More tools for port of Tanger Med 
Wärtsilä will co-develop a new port management information system (PMIS) for the port of Tanger Med. The organisations recently sealed their long-term commitment to deploy modern smart port tools for port operations and digitalisation – including implementing just-in-time (JIT)... more
Drone delivery service in Kenya
British advanced air mobility (AAM) company Skyports has signed a MoU with Kenya’s flag carrier airline Kenya Airways, to collaborate on launching permanent UAV operations in the East African country. Joint efforts have already begun with respect to drone delivery. In the... more
Big takeover in South Africa
Kuwait-based National Aviation Services (NAS), Colossal Africa and a consortium comprised of the current executive management team have signed an agreement to acquire Bidair Services from the Bidvest Group. The closing of the acquisition is subject to fulfilling final... more
Ships' values soar 
It is indeed a record. According to data from Clarkson Research, the value of the global merchant fleet has surpassed a trillion dollars in April due to rising prices for second-hand ships, especially in the container and bulk sectors. The broker's general second-hand price... more
Cargo theft in EMEA at new peak
According to the latest statistics of the Transported Asset Protection Association’s (Tapa), product thefts from supply chains in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2020 amounted to losses of more than EUR 172 million. These incidents occurred despite most of the... more
CEP Kwik widens range of services
Nigerian CEP company Kwik Delivery is launching the release of its plugin for Prestashop. This new plugin completes the integration of the company within the “Big Four” of e-commerce frameworks: Magento, Woo Commerce, Shopify and now Prestashop. Delivery plugins are a... more
LNG: tool of change for shipping emissions?
A study, commissioned by industry coalitions SEA-LNG and SGMF, has put forward that greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions of up to 23% can now be achieved by using LNG as a marine fuel, depending on the marine technology employed. It is the second lifecycle GHG emission study... more
45 t of food from Paris to Africa
Royal Air Marco Cargo and Air Charter Service (ACS), a major provider of urgent humanitarian logistics services, teamed up to operate a charter flight last month, shipping nearly 45 t of food from Paris to Africa. The flight, commissioned by a renowned non-governmental... more
Linking Mali
Established in July last year, Sky Mali plans to add the first international destinations later this month. Until now, its network is limited to five domestic airports (Bamako, Gao, Kayes and Timbuktu). The new carrier in this landlocked country which is "a public... more
Agility: blue skies above Maputo
After opening warehouses in Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire and Nigeria, Agility has now launched its new African logistics park in Maputo. The 290,000 sqm park is located on the new Maputo ring road in the Marracuene-Chiongo district, providing road connections to the major highways... more