AI Feeder expands in WA

Global port operator announces an MoU to operate the Takoradi Port in Ghana, starting from April 2023.

The TAI XING is the first of four newbuilds entering the Chipolbrok fleet.

A preliminary investigation into “gross negligence” is underway in Sweden.

State-owned Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has announced that Phase 1 of the planned new port of Keta will cost US$600M to develop and has called for private-sector partners to help build it. Feasibility studies have been completed and a social and environmental impact assessment will be undertaken early next year.

The opening of a fourth berth and the commissioning of new cranes at Tema Container Terminal at Ghana’s Port of Tema has increased its capacity to 3.7M TEU a year, the highest of any West African port, and taken Meridian Port Services’ (MPS) investment in the project to US$1B since 2007. The first phase was built between 2016 and 2019.

The drought that has affected much of South America for the past two years has again drastically reduced water levels along the Paraguay-Paraná river system.