Category: Maritime Transport

PORT AUTONOME DE POINTE-NOIRE : Construction of Two Maritime Quays Progressing Perfectly and Could Be Completed by September 2024

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In order to increase its ship reception capacity and maintain its leadership in Central Africa, the Port Autonome de Pointe-Noire (PAPN) has been undertaking the construction of two maritime quays on the eastern side of the existing port basin since 2021. An agreement was signed with the company RAZEL-BEC, which was awarded the contract for this project financed by the French Development Agency (AFD). Begun in July 2021, the construction of these two infrastructures responds to the desire of the port authority to ensure that the PAPN meets the new…

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Benin: Minister José Tonato visits the Port of Cotonou to inspect dredging work

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On Saturday 17 February 2024, Mr José Tonato, Benin’s Minister for the Environment and Transport, in charge of Sustainable Development, visited the Port of Cotonou as part of his monitoring of the port’s renovation work, in particular the maintenance dredging work currently underway. Accompanied by Mr Bart VAN EENOO, Director General of PAC, Mrs Sandrine Platteau, Belgium’s Ambassador to Benin …read more on maritmafrica.com   …..

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The Port of Abidjan welcomes the CMA CGM ‘Scandola’, a container ship powered by liquefied natural gas

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Thursday 1 February 2024 will go down in the history of the Port of Abidjan, which welcomed for the first time the CMA CGM “Scandola”, a container ship powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). The CMA CGM “Scandola”, with its imposing dimensions of 366 m long and 51.11 m wide and a capacity of… read more on maritimafrica.com

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The Port Autonome de Lomé honoured at the 43rd Session of the PMAWCA

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The Port Autonome de Lomé has once again shone on the international stage by winning major distinctions at the 43rd session of the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA), which took place from 6 to 9 November 2023 at the Continental Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. The highlight of the event was the 7th edition of the African Ports Awards, at which the Togolese port was honoured for its outstanding excellence and innovation in the port sector. At this prestigious ceremony, the Port Autonome de Lomé was awarded…

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West and Central African ports ready to navigate in the AfCFTA era

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After four days of intensive debates, the 43rd Annual Council of the Port Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA), as well as the 18th Managing Director’s Round Table, came to a close at the Continental Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria, on 09 November 2023. Under the theme of “Ports and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)“, the Managing Director of the Office des Ports et Rades du Gabon, Martin Boguikouma, current Chairman of PMAWCA, stressed the urgent need for… read more on maritimafrica

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RECRUITMENT : SENEGAL MINERGY PORT (SMP) INVITES INTERNATIONAL UNSOLICITED APPLICATIONS FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF SEA CAPTAINS TO BE TRAINED AS PILOTS FOR THE MINERAL PORT OF BARGNY

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As part of the forthcoming commissioning of its port facilities, Société Senegal Minergy Port (SMP), Operator of the Mineral and Bulk port of Bargny, is considering recruiting candidates to train the port’s future pilots. With this in mind, the General Management is opening a list of unsolicited applications for the selection of four (04) candidates for pilot training, with a view to the exercise of ship maneuvers by seagoing marine executives, long-distance captains, with high potential and proven experience in the maritime and port sector. I. Admission requirements Prospective Senegalese…

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The Port Autonome de Lomé strengthens its fleet with the arrival of a new tugboat

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The Togolese Minister for the Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection, Mr Kokou Edem Tengue, has just announced some excellent news on his social networks: the arrival at the Port of Lomé of the new tugboat promised by Boluda, a multinational company specialising in tugboats. The new tug represents a major step forward for the Port Autonome de Lomé, and will help to increase the port’s capacity and boost its competitiveness in the region…. read more on maritimafrica     ……

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Afreximbank leads US$155 million strategic facility to Djibouti Ports and Free Zone Authority

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Nairobi, 17 July 2023: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today in Nairobi announced the disbursement of a $120-million financing facility to Djibouti’s Great Horn Investment Holding (GHIH) for the execution of a series of development projects in the country’s Damerjog Industrial Development Free Trade Zone.The deal, announced after a meeting between Afreximbank President Prof. Benedict Oramah and Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, on the sidelines of the ongoing Summit of Heads of State of the African Union, is part of a total facility amount of $155 million for work…

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Ghana: African Development Bank approves $23.04 million for modern Floating Dock Facility

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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (http://www.AfDB.org) has approved a $23.04 million loan to Prime Meridian Docks AssetCo Ltd (PMD), a special purpose entity to co-finance the construction of a modern floating dock ship repair facility in Ghana’s western Takoradi port.   The loan will support the company to design, build, operate and maintain a world-class ship repair and maintenance facility in the Gulf of Guinea under a 25-year concession granted to the company by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority. The project, estimated to cost $137…

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AGL signs a contract to manage the container terminal at the Port of Malindi in Zanzibar

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On Thursday 18 May 2023, in the presence of the Minister of Infrastructure, Communication and Transport, Hon. Khalid S. Mohamed, AGL’s (Africa Global Logistics) Regional Director of Southern Africa, Mr. Tony Stenning, and the CEO of Zanzibar Ports Corporation, Mr. Nahaat Mahfoud, signed a contract for the management of the container terminal at the Port of Malindi in Zanzibar…. read more on maritimafrica.com

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