Advertise here — Affordable rates — email us for a Rate Card to terry africaports. Click on headline to go direct to story : use the BAC K key to return. The 85,dwt ship has a container capacity of 6, TEU and when introduced into service in would have been one of the larger container ships around. MSC Marina is metres in length and 40m wide and flies the flag of Panama. She is the second vessel to have the name of Marina, the other being one being a container vessel built in of just gross tons and which was also a regular visitor to Durban and the other South Africa container ports of Port Elizabeth and Cape Town — Ngqura did not exist at that time. Covid jabs to seafarers at no charge. There is a fee for the medical services provided by the port authorities. Protecting seafarers from the virus is paramount — and we have the means to help do that. The more mariners who have the vaccine, the quicker shipping and life in general can return to normal. Boers recently began offering free jabs to mariners at German ports in Hamburg and Bremerhaven. The company also provides vaccinations at ports in the Netherlands, albeit for just Dutch-flagged or Dutch-owned vessels but it plans to extend this service to all seafarers, it is reported. While Boers is supporting efforts to vaccinate all seafarers, maritime executives such as Esben Poulsson, Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, say the new delta strain of Covid has hampered the shipping industry. Poulsson added that crew changes were not happening quickly enough to satisfy increased demand for products, especially from the US and Europe in the lead up to Christmas, putting more pressure on already strained global supply chains. He also criticised government figures for continuing to stick their heads in the sand. He added that shipping companies needed to provide testing, appropriate PPE and access to medical and sanitation facilities, to protect crew members and prevent the virus spreading. At Belgian ports, seafarers who want the Covid vaccine must apply at least 48 hours before their ship is berthed. Application forms, which should include the vessel information, expected time of arrival and details of the mariner wanting the vaccination, must be sent to info boers-crewservices. Vaccinations on vessels are available for five or more crew members, with groups of four or fewer having to go to the medical centre. Details for the number of vaccines available in Bremerhaven and on what days are being finalised. She berthed entirely without assistance from harbour tugs. Berth is assigned as a permanent repair berth for Dormac, and Gateway had arrived at Cape Town for a minor period of maintenance, prior to proceeding to her next dredging contact. Owned by Boskalis Baggermaatschappij BV of Papendrecht in Holland, and operated by Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, also of Papendrecht, Gateway is suitable for dredging operations resulting in land reclamation, beach replenishment, harbour construction, waterway and channel cutting. As a trailing suction hopper dredger, Gateway is different in that she has two separate hoppers with a combined capacity of 12, m3. Her single mm suction pipe, together with her underwater pumps, allows her to dredge down to a depth of 62 metres. The suction pipe ends in a drag head. The drag head moves slowly over the seabed collecting the sand like a giant vacuum cleaner. The mixture of sand and water is pumped into the hopper and excess water flows out through the hopper overflows. Dredging stops when the hopper capacity is reached. For discharging the load, Gateway has a variety of methods she can utilise, depending on the project specifications. One such discharge method is rainbowing. Rainbowing is used when the vessel can get close to the discharge location, and the previously reclaimed sand body is above or almost above the water surface. The sand is sprayed through a nozzle in the bow rainbowing in an arch through the air. Another discharge method consists of pumping the sand ashore, via a bow connection, by using floating or sunken pipelines. This approach is used in land reclamation, or coastal protection projects, where the sand is pumped through floating pipelines and deposited into the reclamation area. The contents of the hopper can also be deposited through doors located in the bottom of the hull of the vessel, where Gateway has four hopper doors. A further method is simple shore discharge, where the dredged contents of the hopper are discharged via a shoreside crane into a stockpile for use elsewhere. The arrival of Gateway from Soyo was on the completion of a third maintenance contract awarded to Boskalis to maintain both the access channel to Soyo LNG Port and the turning basins within the port. Boskalis originally widened and increased the depth of the main 4. Original harbour dredging works also included Boskalis dredging out the Kwanda Basin, located in the original Soyo port, which lies adjacent to the new Soyo LNG port, and the dredging of the new LNG Port turning basin. Since the completion of the new LNG port, Boskalis have been contracted three times to return with a THSD to maintain the main shipping channel and turning basins. The latest contract was awarded in , for a five year duration, and Gateway was the THSD chosen to fulfill the contract requirements on this occasion. Once she has completed her short period of maintenance in Cape Town, Gateway will sail for the Philippines, where she will join other fleet mates of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV and begin work on dredging, and land reclamation, for the new Manila Airport. This huge contract, at EUR1. The new route was scheduled to be operated with a Boeing Dreamliner, however it was an Airbus A featuring 36 seats in the Qsuite business class and seats in economy class that has inaugurated the service. The airline has demonstrated its commitment to Africa throughout the pandemic having significantly grown its network by adding four routes to Accra, Abidjan, Abuja, Luanda and restarting services to Alexandria, Cairo and Khartoum. With the addition of these two new routes the carrier will operate over weekly flights to 27 destinations in Africa. Earlier this month, Qatar Airways also signed an interline agreement with RwandAir giving customers greater access to the combined networks of both airlines. These are the fifth and sixth new destinations in Africa added to our network since the start of the pandemic, taking our total new destinations added