Dar es Salaam port Dar es Salaam - Works and Communications Minister Makame Mbarawa has directed all institutions providing logistics services at the Dar es Salaam port to harmonize their systems in linking them with the new scanners under installation. "I want you to hand over to me your work plan on how
Maritime
Container industry may face feeder vessel shortage
SeaIntel says if charter rates for feeders increase, the pricing spread between services calling direct port-port pairs and trans-shipment products could widen. The container shipping industry faces an “impending shortage of feeder vessels,” says SeaIntel, a Copenhagen-based research firm. “We found that the phase-in of the new large vessels in 2018-2020 is
Port of NY/NJ container volumes up 9.6 percent
Bolloré charged for corruption in Africa, firm denies
...Vincent Bolloré, CEO and master dealmaker placed under formal investigation. A logistics powerhouse in Africa, the French company allegedly “provided discounted communications advice” in Guinea and Togo in exchange for licenses to operate container ports. Bolloré Group, which has extensive logistics and port operations in Africa, is denying charges of corruption in a probe
Apapa gridlock delays N85m solid minerals export
Lagos, Nigeria - The persistent difficulty in accessing the nation’s major seaport, Apapa, is taking its toll on movement of non-oil exports and may affect the earnings for this year, investigation by our correspondent has revealed. It was gathered that on the average, 15-container load of solid minerals, valued at $18,500
Panalpina reports increased airfreight volume, continued slump in ocean freight sector
Switzerland-based forwarder Panalpina released its financial results for the first quarter of the year, reporting increases in overall profitability, with earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) up in its Air Freight and Contract Logistics divisions, but down in its weakening Ocean Freight division. Overall EBIT came in at US$25 million, a
NSC Orders Multinational Shipping Companies to make refund within 4 days of return of empty containers or stop collection of Deposit
...agency also demanded stoppage of indemnity being demanded from customs agents and a waiver of demurrage caused by the gridlock on the roads leading to the Lagos ports as a matter of national interest. Following complaints from shippers about their nightmare over container deposit, the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), the ports economic
Giant Cruise Ship Smashes Into Dock in Honduras
Giant Cruise Ship Smashes Into Dock in Honduras. Getty image The arrival of cruise ship MSC Armonia came as a surprise, as she ran into the Port of Coxen Hole in Honduras on April 10. The port is located on the island of Roatan, known for its beaches and dive sites. Tania Connor was able to capture the Armonia as
Rising Opposition to Cargo Palletization
Eromosele Abiodun examines maritime stakeholders’ resistance to the federal government’s directive that all containerized cargoes coming into Nigeria must be on a pallet In late 2017, the federal government directed all containerized cargoes coming into Nigeria to be on a pallet as effective January this year. The Minister of Finance, KemiAdeosun
How Nigeria Will Earn U.S.$200 Billion From Lekki Seaport
Artistic Impression of Lekki Deep Sea Port Project Govt Earmarks N90 Billion for Economic Zones Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed commitment to a conducive business environment that would aid investments in the country even as it emerged that Nigeria is expected to rake in over $200 billion from the operations