South Africa is pressing ahead with a long-awaited port privatisation programme despite some ongoing problems with a first tender. State-run Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is seeking tenders to develop Cape Town’s liquid bulk terminal in a 25-year concession. Earlier Transnet granted a...
https://splash247.com/operators-sought-for-cape-towns-liquid-bulk-terminal/
By Paul Burkhardt (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S is contesting a process held by South Africa’s state logistics firm Transnet SOC Ltd. to find a partner to develop sub-Saharan…
https://gcaptain.com/maersk-contests-transnets-pick-for-south-african-port-partner/
APM Terminals has lodged a case at the Durban High Court in an attempt to block an Asian port operator rival from taking over a terminal in the city. Manila-headquartered International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) was meant to have taken over the running of Durban Container Terminal (DCT)...
https://splash247.com/apm-terminals-lodges-case-to-block-ictsis-durban-port-contract/
Fifty years ago, the shipping “establishment” was plunged into angst and indignation by the publication of a book that opened up many of the mysteries of the modern maritime industry to critical public scrutiny. Noel Mostert’s “Supership” was the account of a voyage he had taken from North Europe...
By Colleen Goko (Bloomberg) — Africa’s inefficient and aging ports are hampering the continent’s chances of capitalizing on a surge in ship traffic that’s avoiding attacks by Houthi rebels through the…
https://gcaptain.com/inefficient-african-ports-see-diverted-red-sea-traffic-slipping-away/
The Yemeni Houthi rebels’ continued attacks on shipping in the Red Sea serve as a reminder that global supply chains remain highly vulnerable to disruption. Moreover, it highlights how food insecurity can simultaneously be an effect and cause of conflict. To address this, the international...
The plight of more than 16,000 animals stuck on a boiling-hot livestock carrier for the past month has made headlines around the world. Dr Lynn Simpson, a well-known former live export veterinarian, writes for Splash on the tragic, aborted voyage of the Bahijah, pictured today off Fremantle. With...
The bad news keeps emanating from the headquarters of Transnet, South Africa’s under pressure state-run port operator. An investigation is underway looking at corruption claims levelled at Pepi Silinga, Transnet’s CEO Silinga has been accused of handing his former employer – the COEGA Development...
https://splash247.com/transnets-new-ceo-under-investigation/
By Antony Sguazzin and Loni Prinsloo (Bloomberg) –South Africa’s selection of Filipino billionaire Enrique Razon’s harbor firm as a partner to revive sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest container port is being questioned by…
https://gcaptain.com/choice-of-billionaire-razon-as-south-africa-port-partner-is-challenged/
The dire situation at South Africa’s ports, which have some of lowest productivity levels in the world, has seen the authorities seek external help. Transnet National Ports Authority, which oversees the country’s top ports, is seeking terminal operators to come in for a period of three years to...