulf of Guinea remains world piracy hotspot
  Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 14 April 2021.
• Agility Opens New Logistics Park in Maputo, Mozambique
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 13 April 2021.
• Financial uncertainty continues to obstruct East African oil pipeline
  Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 13 April 2021.
• Kenyan Port Lamu to go operational in June
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 12 April 2021.
• Namibia forges ahead with Walvis-Copperbelt corridor
  Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 8 April 2021.
• Tullow Oil begins drilling at Ghana’s Jubilee Field
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 7 April 2021.Read the full article from Africa Ports on 7 April 2021.
• Tanzania Ports Authority Director-General suspended over corruption charge
  Read the full article from Africa Ports on 5 April 2021.