across the globe to The launch of Lusaka and Harare also supports increased demand for trade between Zambia and Zimbabwe and destinations on the Qatar Airways network such as London, Frankfurt and New York and from multiple points in China. With a total of 30 tonnes of cargo capacity on the aircraft per flight, Qatar Airways Cargo will play a key role in facilitating key exports from Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is crucial that we have a good understanding of the findings as they give an indication of what our future could look like. According to the report global warming is evident, with each of the last four decades being successively warmer than any decade that preceded it since Average precipitation on land has also increased since the midth century. In addition, there is high confidence that mean sea level increased by between 0. The major concern is that as warming continues, more extreme climate events, such as droughts, are projected to increase in both frequency and intensity. This warming is mainly driven by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities such as burning fossil fuels coal, natural gas, and oil and coal production. When it comes to African countries, the report projects an increase in average temperatures and hot extremes across the continent. The continent will likely experience drier conditions with an exception of the Sahara and eastern Africa. Alarmingly, the rate of temperature increase across the continent exceeds the global average. In addition, as warming continues, the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall events are projected to increase almost everywhere in Africa. Maritime heatwaves and sea level rises are also projected to increase along the continental shores. Looking into the future, global warming could lead to an increase in hot extremes, including heatwaves. It could also lead to a decrease in cold extremes. The projected dry and hot conditions will have a devastating impact on a continent where the economies of most countries, and the livelihoods of most people, are dependent on rain-fed agriculture. In fact, changes to the climate will affect almost all parts of our lives. This will adversely affect agriculture. Specifically, the region is likely to witness an increase in aridity, and droughts. We are already seeing this in Madagascar and South Africa. This has serious implications for all sectors including agriculture, water and health. Drought would also likely reduce hydroelectric generation potential, adversely affecting energy dependent sectors. We are already seeing this at the Kariba dam which sits between Zimbabwe and Zambia. In addition, there will be more tropical storms in the region. This is due to sea temperatures increasing as a result of global warming. The concern is that these events will be particularly destructive as seen in Madagascar and over Mozambique. Read more: Rising sea temperatures are shaping tropical storms in southern Africa. In relation to eastern Africa, the report projected an increase in mean precipitation that favours agriculture. However, increases in the frequency and intensity of heavy precipitation and flooding may cause a counter effect in some areas, such as arid and semi-arid lands. There has been some conflicting information regarding rainfall in eastern Africa. This follows observations that the general circulation models, used in preparation of IPCC reports, do not simulate the observed rainfall well over the region. Most models project increase in rainfall while observations report the opposite. This observed shortening of rainfall season that is not captured by the models explains the paradox. Besides rainfall, the recorded and projected temperature which is expected to increase will decrease the snow and glaciers in the region. A rise in temperatures will result in a rise in malaria cases especially in highland areas within the region. Northern Africa is a climate change hotspot. The report anticipates with high confidence increase in temperatures in the region, causing extreme heatwaves. Projected drying will increase aridity that already begun to emerge in the region and worsen water scarcity. Further, the situation will increase the risk of forest fires, a threat to ecosystems. As is currently seen in Algeria where, so far this year, more than fires have been reported across 17 provinces, killing over 40 people. The report also anticipated that there will be a reduction in mean wind speed over northern Africa. The wind speed is dependent on temperature and consequently atmospheric pressure changes. Similarly, west and central Africa are projected to record a reduction in mean precipitation and experience more agricultural and ecological droughts. All these cast a dark cloud on agriculture and water in the region. Read more: Lagos is getting less rain, but more heavy storms. What it can do to prepare. Along the African coastlines, the relative sea-level rise is likely to contribute to an increase in the frequency and severity of coastal flooding in low-lying areas, like the recent cases in Lagos , Nigeria. This causes massive destruction to delicate coastal ecosystems and will displace communities that live in coastal towns. The sea level rise equally causes saltwater intrusion, limiting availability of fresh water. Read more: Climate change is affecting agrarian migrant livelihoods in Ghana. This is how. Despite the projection of decrease in mean precipitation over nearly all the regions of Africa, heavy precipitation and pluvial flooding is likely. The increase in wet extremes has far reaching effects on nearly all socioeconomic sectors, from agriculture, water, environment to infrastructure. These are some of the key sectors in socioeconomic development. This — compounded by growing populations — gives a worrying picture of the challenges that lie ahead. This is likely to widen the existing development gap, calling for concerted effort to strengthen response mechanisms to future challenges posed by climate change. With the hull taking damage from the grounding a portion of the cargo of wood chips was lost overboard. At that stage there were no reports of oil pollution but the Japanese Coast Guard and other maritime authorities were monitoring the situation. The amount is currently under investigation from on-site patrol boats, tugboats, etc, said NYK. NYK has organised a crisis management centre to address the situation and NYK said it will provide necessary support to the shipowner and Misuga Kaiun