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Posted: Oct 22, 2025

Getting on board the Cape Town Agreement

Ghana helps inch the Cape Town Agreement forward

Joining Vanuatu, Ghana has become the latest country to ratify the 2012 Cape Town Agreement (CTA) by officially depositing its Instrument of Accession at the London Headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

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Posted: Oct 21, 2025

Presidential intervention facilitates port rail connectivity

President intervenes in labour issues

GHANA: The President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has intervened to ensure that outstanding wages are paid to facilitate the extension of the railway line from Tema Port to the Dawa Industrial Enclave in the Greater Accra Region.

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Posted: Oct 21, 2025

Announcing the arrival of a new waterfront

Sod-turning ceremony kickstarts development

SOUTH AFRICA: A sod-turning ceremony in the Port of East London this week announced the arrival of the country’s latest investment in new waterfront infrastructure aimed at boosting maritime tourism in the region and promoting economic growth for the port community.

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Posted: Oct 20, 2025

Was the MEPC outcome really that unexpected?

MEPC session delays adoption of Net Zero Framework

Without exception, major international maritime and shipping organisations have expressed their disappointment at the outcome of the extraordinary session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) last week which chose to “adjourn” the adoption of draft amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, including the IMO Net-Zero Framework. But just how unexpected was this decision given the increasingly loud statements being made by those claiming climate change to be a hoax that is being perpetuated to the detriment of global economies?

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Posted: Oct 17, 2025

What are Africa’s chances for IMO Council election?

Representation at IMO in the spotlight

Six African Member States have set their sights on claiming a position on the International Maritime Organisation’s Council in the elections scheduled for December this year, but it is unlikely that all will be successful. Editor, Colleen Jacka, looks at what is at stake.

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Posted: Oct 15, 2025

Major investment supports logistics efficiency in Cape Town

Container facility provides back-of-port services

SOUTH AFRICA: With plans to ultimately expand the newly opened container yard in Salt River to 63,000m2, Grindrod Ltd officially cut the ribbon on the United Container Depot (UCD) which will function as a back-of-port facility to help improve Cape Town Port logistics for importers and exporters.

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Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Hout Bay wreck removals underway

Ongoing efforts to revive small harbours

SOUTH AFRICA: Plans to salvage two vessels in Hout Bay over a period of three days have been prolonged by the discovery of an additional unidentified vessel beneath one of the wrecks.

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Posted: Oct 14, 2025

Important week for maritime decarbonisation goals

MEPC meeting kicks off in London

It’s an important week for the maritime industry as the second Extra-ordinary session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee gets underway to discuss the adoption of global regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping.

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