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Ghana: About USD 2.2 Billion Needed to Expand Tema and Takoradi Ports
The UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), a department of the British government, has estimated that about USD 2.250 billion investment is needed to expand both the Tema and Takoradi ports in Ghana.
read more...Nigeria Ports Authority to Develop Lagos Bull Nose area
Nigeria Ports Authority last week signed off on a USD 124.4 million project for the re-development of port facilities at the ‘Bull Nose’ area of Lagos port,
read more...Liberian NPA in talks with van Oord
NPA says it has agreed that periodic maintenance dredging of the Freeport of Monrovia is not a part of Liberia's contract with APM Terminals, which was awarded a concession to operate the port and its terminals.
read more...Maersk Looks to Expand Apapa and Shipping Services
APM Terminals is reportedly considering a USD 120 million development and upgrade that will take the terminal's capacity to one million TEUs annually.
read more...PIRACY: BENIN IN THE FIRING LINE
Benin has found itself on the front lines of an intensifying battle against piracy off West Africa's coast, with a spike in attacks raising deep concern in the shipping industry.
read more...Cameroon Ports Show Increase Year on Year
Cargo handled at the Cameroon ports in 2010 was up by 7.5% on 2009, Cameroon's National Ports Authority has announced.
read more...Security Council voices concern over maritime piracy in West Africa's Gulf of Guinea
Concerns voiced over increasing maritime piracy, armed robbery and reports of hostage-taking in the Gulf of Guinea, saying the crimes were having an adverse impact on security, trade and other economic activities in the sub-region.
read more...Nigerian Ports Enjoy Good Half Year
Nigerian ports have reported higher cargo handling for the first six months of 2011, compared with the previous year.
read more...West African Nations to Meet Over Increasing Piracy in Region
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has said that the maritime administrations of Nigeria, Togo and Benin Republic will meet soon with stakeholders to deliberate on ways to enhance maritime safety in the sub-region.
read more...APM Terminals Apapa Berth Productivity up 50%
Individual crane productivity has increased by 25% in the past 12 months at the Apapa Container Terminal, with overall berth productivity rising by 50% during the same period even as port container volumes have surged by 26%.
read more...Togo's Lomé Port Gets € 60 Million Loan to Build New Container Terminal
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) say they have approved a EUR 60-million loan for the construction of a new container terminal at the port of Lomé in Togo, West Africa.
read more...Special Feature - Ghana Ports Authority has Potential to be The Golden Gateway into West Africa
Strategically positioned, the West African country relies on its ports for trade, industry and now energy. Playing a major role in Ghana's development, and providing excellent sea links for its landlocked neighbours, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) is the national organisation charged with overseeing all port planning, development, management and operations in the country.
read more...Nigerian port Volumes Increase 12 per cent
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has recorded a 12 per cent improvement in cargo handled at the nation's ports having handled a total of 74,901,284 tonnes of cargo during 2010.
read more...GPHA Hosts PMAWCA Council Meeting
Ghanaian President John Evans Atta Mills has observed that the dynamics of global, scientific and technological advancement in the maritime industry across the world have progressively put greater demand on the ports and harbours authorities to redouble their efforts in raising the standards of services they provide to the people.
PAPC Executive Secretary Seeks Increased Co-operation by African Ports
Newly designated Executive Secretary of the Pan-African Association of Ports Cooperation (PAPC), Mr. El Hadji Mar Gueye has pledged to pursue increased synergy and co-operation between ports and regional maritime associations in Africa, as contained in the African Maritime Transport Charter and Plan of Action adopted at the Second African Union Conference of Ministers responsible for Maritime Transport in October 2009.
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