Co. Ltd, the ship-management company. Crimson Polaris has an overall length of metres and a beam of 32m and a deadweight of 49, tons. The ship had a crew of 21 seafarers, consisting of Chinese and Filipino nationals. She is carrying a cargo of 44, tons of wood chips loaded in Thailand. Hurtigruten Expeditions to cruise West Africa destinations. This is in response to guest demand for more warm water destinations — the addition of the West Coast of Africa and its unique archipelagos — the Bissagos Islands and Cape Verde — to its constantly growing list of new destinations. We are very excited about expanding to new unique destinations, which complements our Caribbean and South American expedition cruises and strengthens our global position. With fewer than guests, the small expedition cruise ship entered service in , providing an intimate and exclusive setting onboard. The industry-leading Science Program includes a wide range of Citizen Science research projects that guests are encouraged to participate in during their trip. Cape Verde offers a distinctively different scenery compared to the Bissagos. The ten rugged volcanic islands that make up the country boast a unique blend of African and Portuguese influences. Other wildlife includes whales, dolphins, and sea turtles. The itinerary also includes a day in Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, the smallest country in mainland Africa. All cruises out of Dakar include land-based adventures as part of the itinerary. A city tour of Dakar is included on the disembarkation day, where guests will experience the charming multi-faceted city while discovering its historical moments and driving along the corniche. Further details and bookings can be made at www. New US Lighthouse stamps. Their styles, locations, and construction methods differ, but their purpose is the same: to light the way through treacherous waters. A first day cover is also available. Each stamp shows a close-up view of one of five lighthouses that captures not only the beauty of the tower but also the qualities that makes it unique. The late Howard Koslow — was the artist for these stamps and the previous issues in the Lighthouse series. The stamps feature original acrylic paintings by Koslow based on photographs of the lighthouses. Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses were the last stamps he illustrated for the Postal Service. The only cottage-style, screw-pile lighthouse in the country still intact and operating in its original location, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in Authorised by George Washington and completed in , Montauk Point Lighthouse still stands in its original location. The lighthouse is the oldest in New York State and one of the oldest in continuous operation in the U. Its new tower, completed in , stands on a cast-iron caisson supported on a heavy block of concrete that lies within the breakwater. The foot-high conical lighthouse is built of cast-iron plates and is lined with bricks. One of only seven stations in the country to feature two lighthouse towers, Navesink, in New Jersey, became the first light station in the U. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in At the east end of the channel leading to Presque Isle Bay, the Erie Harbor Pierhead Lighthouse has been guiding sailors for more than years. Its design is unique; the tower tapers from its base to its midsection, then rises straight from there to the top, the only lighthouse tower with this shape in the US. She remained in the bay for just over 24 hours and entered the Duncan Dock on 9 August at 13h00, proceeding to go alongside the Eastern Mole. Due to the complex set up of her propulsion, manoeuvring and dynamic positioning capabilities, she berthed without any aid from any harbour tug. She is metres in length and has a deadweight of 4, tons. Her complex propulsion and dynamic positioning requirements are provided by two Rolls-Royce bow tunnel thrusters producing 1, kW each, a single Rolls-Royce Azimuth Bow Thruster producing 1, kW, two Rolls-Royce stern tunnel thrusters producing 1, kW each, and two Rolls-Royce Controllable Pitch Propellers, supported by two Rolls-Royce flap rudders. Her standard transit speed is 9. Owned and operated by Solstad Rederi AS of Skudeneshavn in Norway, Normand Frontier has a deck cargo capacity of 1, m2, serviced by a large ton deck crane. For subsea work she has an internal 7. A very complex vessel, Normand Frontier is capable of undertaking marine construction surveys, MetOcean data collection, passive acoustic environmental monitoring, seismic survey support, seabed site survey and mapping, plus underwater surveillance operations. Arriving in Cape Town on completion of a three month support contract on the Australian Northwest Shelf natural gas fields, based out of the Western Australian port of Broome, Normand Frontier had demobilised in the small Indonesian port of Batu Ampar, which is located just south of Singapore. On her voyage across to Cape Town, she had made a 24 hour stop at Male, the capital of the Maldives, for reasons unknown. She is expected to remain in Cape Town for around one week, whilst preparing to mobilise for her next contract, and conduct important equipment tests. Her next contract is to Brazil, where Normand Frontier will spend a minimum of three months supporting an ultradeep subsea offshore oil and gas project. It appears a 23 year-old Chinese seaman on board the bulk carrier received his injuries while the ship was in the deep-sea shipping lanes south of Madagascar. After reporting the accident the bulk carrier headed for Gqeberha and rendezvoused with the NCRI rescue craft 8 nautical miles offshore. On arrival at the vessel the EMS rescue paramedic and NSRI rescue swimmers were transferred onboard where the patient, secured into a Stokes basket stretcher, was transferred onto the sea rescue craft. The injured man was taken to the sea rescue station in Port Elizabeth harbour from where he, in the care of EMS paramedics, was transported to hospital by ambulance in a serious but stable condition. We are poised to be a key part of that strategy. He acted as a landing craft coxswain during the landing of Tulagi, which took place from 7 to 9 August Over the next three days of conflict, he made repeated trips under heavy enemy fire to deliver ammunition and other supplies to US forces. The Glen Harris crew is already credited with saving lives. While in pre-commissioning status, the crew was first on scene and essential in the