Nigeria strives to catch up
NewsThe country is turning to the private sector as it makes a bid to catch up with rival ports vying for West African cargo volumes...
Moroccan high speed line
NewsThe Moroccan rail utility, Office Nationale des Chemins de Fer du Maroc (ONCF), has begun final tests on the new high speed railway between ...
CHEC mate in development game
NewsBeijing-based CHEC is a large civil engineering company that specialises in the construction of ports, railways, bridges and highways. Along...
Transnet embarking on a pan-African adventure
NewsSouth Africa’s state-controlled ports, rail freight and pipelines company, Transnet SOC, has ambitious plans to bolster intra-regional tra...
Antwerp to manage Cotonou
NewsPort of Antwerp International, the consultancy and investment subsidiary of Antwerp Port Authority, has been appointed by the Council of Min...
President Zuma addresses TOC Africa
NewsSouth Africa’s President, Jacob Zuma, has delivered the opening speech at TOC Africa CSC conference in Durban today (5 December)...
Africa rising on a wave of burgeoning trade
NewsThe container trades between countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the world have staged a strong recovery this year....
DynaLiners positive on E/S Africa trade
NewsAlkmaar-based DynaLiners’ latest report on the east and southern African container trades paints a bullish picture for its future outlook,...
Cape Verde concession at last?
NewsThe long saga over the concession to operate four ports in the West African state of Cape Verde appears to be coming to a close...
Change coming to East Africa
NewsThe development of new ports and railways in East Africa could be about to shake up the region’s long-established status quo....
Planning for the big times
NewsCarriers are deploying bigger ships, creating the familiar problem of oversupply....
Building African gateways
NewsThe need to modernise/expand East African ports is increasing as national cargo flows and traffic to and from landlocked countries continue ...
West Africa coming of age
NewsHuge sums of money are being ploughed into West Africa’s ports, and not before time, but will a regional hub on this part of the continent...
Africa stands still
NewsThere has been no “no qualitative improvement on schedule reliability or container deliveries to and from African ports in the last three ...
ADB wants to open the lock
NewsThe African Development Bank has recommended that landlocked African states should help to fund the construction of new sea ports that would...