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).

SOUTH AFRICA: A local pole and line tuna fishery has become the first of its kind to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification after participating in a transition programme over the last four years.

SOUTH AFRICA: While industry stakeholders continue to bemoan the lack of movement to reinstate offshore bunkering operations, the South African Revenue Services (SARS) rather quietly released further amendments to the rules regulating the storage of imported bunker fuel in special customs and excise storage warehouses.

SEYCHELLES: Captain Jean-Paul Fanchette took up position as the new Harbour Master for the Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) at the beginning of August and was presented with his epaulettes at a ceremony on 2 August.