Africa News

The director general of Kenya Maritime Authority has said that random inspections of all ships docking at the port will be undertaken to ensure compliance with the 0.50% global sulphur regulation.

H.E Minister of Transport Kamel Awazir gave an update on projects at the ports of Alexandria and Damietta during a meeting earlier this month with Singapore’s ambassador to Egypt, Dominque Goa.

The Ivory Coast’s Ministry of Transport has reportedly issued a notice saying it will be collecting fees from ships engaged in international voyages that are loading or discharging at the country’s ports.

Four onboard armed security personnel were killed and two injured after an attack on the Ambika, which was operating 9 nautical miles (nm) east of the Forcados terminal and 3 nm from the mouth of the Ramos river.

Alexandros Margaritis will join the Durban-based company from 1 January 2020.

The company says that its purchase of a 10% interest in Container Terminal 3 (TC3) of the Tangier Med 2 port in Morocco ‘marks yet another important step towards assuming an even more prominent role in the development of this attractive growth market.’

The African Development Bank has approved a long-term senior loan of $400 million to support the building of an LNG plant that will bolster ‘Mozambique’s ambition to become global LNG player’.

A delegation from the Antwerp port community currently on a trade mission to West Africa yesterday (25 November) visited Cotonou and offered their expertise on how to modernise the port and make it ‘futureproof’.

The report, undertaken by PwC Nigeria in partnership with Energex Partners and Downstream Advisors Inc., suggests that the changes in the African oil sector resulting from the new sulphur regulations ‘will be profound’ and will potentially add billions of dollars of costs to the continent.

The South African LNG infrastructure company has secured a bunkering licence within Algoa Bay and LNG supply is expected to begin in Q2 2020.