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Posted: Oct 24, 2025

The future of logistics is faster, cheaper, cleaner and quieter

Electric giants set to transform South African port and yard operations

SOUTH AFRICA: The shift towards electric heavy lift equipment in logistics is being driven by a future need to deliver logistic solutions that are not only faster and cheaper, but cleaner, quieter and more sustainable.

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Posted: Oct 24, 2025

Boatbuilders discuss market uncertainties and challenges

Conference highlights market challenges

SOUTH AFRICA: “We know we are living in challenging times. At the moment markets are tough, and I think we need to embrace opportunity where we can,” Ed Slack, Editor in Chief of IBI Magazine told delegates, mincing no words in a hard-hitting keynote address at the opening of the inaugural African Boating Conference.

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Posted: Oct 24, 2025

Boating community congregates to map out opportunities

Inaugural African Boating Conference

SOUTH AFRICA: The inaugural African Boating Conference held this week in Cape Town drew the enthusiastic participation of more than 200 delegates representing a sizeable portion of the region’s boating community eager to share ideas and foster economic growth within the boating sector on the continent.

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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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The processing of the Merchant Shipping Bill 2023 had been withdrawn from parliament to allow the Department of Transport to finalise the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) process.

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