The port expansion project has been scheduled for completion in 2016. (Image source: GPHA)
Belgian engineering firm Jan De Nul Group (DJN) has commenced the next phase of expansion of the Takoradi port in Ghana, in an effort to transform it into a logistics hub in west Africa
The new terminal is expected to triple Port of Walvis Bays container handling capacity. (Image source: Namport)
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US$338mn sovereign loan for the Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) to construct a new container terminal at the Port of Walvis Bay
The new power facility at the port will supply power to a new berth commissioned in August and a second container terminal that is being built. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Kenya’s Mombasa port will construct a new power back-up facility after suffering frequent blackouts at a time when the port has been under pressure to clear cargo faster under a regional trade plan
Experts from the Port of Rotterdam will impart advice to Ghanaian officials on the development of port facilities and related logistics. (Image source: AlfvanBeem)
Negotiations between the Ghanaian and Dutch governments on the development and expansion of the West African country’s sea ports are set to take place during the visit of a trade delegation from the Netherlands to Accra
Bechtels solution can provide a reduction of up to 40 per cent in port infrastructure construction costs compared with building a traditional port. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Construction, engineering and project management firm Bechtel has claimed that it has created a design for ports that could transform shipping in Africa in the years to come
