Drought hits African lakes

AIPH has signed a 30-year deal with the Tanzania Ports Authority to manage Dar es Salaam’s Container Terminal 2, which handled 820,000 TEU in 2023.

Container throughput at Mombasa increased by almost 12% in 2023, with significant improvements in vessel and truck turnaround times, and a rise in total cargo handled.

There have been conflicting reports from East Africa about how smoothly the Port of Mombasa is functioning.

The new president of Tanzania has announced that her government will seek to restart the stalled project to build a new port at Bagamoyo. Samia Suluhu Hassan, who became the country’s first female president after the previous incumbent, John Magufuli, died in March, has sought to revive several big infrastructure projects.

Three new ZPMC low-profile cranes are on their way from Shanghai to Boston, US. The cranes were ordered by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) as part of the redevelopment of its Conley Container Terminal.

China Communications Construction Company has completed the first three berths at the new port of Lamu in Kenya, and the focus has turned to securing cargo handling equipment and developing road connections.