The Port of Cabinda since it was inaugurated on 20 August has handled 1,750 containers of miscellaneous cargo, the director for the ports technical and operational area, Artur Fernandes de Carvalho said Monday. Fernandes de Carvalho said that the...
South Africa – According to Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Elizabeth Thabethe, South African businesses should seize trade and investment opportunities in Benin. The deputy minister is in Benin on the first Outward Selling and Investment...
Nigeria – Air Nigeria this week said that they will be shutting down operations due to “staff disloyalty and environmental challenges.” Air Nigeria was part of Richard Branson’s Virgin Airlines fleet until 2010 when he sold his minority...
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 improves a lot the cargo transports between the two...
12th September 2012. FESARTA’s working link with SADC was normally through the Infrastructure and Services Directorate and a good relationship was established. This Forum on Transport Liberalization was organized by the SADC Trade in Services...
There are 13 member states that are party to the scheme and in each member state there is a bureau ( National Bureaux) which coordinate the overall operations in the country. It is this National Bureau, in consultation with its members, that fixes...
Beijing – China’s largest train manufacturer, CSR Corp. Ltd, announced that its subsidiary company will be supplying South African logistics firm Transnet with electric locomotives for freight haulage purposes. The contract which was...
GLOBAL depot and port terminal operator APM Terminals officially launched its operations in the Coega industrial development zone (IDZ) on Sunday, establishing a full-service depot to meet the needs of shipping lines and cargo owners. The R25m...
Kenya – Uganda rail operator Rift Valley Railways (RVR) has begun an extensive renovation of its locomotive overhaul facility in Kampala at a cost of $284 million. According to company officials, the cargo congestion issues at the Mombasa...
According to an international survey, the cost of transportation in Africa is about 63 percent more expensive than in Western countries. The survey states that the main reason for the drastic cost increase is because of the lack of transport...