response, rescuing a member of the foot lift boat capsizing eight miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on 13 April. The USCG and many good Samaritan vessels responded to the capsized vessel and searched for missing people in the water. They are feet loa, of 25 feet beam, and long tons displacement. They have a top speed of more than 28 knots, a range of 2, nautical miles, an endurance of up to five days, and can hold a crew of up to These new cutters are replacing the aging Island-class foot patrol boats in service since Retail operations under threat from vessel delays and rising rates. Recent vessel-tracking data from project44 reveals substantial year-over-year increases in vessel and shipment delay times across most major trade lanes connecting China to the rest of the global economy. These longer lead times cast a spotlight on already overburdened transportation networks and ongoing supply chain disruptions. For many businesses, the unrelenting supply-side bottlenecks and increasing transportation costs are impacting their ability to meet customer demands and forcing them to pass costs on to their customers, causing upward pressure on global inflation. While select China-US West Coast routes schedules have improved significantly over the past months, data gathered by project44 shows that along many critical routes, multi-day delays remain high, or are even rising in the face of recent outbreaks of the COVID variant in southwestern China. This indicates that global supply chains remain fragile and far from quickly return to pre-COVID levels. There were substantial delays for ships operating on routes between China and US non-West Coast ports, where ship delays increased from 0. For example, year-over-year, median delays for ships traveling from Tianjin to New York increased from 0. Delays in other ports of US were steady from last quarter of until August when they started rising to a peak in February Moderate improvements have been made with delays working their way down as of June For China-EU maritime traffic, delays increased from an average of 0. As of June , Shanghai-Hamburg and Shenzhen-Hamburg were representative of other modern, high-volume China-EU port pairs, seeing median ship delays extending more than a week, at 8. For ships travelling from Tianjin to Antwerp in June, the median delay was The delays were working their way down as of July , but still at levels higher than the peak. While not as extensive as the worst-hit EU and US ports, this suggests that most trade lanes are affected. It is currently at its highest level since August Disclaimer: The data referenced here reflects a statically significant sample size to draw conclusions. For more details visit www. Shortly after arrival in Lagos, Capt. Graham said. Nigeria maintains the largest navy in the Gulf of Guinea region and is critical to security and stability in Africa. Africa Command area of responsibility. The embassy said the U. Then on 20 February she called at Cape Town. The ESB class of ship is a highly flexible platform that may be used across a broad range of military operations. Acting as a mobile sea base, they are part of the critical access infrastructure that supports the deployment of forces and supplies to support missions assigned. Her keel was laid on 18 December and the ship launched on 19 August with delivery on 22 February Powered by a diesel-electric system driving two propellers for a speed of 15 knots, the ship is metres in length and 50 metres wide with a 9m draught. She displaces approximately 39, tons and requires a crew of 34 MSC personnel plus about military personnel as required by any mission. The arrival of an LPG tanker in Cape Town is a very unusual occurrence and all was explained when she went directly to the Repair Quay, which strongly suggested a minor maintenance requirement. She has been retrofitted with a Kwangsung exhaust scrubber unit which gives her that top-heavy look so typical of vessels that have received a retrofitted scrubber. She has eight cargo tanks with a liquid gas carrying capacity of 80, m3. The origins of her parent company formed in , BW Group, are the initials of the great Norwegian bulk shipping company Bergesen of Stavanger, and Worldwide Shipping of Hong Kong, both of which were amalgamated together in An LPG tanker is quite distinct from an LNG tanker, where LNG Liquid Natural Gas comes directly from natural gas reserves located thousands of feet below the surface of the earth, whereas LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas is a byproduct of the oil refining process, with examples being Butane and Propane, which is used to heat domestic households, or used for cooking appliances. On this occasion she spent two spells out in the Richards Bay anchorage in July, over a combined period of almost 11 days, and her two visits to discharge LPG in Richards Bay was over a combined 5 day period. Financial details of the contract were not disclosed. Station-keeping accuracy and manoeuvrability are essential for what are complex cable laying and repair operations, while the ship also needs relatively high speed to achieve rapid or urgent deployment. The twin 1. Integral to the package is an ABB energy storage system enabling electrical power back-up using kWh batteries, which will reduce fuel consumption during cable work and ensure continuity in the event of an unexpected shutdown. At the same time, being able to integrate different energy sources provides a flexible and future-proof system that will ensure the most efficient vessel operation for many years to come. We are also delighted to be working on our second project with Colombo Dockyard, following an earlier cable layer project in Connecting the propeller directly to the propulsion motor eliminates gears and other auxiliary equipment, reducing maintenance costs, it has been shown. Operating since , the cable ship branch of the French Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Orange Group in In , Orange acquired Elettra, a Telecom Italia subsidiary operating in the same activity. Orange Marine is specialised in works related to submarine cables, from the study, engineering phase and surveys, to the installation of regional or inter-continental connections and the maintenance of existing cables. Orange Marine operates six cable ships and one survey ship. IPCC report shows that climate change is rapid, widespread and intensifying. It is a foretaste of what faces future generations. Some of the negative changes are already