A new freight-only Ro-Ro vessel ordered by Uganda operator East Africa Marine Transport (EAMT) was recently launched at the facilities of compatriot shipbuilder SECO Marine. Mpungu will have a length of 96 metres and capacity for up to 1,000 tonnes of containerised cargo. The vessel will operate in...
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New Year’s Eve boat mishap leaves five dead in central Uganda
Five people are confirmed dead after a passenger boat sank in Lake Victoria in central Uganda on the evening (local time) of Sunday, December 31. Local officials said the vessel was transporting a still undetermined number of people and was nearing Zinga Island in Uganda’s Buvuma District when it...
CargoX consortium leads development of Uganda’s trade facilitation platform
Document transfer solutions provider CargoX announced it has been chosen to support Uganda’s Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) as it looks to build out a platform to service the country’s export growth.
PACEID reported in late August that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with technology supporters to launch its trade facilitation platform TradeXchange.
In Tuesday’s announcement, a technology consortium including Technology Associates and...
23 dead in Uganda lake boat capsizing
Authorities in Uganda report that 23 people were killed while at least two others have gone missing after a boat capsized in the Ugandan portion of Lake Victoria on Wedne ..
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Russian owner of Black Pearl dies in Monaco… plus more
Russian owner of Black Pearl dies in Monaco… plus more
Good Morning Monaco – Monday, June 28, 2021
Russian owner of Black Pearl dies in Monaco
Oleg Burlakov, whose net worth was in the region of $700 million to $1 billion, has died in Monaco at the age of 71…
Princess unable to fly home for anniversary
Princess Charlene is unable to fly back to join her family to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her marriage to HSH Prince Albert on Thursday, July 1.
Ten new coronavirus cases over...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/28/russian-owner-of-black-pearl-dies-in-monaco-plus-more/
Total and CNOOC ready for Ugandan crude exports via pipeline to Tanzania
Aframaxes are set to haul crude from landlocked Uganda following news of a major pipeline construction across East Africa. France’s Total and China’s state controlled CNOOC, in tandem with the Ugandan and Tanzanian governments, will invest $3.5bn on a 1,445 km pipeline running from western Uganda’s...
https://splash247.com/total-and-cnooc-ready-for-ugandan-crude-exports-via-pipeline-to-tanzania/
EDITORIAL | Covid-19 results in lowest ferry fatality toll ever in 2020
Thanks very largely to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 had the least number of fatal ferry accidents and fatalities since our records commenced in 1966, ..
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Here’s what you’re helping make happen
Whilst work on our COVID-19 response in Uganda and Zambia continues, we wanted to share some of our pre-pandemic highlights from our programmes. From researching the use of motorcycles in the Democratic Republic of Congo to setting up a new social enterprise in Madagascar, here’s a taste of what we have achieved with your support between April 2019 and March 2020.
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Uganda near Standard Gauge Railway construction
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday, June 6, said the country was in the final stage of negotiations over the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).
In his state of nation address, Museveni said an agreement would soon be signed once the protracted negotiations are concluded.
“We have got a good formula and we shall conclude so that we start building the SGR,” he said.
The president did not mention with whom the government is negotiating with.
Read more on Xinhua.
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Mombasa port: The key to Uganda’s trades
Talks between Kenya and Uganda when President Yoweri Museveni visited Kenya recently mainly focused on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and operations at the Port of Mombasa.
The main reason the two facilities took centre stage is obvious to see; the 2018 port transit report places Uganda as the biggest user of the port where it had imported 7.4 million metric tonnes of goods last year. It was an increase from 6.5 million tonnes of goods compared with the previous year. The country’s transit...