Africa News

Operations at Dangote’s new Nigerian refinery could start up next month, with the first crude cargo reportedly set to arrive in the next two weeks.

Wind propulsion specialist Airseas has announced a major investment in a new research and development (R&D) centre in Dakhla, Morocco, which will focus on accelerating the development of its Seawing kite system towards large-scale production and rollout.

Gathered together at the Africa Climate Summit in Kenya this week, representatives from 20 African countries signed the Nairobi Declaration, calling on world leaders to support a proposed global carbon taxation regime which would include carbon taxes in the maritime and aviation sectors.

Sentuo Oil Refinery Limited’s (SORL) new refinery in Tema, Ghana is set to start test runs in August, with a view to launching commercial operations in October.

Gemcorp Holdings Limited (GHL), Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have announced the financial close of the Cabinda Oil Refinery in Angola with a $335 million project financing facility.

The General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has announced that the first bunkering operation at the Port of Sokhna was undertaken by the Minerva barge Karpathos, which delivered 950 tons of fuel to the CMA CGM Suez containership.

APM Terminals has welcomed the first call of Hapag-Lloyd’s new fortnightly West Africa Service (WA1) to the Liberian port of Monrovia.

The South African Oil & Gas Alliance (SAOGA) has informed Bunkerspot that its upcoming Outward Business Trade Mission to Mozambique will look to ‘explore the exceptional projects and prospects within the oil, gas and energy industries and connect South African companies with local Mozambican companies’.

The African Development Bank has approved a $23 million loan to Prime Meridian Docks AssetCo Ltd (PMD) to co-finance the construction of a modern floating dock ship repair facility in Ghana’s western Takoradi port.

Peninsula has announced that it has established a physical supply operation in Suez.