https://www.bizcommunity.com/410/586.html Africa Shipping news 15 Shipping news - Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/410/586.html en-us Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:06:22 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/a-hidden-pipeline-brings-amazon-and-walmart-to-african-shoppers-064885a No bank card? No address? No problem. Shoppers in Africa increasingly are buying online from big brands such as Amazon or Walmart even though they have no physical presence on much of the continent. 1-269947 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Shipping Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/smes-across-sub-saharan-africa-invited-to-enter-inaugural-dhl-exporters-of-the-year-awards-398598a Global logistics company, DHL has announced the launch of its inaugural Exporters of the Year Awards for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which aim to recognise the achievements of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the region. 1-261863 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:14:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Shipping Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/egypt-completes-trial-run-of-new-suez-canal-channel-extension-253137a Egypt said on Saturday it had successfully tested a new 10km channel near the southern end of the Suez Canal, even as its revenue from the waterway has plunged since Yemen's Houthi militants began attacking vessels in the Red Sea. 1-254420 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:49:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Shipping Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/somali-pirates-return-adds-to-crisis-for-global-shipping-companies-342638a As a speed boat carrying more than a dozen Somali pirates bore down on their position in the western Indian Ocean, the crew of a Bangladeshi-owned bulk carrier sent out a distress signal and called an emergency hotline. 1-247013 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:53:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Shipping Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/195/547/244995.html Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed a law nullifying an agreement by the breakaway Somaliland region to grant Ethiopia access to the Red Sea in return for recognition as an independent nation, he said late on Saturday, 6 January 2024. 1-244995 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 10:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Shipping Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/70/586/244901.html Landlocked Ethiopia signed an initial agreement with Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland on Monday to use its Red Sea port of Berbera, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said. 1-244901 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 09:50:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Shipping Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/146/547/243594.html Credit Suisse has settled its dispute with Emirati-Lebanese shipbuilder Privinvest over a decade-old "tuna bond" scandal, resolving another legacy legal issue for the bank's new owner UBS. 1-243594 Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:04:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Shipping Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/586/243051.html DP World has signed a 30-year agreement with the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to manage and modernise the multi-purpose Dar es Salaam Port. This partnership will connect Tanzania and the wider region to global markets more efficiently. The agreement was signed by Plasduce Mkeli Mbossa, director general of the TPA, and Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, group chairman and CEO of DP World, in the presence of H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan, president of the United Republic of Tanzania. 1-243051 Mon, 23 Oct 2023 06:51:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Shipping Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/586/241264.html Normal traffic is expected to resume through the Suez Canal within hours, the head of the canal authority said on Wednesday, following the collision of two vessels. 1-241264 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:29:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Shipping Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/586/234578.html Ports have long been integral to Africa's connectivity with the rest of the world. Yet over the last 15 years, a new stage in maritime infrastructure planning and development has begun. Between 2004 and 2019, over US$50 billion was spent on this infrastructure - roughly 13 times more than was spent between 1990 and 2004. 1-234578 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Shipping Africa