The Transnet National Port Authority (TNPA), responsible for the safe, effective, and efficient economic functioning of the national port system, announced that R9.1bn (approx. US$572mn) in infrastructure development will be invested in Eastern Cape ports over the next seven years
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TICT orders two Konecranes to support development
Tincan Island Container Terminal Limited (TICT) has ordered two Konecranes Gottwald Generation 6 Mobile Harbour Cranes to improve operational efficiency and support container traffic development
Congo Terminal continues to upgrade its infrastructure
Congo Terminal, a Bolloré Ports subsidiary, continues to upgrade the Port of Pointe-Noire and has achieved a new milestone with the completion of the extension works of the yard surface area of dock D
MSC to buy Bolloré Africa Logistics
Global container transport and logistics firm MSC Group has announced its intention to acquire 100% of Bolloré Africa Logistics, thus comprising all of the Bolloré Group’s transport and logistics activities in Africa
USS Hershel “Woody” Williams arrives in Nigeria
The officers assigned to Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in a maritime interoperability planning event with leaders from the Nigerian Navy on 7 August