The ports of Abidjan and San Pedro have received nearly 2 million tons of cocoa beans since the start of the 2025/2026 campaign. As at 16 August, cumulative volumes were up 20.8% compared to the same period of the previous marketing year, according to...
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Conakry Terminal: Édouard Léno appointed Managing Director to replace Emmanuel Masson
Conakry Terminal announced the appointment of Édouard Léno as Director General. He succeeded Emmanuel Masson, who managed the container terminal of the Autonomous Port of Conakry for more than five years. The transition between the two leaders was marked by...
Maritime transport: COSCO and Diamond Line strengthen service between West Africa and Europe
COSCO Shipping Lines and Diamond Line announced the strengthening of their MWAX (West Africa Express) service with the addition of two ships. This evolution should increase the capacity available and strengthen the regularity of weekly departures...
Supply chain: Resilience also relies on data architecture
In an analysis published on August 19, 2026 on the website IT for Business, Patrick Van Denzel, Chief Revenue Officer of the Alpega Group Chargers business, believes that the resilience of supply chains increasingly depends on the ability of companies to...
Tanzania: DP World entrusts EDCS with the modernization of seven operational zones at Dar es Salaam port
DP World has awarded the EDCS group a contract for the rehabilitation of seven operational areas of Terminal 1 of the port of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The project covers a total area of 90,000 m2 and construction has already begun. The...
Kenya: InterAsia Lines to launch weekly maritime link between Mombasa and Asia
The Taiwanese shipping company InterAsia Lines plans to set up a weekly service in mid-October 2026 from the port of Mombasa, Kenya. The service will be operated with HMM, Pacific International Lines and COSCO Shipping, on ships of a...
Uganda: government seeks €207.77 million to modernize Jinja-Bukungu corridor in eastern Uganda
The Ugandan government has asked Parliament to approve a EUR 207.77 million loan to finance the modernisation of 137 kilometres of roads, including the Jinja-Mbulamuti-Kamuli-Bukungu corridor in the east of the country. The request for funding was...
South Africa plans to export 200,000 tonnes of soybeans to China
South Africa is expected to ship about 200,000 tons of soybeans to China in November 2026. This operation comes after a record harvest of 2.8 million tonnes during the 2025/2026 summer grain season and while exporters are looking to...
Mozambique: $15.3 million to modernize the Ressano Garcia border crossing
The Mozambican government has launched the construction of a one-stop border crossing in Ressano Garcia, the main land crossing point with South Africa. Estimated at 980 million meticiais (about 15.3 million dollars), the project also includes...
DP World: revenues reached $12.7 billion in the first half of 2026
The port and logistics group has recorded an increase of 13.1% in its turnover over the first six months of 2026, despite the decrease in volumes to Jebel Ali. Outside this port, container volumes increased by 6.5% on a comparable perimeter, while...












