Tema Port Begins 24-Hour Gate Operations to Ease Truck Congestion
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has extended gate hours at Tema to round-the-clock operation, aiming to cut the queues that have built up along the Accra-Tema motorway.
Transnet has reaffirmed its timeline for upgrading Durban's Pier 2 container terminal as shipping lines continue to flag berth delays at South Africa's busiest port.
The newer deep-water facility east of Lagos is taking on a growing share of container traffic as shippers look past the congestion at the older Apapa terminals.
A new digital link between Kenya Ports Authority and SGR freight operations aims to cut the time containers spend waiting at the port before moving inland.
Deepened approach channels at Takoradi will allow larger offshore support vessels serving Ghana's oil fields to call year-round.
The deep-water terminal on Dakar's Ndayane peninsula is approaching the throughput levels it was built for, port officials say, as Senegal positions itself as a Sahel gateway.
Namibia's port authority is promoting the Walvis Bay Corridors as a faster alternative route for cargo bound for Zambia, Botswana and the DRC's Copperbelt.