Since 18 September, Gate 4 of Casablanca Port is accessible from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. The aim of this measure is to distribute the flows of heavy goods vehicles over a wider time range, while waiting times for containers to exit still reach...
Maritime
Uganda and South Sudan sign customs agreement to facilitate cross-border trade
In particular, the customs administrations of both countries plan to strengthen digital interoperability, the tracking of goods in transit and the use of electronic permits. Some new procedures, including those relating to the change of...
Togo: containerized traffic from the port of Lomé increases by 16% in 2025
The Lomé Autonomous Port handled 2.4 million TEUs in 2025, compared with 2.06 million a year earlier. The Togolese port now ranks 91st in the 2026 rankings of Lloyds List and remains the leading port in sub-Saharan Africa. The Autonomous Port of...
Maritime transport: Hapag-Lloyd strengthens access to terminals in Africa with DP World
The agreement provides for access to capacity in the port terminals of Dakar, Luanda and Dar es Salaam, as well as support for the development of the port infrastructures of Banana and Maputo. Hapag-Lloyd plans to exceed one million TEUs transported in...
Morocco: Marsa Morocco keeps its 4th place among container port operators in Africa
The Moroccan group is the fourth largest container terminal operator in the continent for the third consecutive year, according to the 2025 edition of the report. « Global Container Terminal Operators » Drewry. He also makes his entrance...
Kenya: KRA opens electronic tracking of goods to 15 private operators
The Kenyan Tax Authority (Kenya Revenue Authority, KRA) will gradually abandon its own electronic seals in favour of a system open to 15 private suppliers. The reform concerns goods under customs control passing through, inter alia...
Guinea: Chinese consortium presents mining corridor project over $3 billion
On 16 September 2026, a consortium of Chinese companies led by SPIC and Chinalco presented Guinea's Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah with a mining corridor project linking the area of Santou with the maritime facade of Cape Verga. The program plans...
Egypt: Sokhna General and Bulk Terminal enters test phase
The port of Sokhna, on the Red Sea, has launched the experimental phase of exploitation of its new terminal of general goods and bulk. The first ship, GAMBELLA, landed 1,460 tons of batteries for a storage system...
Senegal: Amadou Diallo appointed Managing Director of ASEPEX
Mayor of Mampatim, Kolda region, Amadou Diallo was appointed Managing Director of the Senegalese Export Promotion Agency (ASEPEX) at the Council of Ministers on 10 September 2026. He succeeds Modou Mbéne Diop as head of the agency...
Africa-China trade: Africa's deficit reaches $80.07 billion over eight months
Trade between Africa and China reached $273.94 billion between January and August 2026. Over this period, China's exports to the continent grew faster than imports from Africa, accounting for more than...