locked into the climate system but others still can be addressed if we make strong, rapid and sustained reductions in emissions now. However, greenhouse gas concentrations, especially carbon dioxide, remain at record levels. We are united in our science. Science has spoken. The IPCC report projects that in the coming decades climate changes will increase in all regions. For 1. In recent days, we have seen devastating fires in Turkey and Greece amid an intense and long-lasting heatwave in the Mediterranean. Siberia — a region traditionally associated with permafrost — has once again seen huge wildfires after exceptional heatwaves, fires and low Arctic sea ice in This resulted in hundreds of casualties and many millions of dollars in economic losses. A transcript of Prof. A major advance of this report, of recent climate science, is the new information on regional climate change, both what is being seen now and what will be seen in the future with additional warming. This helps us understand how the effects of global warming play out on a regional scale, helping policymakers make more regionally informed decisions about climate. The report was based on input from authors from 66 countries 31 coordinating authors, lead authors, 36 review editors plus contributing authors. In it, scientists from around the globe summarized the current climate research on how the Earth is changing as temperatures rise and what those changes will mean for the future. At the most basic level, the facts about climate change have been clear for a long time, with the evidence just continuing to grow. As a result of human activities , the planet is changing at a rate unprecedented for at least thousands of years. These changes are affecting every area of the planet. While some of the changes will be irreversible for millennia, some can be slowed and others reversed through strong, rapid and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. But time is running out to meet the ambitious goal laid out in the international Paris Agreement to limit warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels 2 C equals 3. Doing so requires getting global carbon dioxide emissions on a downward course that reaches net zero around or before Global sea level has been rising at an accelerating rate since about , and over the last century, it has risen more than in any century in at least 3, years. Over the last decade, global average sea level has risen at a rate of about 4 millimeters per year 1. This increase is due to two main factors: the melting of ice in mountain glaciers and at the poles, and the expansion of water in the ocean as it takes up heat. Ice sheets in particular are primarily responsible for the increase in the rate of sea level rise since the s. There is clear evidence tying the melting of glaciers and the Greenland Ice Sheet, as well as ocean warming, to human influence. Sea level rise is leading to substantial impacts on coastal communities, including a near-doubling in the frequency of coastal flooding since the s in many sites around the world. Since the previous reports, scientists have made substantial advances in modeling the behavior of ice sheets. These advances confirm that sea level is going to continue to rise for many centuries to come, creating an escalating threat for coastal communities. Sea level change through is largely locked in: Regardless of how quickly nations are able to lower emissions, the world is likely looking at about 15 to 30 centimeters 6 to 12 inches of global average sea level rise through the middle of the century. If countries continue on their current paths, with greenhouse gas emissions likely to bring C of warming 5. Under the most extreme emissions scenario we considered, we could not rule out rapid ice sheet loss leading to sea level rise approaching 2 meters 7 feet by the end of this century. Fortunately, if the world limits warming to well below 2 C, it should take many centuries for sea level rise to exceed 2 meters — a far more manageable situation. One example of a system that might undergo abrupt changes is the large-scale pattern of ocean circulation known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation , or AMOC, of which the Gulf Stream is part. Atlantic coast, and shift storm tracks and monsoons. However, most evidence indicates that such a collapse will not happen in this century. There is mixed evidence for abrupt changes in the polar ice sheets, but clear evidence that changes in the ice sheets can be locked in for centuries and millennia. If the world succeeds in limiting warming to 1. Rather, summer Arctic sea ice area decreases roughly in proportion to the increase in global temperature, and if temperature were stabilized, we would expect sea ice area to stabilize also. Since the last IPCC assessment report in , there has been increasing evidence that hurricanes have grown more intense, and intensified more rapidly, than they did 40 years ago. The clearest effect of global warming is that a warmer atmosphere holds more water, leading to more extreme rainfall , like that seen during Hurricane Harvey in Looking forward, we expect to see hurricane winds and hurricane rains continue to increase. For example, with respect to ice sheet changes, there are certain processes on which there is broad agreement and other processes where the science is still emerging and there are strong, discordant views. Yet knowing about these processes may be crucially important for decision-makers trying to manage risk. The governments also weigh in, having to approve every line of a concise Summary for Policy Makers that accurately reflects the underlying assessment — oftentimes making it clearer in the process. Read more: The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns — that means more intense storms and flooding. Transnet reports further cargo handling disruptions because of IT network. The company has activated its business continuity plans and work is underway to reduce the downtime. Container terminals have been affected specifically with the NAVIS system on the trucking side, but Freight Rail, Pipelines, Engineering and Property divisions were reporting normal activity. However, in the Eastern Cape, inclement weather conditions have halted terminal operations, and operations will continue manually only once it is safe to do so. The Ports Authority TNPA at the various ports continues to operate, but vessels moving in and out of the ports are being recorded manually. Customers have been made aware of the