Africa News

Offshore bunkering operations in Algoa Bay, South Africa have been suspended following a fuel spill during a transfer operation between two Minerva Bunkering vessels on 23 May.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has announced that South Africa has become the 17th signatory to the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC).

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced that it will be implementing an Emergency Fuel Surcharge (EFS) to all cargo transshipped in Mombasa, Kenya to/from Tanga or to/from Zanzibar, Tanzania.  

Dan-Bunkering says its merger with South African Bunkering and Trading (SABT) will enable it to expand into Africa with a physical presence for the first time.

MSC Group has reached an agreement with Bolloré SE to buy 100% of Bolloré Africa Logistics – which will include all of Bolloré Group’s shipping, logistics and terminals operations in Africa, as well as its terminal operations in India, Haiti and in Timor-Leste – for €5.7 billion.  

Abu Dhabi Ports Group is reported to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Ministry of Transport on the construction and management of a multi-purpose terminal in Ain Sokhna port, which is located on East Coast of the Gulf of Suez, around 30 nautical miles south of the entry to the Suez Canal.

Sonan Bunkers UK has announced the launch of a new marine fuel supply operation in Nigeria.

Sonangol has informed Bunkerspot that it is currently working to develop a strategy to produce green hydrogen and it has also been running studies to identify a possible site for a production plant.

Environmental organisations represented on the Bunkering Environmental Working Group (BEWG) are opposing the lifting of a moratorium on new licences for ship-to-ship (STS) bunkering in Algoa Bay.

South Africa’s largest refinery, the 180,00 barrels a day (b/d) SAPREF facility, is reportedly set to pause operations indefinitely from 22 March as its joint owners BP and Shell consider selling the plant.