PORTS, TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SECTOR NEWS ROUND-UP, 8/2021 (19 APRIL – 7 MAY 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 Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, the DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Somaliland, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
- Ramaphosa denies port privatisation allegations (South Africa)
Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 7 May 2021. - R3.5-billion Saldanha port investment (South Africa)
Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 7 May 2021. - Djibouti flies a lone flag for Africa in prestigious ports index (Djibouti)
Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 6 May 2021. - Lekki port developers receive first instalment of the loan facility to build the port (Nigeria)
Read the full article from Africa Ports on May 2021. - TAZARA faces shortfall in freight carried for 2021/22 (Tanzania and Zambia)
Read the full article from Africa Ports on 6 May 2021. - Port of Douala terminal orders two Konecranes Gottwald Mobile harbour cranes (Cameroon)
Read the full article from Africa Ports on 5 May 2021. - Afungi project back on track after security assurances (Mozambique)
Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 4 May 2021. - Ghana-Burkina Faso rail line moves one step closer (Burkina Faso and Ghana)
Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 3 May 2021. - DP World Komatipoort handles first direct import from Maputo (South Africa and Mozambique)
Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 3 May 2021. - Port of Lüderitz to use feeder vessel for transships to Handymax or Capesize vessels (Namibia)
Read the full article from Africa Ports on 2 May 2021. - Botswana and Zambia sign Kazungula agreement (Botswana and Zambia)
Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 30 April 2021. - Ports Regulator makes a move to up terminal efficiencies (South Africa)
Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 30 April 2021. - Request for Proposals: To provide professional services to the PRSA and conduct an assessment of the process for determining productivity levels in SA Terminals based on design and installed capacities and model the setting of performance targets with the aim of improving terminal efficiencies (South Africa)
Details are available from the Ports Regulator of South Africa’s website here. - TKCS study flags number of challenges for east-west trade (Botswana, Namibia and South Africa)
Read the full article from Southern Africa’s Freight News by FTW on 28 April 2021. - FLNG Coral Sul to arrive off Cabo Delgado in December (Mozambique)
Read the full article from Africa Ports on 28 April 2021. - Mozambique’s Transmaritima faces uncertain future (Mozambique)
Read the full article from Africa Ports on 28 April 2021. - Bollore Ports & partners order 36 electric tractors for Abidjan’s second container terminal (Côte d'Ivoire)
Read the full article from Africa Ports on 27 April 2021. - Kenya and DRC agree on maritime cooperation and use of Mombasa as gateway (the DRC and Kenya)
Read the full article from Africa Ports on on 25 April 2021. - Port of Cape Town requires urgent Presidential attention, says Maynier (South Africa)
Read the full article from Creamer Media’s Engineering News on 21 April 2021. - Tanzania gives green light to mammoth 1445-km oil pipeline to Uganda (Tanzania and Uganda)
Read the full article from Africa Ports on 20 April 2021. - Three STS cranes for DP Terminal at Port of Berbera (Djibouti and Somaliland)
Read the full article from Africa Ports on 20 April 2021. - Durban Port to reclaim its place as the best-performing port in Africa (South Africa)
Read the full article from South African Government News Agency on 19 April 2021.