disruption and are being engaged throughout the process, Transnet said. Rwandan forces captured the key port town of Mocimboa da Praia yesterday Sunday 8 Aug. They say they control the town, government buildings, port and airstrip. The action was done pointedly before the arrival of SADC forces, and with Mozambican forces kept at arms length. Mocimboa had been held by insurgents for a year and the Mozambican military had made no serious attempts to recapture it. Rwandan forces moved on the two paved roads. The main force went south from Palma to Mocimboa da Praia. A smaller force moved east from Mueda and Awasse toward Mocimboa da Praia. If correct, Rwandan troops are doing the fighting, and Mozambican troops are being kept south of the river and 30 km south of the battle. There are no reports of casualties or captured insurgents and weapons, which suggests that many of the insurgents melted away into the bush during the previous week when the oncoming attack was obvious. They probably split into small groups and some may have returned to family and supporters to await instructions. It is also possible that small groups have moved further afield — elsewhere in Cabo Delgado, or to Nampula where strange movements have been noted. War news now comes from Rwanda and the semi-official \\\\\[Rwandan\\\\\] New Times. They published Saturday 8 Aug that Mocimboa was surrounded, and on Sunday afternoon that it has been taken, with video footage. A New Times correspondent is with the troops. Mozambique provides no similar reporting, and a very brief statement late Sunday afternoon said less than the Rwandans had already reported. This report, received on Monday evening at 21h00 updates the report immediately below. Mozambique insurrection update: Joseph Hanlon reports….. Rwandan and Mozambican forces have surrounded Mocimboa da Praia, which has been held by insurgents for the past year. This is the largest town in the war zone, with the only port on the northern Cabo Delgado coast, and an airstrip. Road and sea access to the town have been cut off, military sources claim. The two forces have recaptured five insurgent-held villages near Mocimboa, and hold key positions around the town. Pinnacle News 3 Aug reports Rwandan and Mozambican forces moving east on the N road from Awasse, captured from insurgents two weeks ago. Smaller insurgent camps have been captured and aerial bombardment is reported by Pinnacle. Thus an attack on Mocimboa seems imminent. In response to attacks by better trained and equipped Rwandan troops, the insurgents have followed the standard guerrilla tactics and abandoned large bases and split into smaller groups. The Rwanda Defence Force did a very good televised briefing on 29 July on its first week in battle on Mozambique. Mozambique wanted the Rwandan troops in action first, and the SADC force only began arriving last week. An Air Force Cessna Caravan light aircraft arrived in Pemba and will presumably be used for aerial reconnaissance. The first contingent of armoured vehicles from special forces 43 Brigade was visible as it moved through the border post of Ressano Garcia at Komatipoort at first light on 1 August. South African has authorised the deployment of up to 1, troops. Without announcement, a Tanzanian military aircraft was seen in Pemba airport for several trips on August. The Soviet era Yak-8 was unloading Tanzanian troops and military equipment. President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan visited Rwanda on August, and the deployment of troops from both countries to Cabo Delgado is believed to have been one of the topics on the agenda of meetings with Paul Kagame. A long convoy of armoured assault vehicles and other support trucks were seen on 30 July as it crossed the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique at Gondola. Angola has authorised a person deployment along with a transport plane. Zimbabwe will send military instructors to train Mozambican forces. This is in addition to Zimbabwean training efforts already ongoing in Mozambique. Her outline, and her overall colours, was all very familiar and the thought that she might be the latest arrival for one of the scheduled citrus fruit reefer services to Europe or the USA sprang to mind. However, she was piloted not to the FPT in the Duncan Dock, but rather she went to J Berth, which is the berth normally assigned to reefers that are connected to the fishing industry, and not the fruit industry, and where frozen fish normally landed by the Far Eastern fishing fleets, or from reefer transshipments, is either stored or reloaded for export. Closer inspection shows she was not a regular Seatrade vessel, and her very Russian name, Taganrogskiy Zaliv, was one once used by a Soviet fish carrier that accompanied the Soviet trawler fleet off Namibia and in Antarctica. She is metres in length and has a deadweight of 9, tons. She is powered by a single Mitsubishi Akasaka 7UECOLS2 7 cylinder 2 stroke main engine producing 13, bhp 9, kW , driving a fixed pitch propeller to give a service speed of 18 knots. Her auxiliary machinery includes three generator sets providing kW each, and a small emergency generator providing 32 kW. Her four hold refrigerated capacity is , ft3, or the equivalent of 5, m2. She has a container carrying capacity of TEU, for which 73 reefer plugs are provided. Whilst no longer a regular caller at South African ports, Taganrogskiy Zaliv had previously paid two visits to another African port in February this year, and in November Baltmed is a subsidiary of the Laskarides Group. Her arrival in Cape Town directly from Busan in South Korea is a good indication that she is a regular reefer used by the deepsea fishing fleets, as Busan is the only port in South Korea where deepsea frozen tuna catches are allowed to be landed as transshipped cargo. Greenpeace were carrying out a campaign in Antarctica against IUU fishing and requested to inspect the vessel and its cargo, a request which was denied by the Captain of Taganrogskiy Zaliv. At the time the she was en-route from the Patagonian Shelf region, having transshipped a cargo of frozen squid, and was heading south to the Antarctic Peninsula to carry out a scheduled transshipment from a trawler operating in the area. The collision breached her hull and she started taking on water. The vessel headed for the safety of the Falkland Islands, but the water ingress became so great that she could not be saved and the crew were forced to abandon the vessel. All 42 crewmembers were rescued by