UGANDA: The double hulled oil tanker, MT Elgon, was successfully delivered to take up operations on Lake Victoria this month to service Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania.

SOUTH AFRICA: Transnet has been assigned to the Department of Transport, following the removal of the Department of Public Enterprises from government structures in the new administration.

SOUTH AFRICA: The Chinese hospital ship, Peace Ark, is visiting the Port of Cape Town for a week to undertake a joint national and interdepartmental exercise for humanitarian medical service between People’s Republic of China and Republic of South Africa.

Kadijah Amoah – CEO of Pecan Energies Ghana – believes that Africa’s Ghana’s oil sector holds massive opportunities. “With more African countries emerging as significant energy frontiers, and new discoveries in places like Namibia heralding the establishment of greenfields industries that could really boost regional GDP, there are likely to be many oil businesses entering the continent in years to come,” she says.

GHANA: Ghana officially launched their Petroleum Hub Project which is to include extensive port as well as storage facilities and is projected to cost an estimated $12 billion.

SOUTH AFRICA: Five new tugboats were integrated into commercial shipping operations this week at the Port of Durban as Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) officially launched and christened the new acquisitions.

SOUTH AFRICA: Port users and stakeholder have been advised to submit written comments on the latest Tariff Application submitted by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA).

SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa and the Seychelles have agreed to pilot a toolkit for Sustainable Port Development in the West Indian Ocean which was developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with the United Nations Nairobi Convention Secretariat, the Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA) and the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA).