In light of the rapid pace of infrastructure and transport developments across Africa, our Ports, Transport and Logistics (PTL) Sector Group is pleased to present Bowmans' latest PTL news round-up. Our regular round-ups bring you a selection of pan-African PTL-related stories and keep you up to date regarding developments in the space across Africa.
We draw on a network of multi-disciplinary experts across Africa in fields as diverse as project finance, construction and environmental law, to keep you in the know about developments and thought leadership in the PTL space.
The articles to which we refer readers are, unless stated otherwise, neither written nor edited by ourselves and appear in their original form. Bowmans does not necessarily agree with opinions expressed in those articles.
This edition includes news headlines and links to articles from a variety of sources, covering stories from Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa and South Sudan.
Rovuma Venture consortium to develop three business
development centres (Mozambique)
Source: Africa Ports
(30 January 2020)
The Mozambique Rovuma Venture natural gas exploitation consortium
has announced that it will create three business development
centres in several different parts of Mozambique for developing
competitive Mozambican companies that can qualify for inclusion in
their supplier lists. Read the full article here.
West Africa in line for major logistics platform (Gabon,
Mauritania and Ivory Coast)
Source: FTW Online (30 January
2020)
Countries along the West African coastline are set to benefit from
a new port and logistics platform designed to boost economic growth
and facilitate effective trade in the region. Read the full article
here. Also reported
by Africa Ports here.
Record-high fruit exports at Cape Town Container
Terminal (South Africa)
Source: Transnet (30 January
2020)
Transnet has confirmed that a team at its container terminal at the
Port of Cape Town has set a new reefer record after loading 1665
cold-chain boxes onto the Maersk vessel, Santa Clara, last weekend.
Read the full press release here.
NYK, Bollore & Toyota Tsusho to build the new RoRo
terminal at Port Said (Egypt)
Source: Africa Ports
(30 January 2020)
NYK, Bolloré Africa Logistics (Bolloré) and Toyota
Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho), have signed an agreement with
the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone to set up
and operate a dedicated automotive (RoRo) terminal at East Port
Said in Egypt. Read the full article here.
South Africa to lead the African Union (South
Africa)
Source: FTW Online
(29 January 2020)
President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined his three main priorities as
South Africa prepares to assume leadership of the African Union
(AU) this year. Read the full article here.
Ghana Ports predicts more cargo volumes in 2020
(Ghana)
Source: FTW Online (29 January
2020)
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) is upbeat about
volume growth for the year ahead as Tema and Takoradi position
themselves as transhipment hubs for the country's oil and gas
network. Read the full article here.
New Industrial Park to boost business opportunities in
Free State (South Africa)
Source: FTW Online (28 January
2020)
In a move to foster business opportunities in the Free State, the
Coega Development Corporation (CDC), in partnership with the Lejwe
Le Putswa Development Agency (LDA), announced yesterday that they
had signed an agreement to develop a new industrial park in the
Lejwe Le Putswa District Municipality. Read the full article here.
São Tomé and China agree to leave
São Tomé port project to private sector (São
Tomé and Príncipe)
Source: Africa Ports
(27 January 2020)
Indications are that the private sector will look for
investment and involvement in the São Tomé port
project. Read the full article here.
Lekki deepwater port will be able to berth 18,000 TEU
ships (Nigeria)
Source: Africa
Ports (24 January 2020)
Details of the new deepwater port of Lekki on the outskirts of
Lagos have become available and indicate that when complete the
container terminal at Lekki will be able to accommodate 18,000-TEU
ships. Read the full article here.
AP Moller Capital given European Commission green light
for port concessions in West Africa (West Africa)
Source: Africa Ports
(23 January 2020)
Denmark's AP Møller Capital has received the go-ahead
from the European Commission to acquire joint control of four
companies holding concessions to build and/or operate port
terminals in several countries of West Africa. Read the full
article here.
Kisumu port upgrade welcomed by stakeholders
(Kenya)
Source: Africa Ports
(23 January 2020)
As the upgrade of port facilities at Kisumu on Lake Victoria is
completed, stakeholders including the lake fishing industry say
they welcome the improvements. Read the full article here.
East London cruising to popularity (South
Africa)
Source: Africa Ports
(22 January 2020)
East London, South Africa's only river port, is becoming
increasingly popular as a cruise port with 15 cruise liner calls
this season – the most calls it has ever received in a single
season. Read the full article here.
Ride the wave of the African Continental Free Trade
Area, UK investors urged
Source: Africa Ports
(22 January 2020)
Africa is on the cusp of unmatched economic transformation, and the
UK must engage in a "partnership of change", African
Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said on Tuesday in a
keynote address at a UK Parliamentary Symposium. "The Africa
of the 21st century is very different. The Africa of the 21st
century is new and more confident," he said. Read the full
article here.
Tullow Oil suspends sending crude oil to Mombasa because
of poor roads (Kenya)
Source: Africa Ports
(22 January 2020)
Tullow Oil, which is successfully drilling for oil in the Turkana
region of northern Kenya, has suspended the trucking of Turkana
crude to the port at Mombasa. Read the full article here.
Djibouti government rejects London Court ruling to hand
Doraleh terminal back to DP World (Djibouti)
Source: Africa Ports
(21 January 2020)
As was expected, the Government of Djibouti has rejected the ruling
of the London Court of International Arbitration to hand back to DP
World the Doraleh port terminal. Read the full article here.
African Union adopts Lapsset Transport Corridor as an
official AU project (Kenya, South Sudan, Ethiopia and
Cameroon)
Source: Africa Ports
(21 January 2020)
The African Union (AU) has adopted Kenya's ambitious Lamu
Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (Lapsset) Corridor Programme as
an official AU project and is taking it a step further in which the
corridor will be redesigned to link the new port of Lamu on the
Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (where the first berth is already in
operation), with the Cameroon port of Douala on the Atlantic coast.
Read the full article here.
Transnet backtracks on freight rate increases (South
Africa)
Source: FTW Online (20 January
2020)
South Africa's freight-and-rail logistics company has
reportedly backtracked – for now – on its announcement
late last year that it intends to increase rates on some of its
source-to-port lines by up to 190%. Read the full article here.
Grindrod breaks ground at R105 million Umlaas Road
AutoPort Project (South Africa)
Source: Africa Ports
(20 January 2020)
Grindrod Limited has commenced construction of a state-of-the-art
AutoPort, just off the N3 in Camperdown in KwaZulu-Natal. The
270,000m2 property is ideally situated between Durban and
Pietermaritzburg, with the Natcor rail link between Durban and
Johannesburg running adjacent to the property and providing for
rail siding opportunities – for rail options both to and from
the AutoPort. Read the full article here.
Eni Rovuma Basin Coral Sul FLNG is launched in Geoje,
South Korea (Mozambique)
Source: Africa Ports
(20 January 2020)
Last Tuesday (14 January 2020) saw the launching of the CORAL SUL
(South) Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) treatment and
liquefaction facility hull at Geoje, South Korea. The FLNG when
complete is to see service in the Rovuma Basin off northern
Mozambique on behalf of Italian oil major Eni and its Area 4
partners in the venture. Read the full article here.
Shippers Council raises alarm over Lagos port congestion
(Nigeria)
Source: Africa Ports
(20 January 2020)
The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has raised its voice about
continuing congestion at the Lagos ports due to the chaotic
condition on all access roads around the port. Read the full
article here.
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