Taganrogskiy Zaliv, who had arrived to escort her fleetmate north. The slow flooding of the Uruguay Reefer continued unabated and she finally sank on 16th May in a position nautical miles from the Falkland Islands. Earlier in the year there was the loss of X-Press Pearl off Colombo after a catastrophic container fire in which the vessel burnt for several days before sinking. Lately we reported in our edition of 3 August of fire and chemical spill risk involving the Hapag-Lloyd operated Seaspan Lahore with a container on board carrying nitric acid in drums. Evergreen Machine, a containership, encountered bad weather in December last off the coast of Japan. The ship lost 36 containers and suffered damaged to several others. Apart from those lost at sea, many had also collapsed on deck. Such losses may be the result of bad weather, bad stowage and improper supervision and handling. The Group is committed to continuously deliver a reliable and quality service to their valued customers. R million cocaine drug bust made at Durban harbour. The latest haul of drugs was hidden in a container of truck parts addressed for the firm of Scania SA, according to the Hawks spokesperson, Colonel Katlego Mogale. There were up to one kilogram bricks of cocaine carried in the shipping container. These, said Col Mogale, would most likely have been removed from the container clandestinely and the container seal immediately replaced before final delivery to Scania. The cocaine bricks were hidden in a number of black canvas bags wrapped in plastic at the front of the container. Also found in the container was a duplicate seal that would probably have been used once the drugs had been removed by the smugglers. The rest of the container was filled with truck cabs destined for the consignee. Investigations have revealed that the origin of all of these consignments is the Port of Santos in Brazil. She said that at least four tons of cocaine have been seized in South Africa since March this year. According to Col. Mogale, the Hawks are seeking help from the public in their search for a foreign national who is believed to be the mastermind behind some of these criminal activities. DP World strengthens its grip on logistics in southern Africa. See this report in the next article below. DP World is already a key player in the Port of Maputo. It is one four shareholders in Maputo Port Development Company MPDC , which manages the port, and also holds the sub-concession to manage, develop and operate the Maputo container terminal. It is now setting up improved container movement from Maputo port inland. International container imports for South African can now be moved under bond to a terminal at Komatipoort, just across the border between Mozambique and South Africa, where full customs clearance can be provided. Hanlon comments that this should speed up transit traffic and cut some of the corruption. Will it reduce smuggling of drugs and other goods in containers, he asks? This will position Imperial for quicker go-to-market outside of South Africa and will provide the Group with end-to-end access to certain key countries and corridors port to customer in Africa. This will be followed by second and third tranches of Conditions for the three tranches are detailed in the regulatory SENS announcement. On Friday 6 August this trend was particularly noticeable with two ships in port both loading salt destined for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Maria da Paz completed her loading and departed Walvis Bay on Friday at 15h The feeder-type container ship was built in and flies under the flag of Antigua Barbuda. She is The 9,dwt Uniscout has an overall length of metres and a width of 16m and was built in She also flies the flag of Antigua Barbuda. Over the past four months Namport recorded a combined total bagged and bulk salt of , metric tons of salt exported via the Port of Walvis Bay to various destinations. An overall increase in the exportation of salt is observed on the graph above in comparison to the same period in During her call at Walvis Bay a total of 1, container moves were completed, not a record by any means but still a significant number of containers to be handled at this port. The ,dwt Mediterranean Bridge is flagged in the Marshall Islands and was built in Her container capacity is 8, TEU and the ship has an overall length of The ship is powered with a single Wartsila diesel 2-stroke engine model 12RT-flex96C developing a total power of 58,kW or 79,HP to turn a single fixed pitch propeller. The ship is a Seaspan-owned and managed ship which appears to be currently operated by Maersk on their Asia, South Africa, West Africa service. Not only that, but she looked vaguely familiar, at the same time as not looking familiar. Built in by Uljanik Brodogradiliste shipyard at Pula in Croatia, Blue Onyx is metres in length and has a deadweight of 47, tons. She has a single oil fired boiler and a single exhaust gas boiler. She also has a retrofitted scrubber unit installed as a major addition to the rear of her original funnel, giving her that top heavy look that such retrofits achieve. She has ten cargo tanks, with a cargo carrying capacity of 51, m3. Her visit to Cape Town, with her going alongside at the Landing Wall, pointed to a minor maintenance issue or possibly just a quick stores and bunker stop. Taking on bunkers was definitely in the mix as the bunker tanker Al Safa came alongside Blue Onyx for a few hours during her stopover. Her stop was indeed a quick one as after a stay of only 12 hours, Blue Onyx sailed at 18H00 on 5th August for Montevideo in Uruguay. It becomes obvious that she is a recent addition to the fleet of her owner, as close inspection clearly showed she had all the hallmarks of a tanker of the giant Swedish Stena Shipping Company. Her new owners clearly did not have the right colour of hull paint to overpaint her previous name on the bow and stern, but they did have enough red paint to obliterate the famous Stena logo from the bow, and on her funnel. Although they have left the Stena Bulk swirl of the Swedish national colours along her forward hull. Now named after a semi-precious stone, her new owners are the semi-precious stone evoking Carnelian Shipping Corporation of Sharjah in the UAE, and she is managed by Indo Gulf Ship Management of the same address. Just prior to her sale to her new owners, as Stena Concert she had called at both Durban and Beira in February of this year to discharge refined fuel products. In she appears to have been