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Africa’s Container Shipping Outlook: Why Freight Capacity Could Stay Tight Through 2026

Africa’s container shipping market is heading into the second half of 2026 under continued pressure. Global fleet capacity is growing, but congestion, geopolitical disruption, rerouting and strong Asian export demand...

DP World Executives to Headline GCCA African Cold Chain Conference 2026 as Africa’s Cold Chain Sector Accelerates

Johannesburg, South Africa — Two senior executives from global logistics company DP World will deliver keynote addresses at...

Five Logistics Challenges Still Limiting Kenyan Exports Under AfCFTA

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is widely regarded as one of the continent's most ambitious economic...

How Lekki Deep Sea Port Has Changed Nigeria’s Maritime Industry Since Opening

When the first vessels berthed at Lekki Deep Sea Port in early 2023, few in Nigeria's maritime industry...

Senegal Unveils New Maritime and Logistics Development Priorities in Bid to Become West Africa’s Leading Trade Hub

DAKAR, Senegal — July 16, 2026 — Senegal has set out an ambitious new vision for its maritime...

Tigers South Africa unveils renewable energy vertical

Tigers South Africa has launched a renewable energy vertical to handle the import of solar panels from China. The company...

Equatorial Guinea mulls landmark LNG storage and regasification plant

Equatorial Guinea is set to construct the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and regasification plant in West Africa,...

Tigers South Africa unveils e-commerce center in Johannesburg

Tigers South Africa, subsidiary of Hong Kong-based logistics company Tigers Logistics has announced the opening of an e-commerce center at...

EAIF boosts Gabon’s Owendo Port with major funding

Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) part of PIDG company, the has announced that it has arranged the long-term debt finance...

Shanghai is world’s best connected port-UNCTAD

The Shanghai port has topped UNCTAD’s 2019 ranking of the world’s best-connected ports, released on 7 August. The Chinese port garnered...

Namibia opens new port terminal at Walvis Bay

Namibian president, Hage Geingob has inaugurated a new $200 million port terminal at Walvis Bay, an extension that will...

South Africa mulls first LNG import terminal

State-owned freight logistics firm Transnet plans to launch a tender next year for South Africa’s first terminal to import...

Nippon Express sets foot in Morocco

Logistics provider Nippon Express France has opened a second operation in Morocco, a logistics centre in the port of...

Ocean freight boosts logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel

Latest financial report from global logistics firm Kuehne + Nagel shows that Ocean freight is keeping on target as...

South Africa’s road freight transport depicts decrease

South Africa's major logistics companies are finding the weak economic climate to be a major challenge, with a slowdown in...

Africa moves closer to continental free trade dream

The operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA has been launched, after a day-long summit of...

South Africa unveils Green Transport Strategy

South Africa’s Department of Transport recently published a Green Strategy that outlines efforts to contribute towards a 5% reduction...

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