Category: Maritime Transport

Suez Canal: Increase in transit tolls for all types of vessels

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The Suez Canal Authority’s Chairman and Managing Director, Admiral Ossama Rabie, announced last Saturday in a press release, an increase in transit tolls for all types of vessels transiting the Suez Canal during the next year 2023. All types of ships transiting the Suez Canal, will see during the year 2023, their transit tolls increase by 15%, with the exception of dry bulk ships and cruise ships whose transit tolls will increase by 10%, provided that the implementation of the planned increase begins from January, early next year 2023. Read…

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Working session for the fluidity of traffic on the Lome-Ouagadougou Corridor

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The Togolese capital hosted from Thursday 1 to Friday, September 2, 2022, two days of work between Togo and Burkina Faso in order to further facilitate the transit of goods on the corridor Lome-Cinkasse-Ouagadougou. Organized during the visit of the Burkinabe Minister of Transport, Urban Mobility and Road Safety, Mahamoudou Zampaligre, in Lomé, these days were attended by the Togolese Minister of Road, Air and Rail Transport, Affoh Atcha-Dedji; the Minister of Trade, Industry and Local Consumption, Kodjo Adedze; and the Minister of Public Works, Zouréhatou Tcho-Kondo Kassa Traoré. In…

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CMA CGM creates a USD 1.5 billion Special Fund for Energies to accelerate the energy transition in shipping and logistics

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A five-year investment and a dedicated team to drive the energy transition. The objective is to accelerate decarbonization across shipping, inland, and logistics operations globally. A major commitment to developing energy-saving and energy-efficient solutions. The CMA CGM Group announced today that it is creating a Special Fund for Energies, backed by a five-year, USD 1.5 billion budget, to accelerate its energy transition and achieve net-zero carbon by 2050. The Fund will invest to support the industrial production of new fuels, as well as low-emission mobility solutions across the Group’s business…

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Advanced software reduces wind gust damage to zero at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier

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As climate changes, the frequency and severity of wind gusts hitting APM Terminals facilities around the world has increased significantly. APM Terminals has responded by developing advanced software, which uses Artificial Intelligence, to accurately predict weather events and help terminals prepare as efficiently as possible. In 2021, the software reduced container toppling incidents at its terminal in Tangier to zero. read more 

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Vice President Bawumia Cuts Sod for First Inland Marine Port in Northern Ghana as Part of the Trans-Volta Logistics Corridor

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The multi modal transport corridor, known as the Trans-Volta Logistics Corridor, is being undertaken by LMI Holdings and involves the development of a system to transport containers and bulk cargo ACCRA, Ghana, July 23, 2022 The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut the sod for work to begin on the construction of the first Inland marine port in the northern parts of Ghana and an accompanying Industrial Park at Debre in the Savannah Region. The multi modal transport corridor, known as the Trans-Volta Logistics Corridor, is being undertaken by…

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WFP and partners bring first-of-its-kind transport training centre to West Africa

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DAKAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is partnering with global corporations to build a world-class Transport Training Centre in Accra, Ghana, aimed at enhancing transport and logistics capacities across West Africa. The centre will inject new expertise into local transport markets, equipping them to deliver life-saving goods like food and medicine more efficiently throughout the region. Bringing together leading players in the sector, such as Carrier Global Corporation, Renault Trucks and Toyota Tsusho, the Government of Ghana and WFP will set up a first-of-its-kind centre which will…

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DHL Global Forwarding and Hapag-Lloyd set an example for sustainable ocean transport by using advanced biofuel

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Hapag-Lloyd will use advanced biofuels for the transport of DHL shipments One of the most significant agreements to date between an ocean carrier and a freight forwarder The agreement demonstrates scalability of sustainable transport solutions DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has signed an agreement with Hapag-Lloyd, a leading worldwide liner shipping company, for the use of advanced biofuels. As an initial step, Hapag-Lloyd will ship 18,000 TEU of DHL’s volume using advanced biofuels, which is equivalent to a reduction of 14,000…

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MORONI TERMINAL EMBARKS ON A 5 BILLION COMORIAN FRANC INVESTMENTS PROGRAMME

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On Thursday 30 June 2022, the Union of the Comoros and Moroni Terminal signed the amendment to the concession agreement for the Port of Moroni container terminal. The amendment was signed by Bianrifi Tarmidi, Minister of Maritime and Air Transport, Mzé Abdou Mohamed Chanfiou, Minister of Finance, Budget and Banking, and Ahmed Ali Bazi, Minister of Economy, Industry, Investments, and Economic Integration, of the one part, and by Olivier De Noray, Managing Director of Bolloré Ports and Terminals, of the other part. The amendment to the agreement provides for the…

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First Vessel berths as Lekki Port takes delivery of STS Cranes and RTG Equipment

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In what could best be described as a major milestone and a significant boost ahead of the commencement of port operations, Lekki Deep Sea Port, on Friday, 1st July 2022, took delivery of 3 Super Post Panamax Ships to Shore (STS) Cranes and 10 Rubber Tyred Gantries (RTGs) and also witnessed the arrival of the first vessel to berth at the port. The cranes and the RTG equipment will be used in the container terminal, which will be operated by Lekki Freeport Terminal, a subsidiary of CMA CGM Group. The…

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TNPA employs its biggest cohort of interns to address youth unemployment

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Approximately 288 South African unemployed graduates have commenced a two-year internship programme, thanks to what Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) considers as its largest single recruitment activity executed across its port system designed to address the high rate of unemployed youth. The young graduates who come from various port cities and nearby rural communities began their internship journey on 01 July 2022 and have been allocated to TNPA’s head office in Ngqura and its eight commercial ports, Dredging Services as well as Lighthouses and Navigational Services…read more

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