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AGL into Walvis Bay, Lobito

News15 Apr 2024

MSC's Africa Global Logistics now operates Namibian Walvis Bay and Angolan Lobito terminals, expanding its Southern African presence....

Beira for landlocked states

News15 Nov 2015

A new rail freight service has been launched between Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Mozambican port of Beira...

African rail steaming ahead

News1 Jun 2014

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

Mixed messages on Tazara

News8 Nov 2012

Plans for Chinese redevelopment of the Tanzania Zambia Railway have been complicated by recent negotiations between with SMH Rail of Malaysi...

Zambia-Nacala line reopened

News16 Sep 2010

The railway between Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia has reopened, many years after it was closed down as a result of bombing during the Mozamb...

RDC pulls out of Mozambique

News3 Oct 2008

As previously speculated in WorldCargo News (August 2008, p15), US-based Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) has announced the sale of it...

New dry port for Namibia

News1 Jul 2007

Plans to turn the Namibian port of Walvis Bay into a transit port for Southern Africa have received another boost with the announcement by t...

Pretoria struggles to create container competition

News1 Jun 2006

New investment in South African ports will result in the expansion of container capacity but doubts over the direction of the government’s...

African Lakes rail

News13 Sep 2005

Plans for the South Corridor Great Lakes Railway Project were presented at the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region in the Zam...

Zambia/Angola rail link

News1 May 2005

A deal has been agreed to build a railway from Chingola to Solwezi in Zambia, in a project that will eventually link the line with the Angol...

AGL into Walvis Bay, Lobito

Beira for landlocked states

African rail steaming ahead

Mixed messages on Tazara

Zambia-Nacala line reopened

RDC pulls out of Mozambique

New dry port for Namibia

Pretoria struggles to create container competition

African Lakes rail

Zambia/Angola rail link

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Captain’s body found, four missing after ship sank near Taiwan

Konecranes reports higher profit, port solutions H1 order intake down 40%

NWSA calls for bids for Terminal 5 refrigerated container electrical upgrades

DP World Fremantle implements new weigh-in-motion system

Vessel detained in Haifa, seafarers abandoned in Yemen

AGL into Walvis Bay, Lobito

Beira for landlocked states

African rail steaming ahead

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Captain’s body found, four missing after ship sank near Taiwan

Konecranes reports higher profit, port solutions H1 order intake down 40%

NWSA calls for bids for Terminal 5 refrigerated container electrical upgrades

DP World Fremantle implements new weigh-in-motion system

Vessel detained in Haifa, seafarers abandoned in Yemen

Fire breaks out on Maersk container ship, one crew member dead

Cape Town Container Terminal takes delivery of 15 new terminal tractors

Fire on Maersk Frankfurt nearly out

Valenciaport’s container traffic up 14% in H1

Tanker capsizes near Manila claiming one life, cargo ship sinks off coast Taiwan