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Developing Angola’s offshore assets

FID from TotalEnergies

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 0 1673

ANGOLA: Having announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Kaminho deepwater project, TotalEnergies issued a statement today indicating that production is expected to begin in 2028 with a plateau of 70,000 barrels of oil a day.

Fishing gear aims to help small scale fishers benefit from rights

Donation of fishing gear and equipment

Thursday, May 16, 2024 0 1827

SOUTH AFRICA: Much needed fishing gear and equipment was donated to small scale fishing enterprises in Port St Johns yesterday when Eastern Cape MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR), Nonkqubela Pieters, visited the community.

More ships for Namibian ports

NAMIBIA: The number of vessels calling at Namibian ports surged by 29% in the financial year ending 31 March with port visits jumping from 1,636...

Port tariff strategy up for review

SOUTH AFRICA: The Ports Regulator of South Africa is calling for comments on its update of the 2015 and 2020 Tariff Strategy documents that...

Construction begins on multi-purpose vessel for the Port of Cape Town

SOUTH AFRICA: The construction of new multi-purpose vessel for the Port of Cape Town that will assist in attending to oil spills as well as clean...

Port fails to meet targets ahead of citrus season

SOUTH AFRICA: With citrus exports set to increase towards the end of the month, the Western Cape Government (WCG) has raised the alarm on the Cape...

Strengthening cooperation to suppress illicit maritime activities

TOGO: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met this week to examine the draft Supplementary Act relating to cooperation in...

Cooperation agreement expands engineering focus

South African Nouum Engineering and Mauritius-based ship repair and conversion yard Taylor Smith Shipyard (TSS) have signed a cooperation...

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