Africa News

‘The high level of piracy and armed robbery attacks in the Gulf of Guinea is not acceptable. Yet it is happening every day and this is not business as usual. We need to take urgent action now,’ says Dr Grahaeme Henderson, Chair of the UK Shipping Defence Advisory Committee and Vice President of Shell Shipping & Maritime.

The company, formerly Chevron South Africa, is planning to produce IMO 2020-compliant fuel oil at its Milnerton refinery.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has held an installation ceremony of the Thorium-X tablet, a fuel consumption data collection device, onboard the Nigerian-flagged fuel tanker vessel, MT Kingis.

NCS West Africa Limited is an affiliate of Nautical Control Solutions, LP, the developer of the FUELTRAX fuel management solution, and is located in Victoria Island, Lagos and Onne, Port Harcourt. 

‘Shipowners are looking to take VLSFO from October onwards, and they are interested to lock in volume on contract terms,’ a spokesman for Stonewin tells Bunkerspot.

Following the recent establishment of a South African subsidiary, Vuyo Matshaya has joined Ennero as Regional Manager – Africa and will serve as managing director of Ennero SA Pty Ltd.

The new entity is headquartered in Cape Town, with a satellite office in Johannesburg.

Oryx Energies has announced the recent acquisition of a majority stake in Algoa Bay-based South African Marine Fuels (SAMF).

The South African Maritime Safety Authority has published two marine notices which, amongst other things, outline procedures to be followed in the case of compliant fuel non-availability after 2020.

Fymak Marine Oil & Services Nigeria Ltd has taken part in a six-month trial of the FUELTRAX Vision remote monitoring and reporting system.