trading for most of the year between Europe and West African ports, with calls being made throughout the year at every major capital port in the region, including Lagos, Dakar, Banjul and Abidjan. Navigational warnings: Reporting and broadcasting hazards at sea. As such the UKHO is the focal point for receipt and assessment of information on potential navigational hazards and issues any necessary Radio Navigational Warnings relevant to its area of responsibility. Request a Rate Card from info africaports. Port Louis — Indian Ocean gateway port. QM2 in Cape Town. Picture by Ian Shiffman. We publish news about the cruise industry here in the general news section. Similarly you can read our regular Naval News reports and stories here in the general news section. For a Rate Card please contact us at info africaports. Shipping related pictures submitted by readers are always welcome. Email to info africaports. Skip to content. Check back regularly for the latest news as it develops — where necessary refresh your page at www. Picture: www. How to apply At Belgian ports, seafarers who want the Covid vaccine must apply at least 48 hours before their ship is berthed. However these visiting vessels are truly ocean going, and operate all over the world on large harbour construction projects, reclamation projects and shipping channel maintenance. The stern of the dredger. Picture Qatar In news just released, Zambia and Zimbabwe have been added to Qatar Airways expanding list of destinations in Africa with a new linked service between Doha and Lusaka and Harare. The aircraft was greeted on arrival at both airports by traditional water cannon salutes. Read more: Rising sea temperatures are shaping tropical storms in southern Africa In relation to eastern Africa, the report projected an increase in mean precipitation that favours agriculture. Read more: A worsening water crisis in North Africa and the Middle East Further, the situation will increase the risk of forest fires, a threat to ecosystems. What it can do to prepare Along the African coastlines, the relative sea-level rise is likely to contribute to an increase in the frequency and severity of coastal flooding in low-lying areas, like the recent cases in Lagos , Nigeria. This is how Which way for Africa? Read the original article. Crimson Polaris which broke in two on Thursday 12 August off the coast of Japan. Crimson Polaris in happier times. MS Spitsbergen. Picture Hurtigruten Cape Verde offers a distinctively different scenery compared to the Bissagos. Greg Breeding was the art director. The stamps are printed in a pane of 20 and the issue will total 40,, stamps. The impressive looking support vessel is manoeuvring by herself to the berth, using her own complex navigational equipment to eliminate the help of tugs. Note also the giant deck crane. Shipping delays by route There were substantial delays for ships operating on routes between China and US non-West Coast ports, where ship delays increased from 0. Changes to receiving infrastructure are beginning to change that, although occasionally such vessels call for other reasons. Her call at Cape Town aroused some interest and she proceeded to the berth usually used for maintenance repairs. The vessel has a retrofitted Kwangsung exhaust scrubber unit to the rear of the funnel which dominates the appearance of the tankers accommodation and bridge block. Orange Marine Operating since , the cable ship branch of the French Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Orange Group in Taalas remarks is available if you CLICK HERE Regional emphasis A major advance of this report, of recent climate science, is the new information on regional climate change, both what is being seen now and what will be seen in the future with additional warming. More detailed regional climate impact information has been published in a new AR6 WG1 Interactive Atla A Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report AR6 as well as additional materials and information are available at HERE The report was based on input from authors from 66 countries 31 coordinating authors, lead authors, 36 review editors plus contributing authors. Humans produce large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, primarily through fossil fuel burning, agriculture, deforestation and decomposing waste. IPCC Sixth Assessment Report While some of the changes will be irreversible for millennia, some can be slowed and others reversed through strong, rapid and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. What are scientists most concerned about right now when it comes to the oceans and polar regions? Are the oceans or ice nearing any tipping points? A slowdown would affect temperature in Europe and sea level rise along the U. East coast. IPCC Sixth Assessment Report There is mixed evidence for abrupt changes in the polar ice sheets, but clear evidence that changes in the ice sheets can be locked in for centuries and millennia. The report involved scientists, and then governments had to agree on the summary for policymakers. Does that broad range of views affect the outcome? Eastern Cape ports affected by poor weather conditions as NAVIS IT systems disrupt other port operations Picture: Transnet Transnet said on Tuesday is currently experiencing disruptions in some of its IT applications, resulting in some cargo working operations having been affected. Taganrogskiy Zaliv berthed at J Berth in the Duncan Dock, confirming her role as a fish reefer vessel rather than one that carries fruit or other perishables. The aft section of the vessel. The inspection confirmed the vessel was carrying unregulated fishery. Picture: Transnet A major drug bust took place at the end of July when a containerised consignment of cocaine worth R million at street value was seized at the Port of Durban. No arrests had been made, it was reported. The new container terminal is out of view on the left. See graph below. Both ships will discharge their cargoes of salt at the DRC port of Matadi. Graph showing exports of salt at the Port of Walvis Bay An overall increase in the exportation of salt is observed on the graph above in comparison to the same period in The well-known Stena badge or coat of arms, not quite painted out. One final view of the tanker Blue Onyx before she sailed for South America. Radio broadcasts are made about known and potential risks. The document was first published on 1 May and updated on 4 August this year. Login Form. 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