Industry News China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) has completed the first berth of the container terminal at the new port of Lamu in Kenya. Following testing, the port will be officially opened by President Uhuru Kenyatta in October, with the first vessel using the port in November. The first
MTBS News The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has officially started the tender procedures for Kherson and Olvia concession projects. The tender procedures, which will be conducted in accordance with existing legislation, were started with the publication in the newspaper Uriadovyi Kurier of the first tender announcement. This publication opens the
Industry News Concession Tender The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine has announced a concession tender relating to transferring into concession assets of State Enterprise (SE) "Kherson Sea Commercial Port" (KSCP) and assets of SE "Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority" (USPA). Implementation of the public-private partnership (PPP) project with respect to transferring
Industry News Lamu Port The first berth of the Lamu port is complete, the South Sudan and Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) Corridor Development Authority says. “The first berth of the Lamu port is 100 percent complete,” the authority stated on its Facebook page. It said berth 2 and 3 will be completed by
Industry News Namibia has launched an expanded container terminal at the Port of Walvis Bay, projected to double the country’s annual container handling capacity. Works on the expansion of the terminal started in 2014 and were completed by China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) under a project worth $268 million. The
Industry News Port of El Sokhna is currently witnessing the largest expansion project with investments of about EGP 10bn The chairperson of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Mohab Mamish, on Tuesday the 30th of July said the Port of El Sokhna is currently witnessing the largest expansion project with investments of
MTBS News Maritime & Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) and Port Finance International (PFI) in cooperation with its partners have successfully organized the PFI Port Privatization Forum Rio 2019 held on 13 June 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Forum focused on the Brazilian Port Sector. Brazil’s new political era is already impacting the country’s
Industry News New President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and his team have an opportunity to reset the climate for investing in the country’s ports, say leading local expert. At the moment there is a concession pilot project conforming to European norms under way for the public stevedoring companies in Olvia (formerly Oktyabrsk)
Industry News In June 2013, ETF, IDC, FEPORT and ESPO established, with the support of the European Commission, the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for ports (SSDC for Ports). In order to feed their discussions about the current challenges faced by the port sector, ETF, IDC, FEPORT have requested and obtained
MTBS News On June 18 the World Bank published a new book “Port Development and Competition in East and Southern Africa: Prospects and Challenges” with a substantive contribution by MTBS, amongst others. The study assessed the 15 main ports in East and Southern Africa (ESA) on whether proposed capacity enhancements are
