TANGA - Tanga Regional Commissioner Martine Shigella has appealed to the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication to fast-track expansion of Tanga port due to its importance to East African landlocked countries. He told the Deputy Minister for Works, Transport and Communication Elias Kwandikwa who was on three - day visit
Maritime
IMO moves to ban non-compliant fuel on board ships in 2020
ANTWERP, BELGIUM - JULY 9: Oil tanker moored near an oil silo in Port of Antwerp July 9, 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium. The Port of Antwerp is Europe's second largest seaport after Rotterdam. The International Maritime Organization’s Subcommittee on Pollution Prevention and Response has proposed to move forward with banning the
Power Blackout in Sudan’s Historic Suakin Port
Ancient city Suakin Port of Sudan Suakin (Radio Dabanga, Amsterdam) - The historic port of Suakin in Sudan's Red Sea state has reportedly suffered a complete power blackout for the last three weeks as power generators have broken-down. A resident of Suakin said in an interview with Radio Dabanga that the power outage
Nigerian Maritime workers threaten strike over trucks parked along port access roads
Trucks parked and abandoned on Apapa-Lagos port roads. The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to remove all trucks abandoned on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and make access roads to the country’s seaports motorable. It said on Sunday that if the government failed to get
CMA CGM takes delivery of its new flagship CMA CGM ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY
CMA CGM HHIC-phil antoine de saint exupery First ship of an order for three 20,600 TEU-containerships Entry into service on February 6th on the Asia to Europe Route: the French Asia Line The CMA CGM Group announced the arrival in its fleet of its new flagship and world’s biggest containership flying
Kaduna Inland Dry Port Operational Manual Ready Thursday When Stakeholders Meet
The operational manual of the Kaduna Inland Dry Port will be ready on Thursday, January 25, the Nigeria Shippers Council has said. In a statement signed on behalf of the Council by Ignatius Nweke and made available to journalists yesterday in Abuja, hinted that the Nigerian Shippers’ Council is holding a
Edo dry port to commence export operation soon
Benin (The Punch) - The Edo Inland Container Depot will soon commence export activities from its operational base, an official of the port has said. The Chief Executive Officer of Atlanque Marine Engineering Service, Charles Akhigbe, promoter of the Edo-ICD, announced this at a meeting with the Edo State Export Cluster
Poorly maintained vessels put local shipowners at a disadvantage
Lagos (The Punch) - Amidst complaints by local shipowners that they are being sidelined in the coastal distribution of wet cargo, including petroleum products, an investigation by our correspondent has revealed that the reason foreign ships are preferred above local ones is that the local ships lack good maintenance and
Hope rises for Ibom Deep Seaport as procurement process begins
Artist impression of the Ibom Seaport project There are indications that the construction of the Ibom Deep Seaport (IDSP) will soon start following the advertisement of the Request for Qualification (RFQ) from reputable private sector port operators in partnership with the Akwa Ibom State Government and the Federal Government. The RFQ is
