The port dispute talks between the trade ministers of Uganda and Kenya proved successful, which allowed for the flow of cargo through the Mombasa port to return to an efficient […]
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Transnet’s port plans may face stumbling block
The plan by Transnet SOC Ltd. to build a harbor on the old Durban airport site may be dashed should the Virginia airport be moved to there. With container traffic […]
Durban port expansion: Drastic makeover for shipping
The South Durban basin could become a construction site for the next 40 years if all the city’s plans to expand the existing port are adopted. The estimated R250-billion plan […]
Poor state of roads in Mozambique forces transport companies to transfer cargo to port of Durban
The poor state of repair of national roads 1 and 6 in Mozambique, along the Inchope-Caia and Beira-Inchope sections, respectively, is leading some transport companies to transfer their cargo from […]
Ngqura Container Terminal sets monthly cargo handling record
TPT terminal handled a record 63,857 TEU during August Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT) operated by Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) hit a record level for container handing volumes during August. The […]
Zambia: big rail investment in key copper line
Zambia, who are Africa’s leading copper producer, will be investing $120 million to revamp a key copper railway line which links them to South Africa. The overhaul of the line […]
Angola: businessman acknowledges improvement of cargo transportation
Luanda — The chairperson of the chamber of commerce and industry of Angola and South Africa, Teddy Almeida, on Tuesday here acknowledged that the construction of road and port infrastructures […]
Mozambican government seeks funding to build port in Gaza province
Mozambique’s Ministry for Transport and Communications is seeking funding for construction of a rail and port system in Gaza province capable of processing 150 million tons of cargo per year, […]
Tete-Nacala railroad is best solution for transporting coal in Mozambique
The Tete-Nacala railroad, passing through Malawi, is the most appropriate solution to carry coal mined in Moatize, said the managing director of Vale Moçambique, a subsidiary of Brazilian mining giant […]
Lack of dry port holding up Chipata-Mchinji rail operations
Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EPCCI) is ready to manage the construction of a dry port by the private sector at the Chipata-Mchinji railway so that rail operations […]