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Mozambique cabotage deal with French firm

News1 May 2018

France-based Peschaud has signed a deal to provide coastal cargo services between Mozambican ports....

News1 Aug 2017

The World Bank is to draw up plans for a US$77B makeover for the Indian Rail Network to transform it from a colonial era means of mass trans...

News23 Jul 2017

After years of criticism of its operations, Tanzania International Container Terminal Services’ (TICTS) concession to operate Dar es Salaa...

News1 Feb 2017

Tanzania’s finance and planning minister, Philip Mpango, has announced that the World Bank has agreed to lend US$305M to the Port of Dar e...

News1 Jul 2015

The Washington DC-based World Bank has advanced a third loan to India for the development of its Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC), ...

News1 Dec 2014

The World Bank has announced it will provide US$1.2B to support infrastructure development and improve the competitiveness of the East Afric...

News1 Jun 2014

Rail has a bright future in Africa as both public bodies and private companies see the mode as encouraging economic development....

News15 Oct 2013

The Pakistan Government’s plans to use public private partnerships (PPPs) to raise investment and increase efficiency levels in the countr...

News1 May 2013

The latest Tanzania Economic Update published by the World Bank has called for productivity and efficiency improvements at the port of Dar e...

News13 Feb 2013

The World Bank Group has pledged to help find funding for a project aimed at making Jamaica the logistics hub for the Caribbean, Latin Ameri...

News15 Jun 2011

The World Bank (IBRD) has warned that the West African port of Bissau is on the verge of becoming unusable because of silting. Rivers carry ...

News1 Mar 2011

International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, is providing financing for the new container terminal being developed...

News1 Sep 2010

The World Bank will provide a loan of US$115.8M to rebuild four damaged berths on East Wharf at the Port of Karachi, adding 400m of quay wal...

News1 May 2010

The Croatian City of Rijeka is investing €26M in expanding the Brajdica container terminal at the Port of Rijeka....

News1 Nov 2009

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced that its Infrastructure Crisis Facility (ICF) has committed a financing package to help...