Banana win boosts Marseille fruit trade 
The French port Marseille Fos now handles weekly banana imports from the Ivory Coast under a new reefer container deal worth 80 teu per week. The new service operated by CMA CGM started on 23 March and follows a decision by the French fruit and vegetables specialist... more
Shipping confidence hits 30-month low
The overall confidence level in the shipping industry fell in the three months to February, bringing it to its lowest level in the last two and a half years, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey released by the international accountant and shipping adviser Moore... more
Kapsch and Algerian Railways to cooperate
The Algerian railways operator SNTF and Kapsch CarrierCom have signed a contract on a joint rail-telecommunications venture. The main goals of the partnership are to establish railway telecommunications know-how in Algeria and to build, supply and maintain the Algerian railway... more
Angola orders new locomotives
GE Transportation has signed a contract to provide Instituto Nacional Dos Caminhos de Ferro Angola (INCFA) with 100 GE C30ACi locomotives to be used in Angola over the next three years. The deal includes services, tools and training. Angola's aim is to become a leading... more
First direct link between Vietnam and Africa
With flights to Hanoi from today (30 March 2015), Kenya Airways has become the first and only airline to link Vietnam directly to Africa. The airline will fly three times a week to Hanoi in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and provide strong connections to key markets in Africa.... more
Rwandair adds Lusaka on Kigali-Jo'burg string
Starting today (27 March 2015), Rwandair is adjusting its Kigali (Rwanda)-Johannesburg (South Africa) service by adding a stop in Lusaka (Zambia) on three of its four weekly flights. The remaining four flights will continue to operate nonstop. The national flag carrier of... more
95th electric locomotive rolls out of Transnet factory
The South African railfreight operator Transnet has completed the construction of 95 class 20E electric locomotives. The country's president, Jacob Zuma, celebrated the successful production of the first batch of electric locomotives produced at Transnet’s manufacturing and... more
Afro-European rapprochement 
Some predictions of Africa’s economic development see bright prospects in the short-term future – despite ongoing adverse conditions. Cargo volumes in the raw materials segment are growing, on account of the continent’s abundant natural resources, with other traditional fields... more
EC Air adds Bamako and Dakar
Starting today (23 March 2015), Equatorial Congo Airlines (EC Air) is expanding its network in West Africa with the introduction of a thrice weekly service linking its hub Brazzaville with Bamako (Mali) and Dakar (Senegal). Served at first by a B757, the airline will switch to a... more
CINS with new structure
The cargo incident notification system (CINS), founded in 2011, has established itself as an independent organisation. It comprises the shipping lines CMA CGM, Evergreen, Hapag Lloyd, Maersk Line and the Mediterranean Shipping Company. CINS aims to highlight risks posed by... more