AD Ports takes a step towards Congo
NewsHeads of terms gives AD Ports Group exclusive rights to negotiate a concession for a new multipurpose terminal for one year....
Yilport into Africa
NewsGlobal port operator announces an MoU to operate the Takoradi Port in Ghana, starting from April 2023....
MSC tables bid for Bolloré Africa Logistics
NewsMSC is hoping to buy Bolloré Africa Logistics (BAL), which is one of Africa’s largest container transport, logistics and port operating g...
Lake Victoria ferry
NewsGrindrod has joined UK-funded (but privately managed) InfraCo Africa in the East African Marine Transport (EAMT) project to set up a regular...
CDC funding backs African port sector
NewsCDC, formerly known as the Commonwealth Development Corporation, is a new source of funding for the pan-African port sector. In the first in...
Tema doubles up
NewsThe opening of a fourth berth and the commissioning of new cranes at Tema Container Terminal at Ghana’s Port of Tema has increased its cap...
Mombasa congestion row over contentious SGR rules
NewsThere have been conflicting reports from East Africa about how smoothly the Port of Mombasa is functioning....
DP World and CDC cooperate
NewsDP World, the world’s fifth largest container terminal operating company, and the UK Government owned CDC Group have jointly set up an inv...
Transforming the Horn of Africa
NewsCountries in the region need much better infrastructure if they are to fulfil their economic and trading potential, and recent developments ...
DP World’s Africa files
NewsDP World is stepping up its ports and logistics presence in Africa. It has signed a contract to build a new deepwater port at Ndayane, rough...
New Zambezi bridge ready
NewsThe Kazungula Bridge over the Zambezi River has been completed, providing a new transport link between Botswana and Zambia, and reducing tra...
Rolling stock for Tanzania Central Line
NewsThe Government of Tanzania has announced that 39 new locomotives and 800 freight wagons will be acquired for the redeveloped Central Line li...
AfCFTA to begin on New Year’s Day
NewsThe African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is due to come into effect on 1 January 2021. In addition to boosting intra-regional traffi...
New handling record for Port of Tema in Ghana
NewsTerminal 3 at the Port of Tema in Ghana has set a new West African record of 111 container moves an hour, with 3,290 crane moves completed i...
Next step in Doraleh battle
NewsThe Government of Djibouti has stepped up its dispute with DP World by announcing that it will nationalise the two-thirds stake in Doraleh C...