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Ctbl-Watch Africa Issue 27 | March 2016 CTBL-WATCH AFRICA ISSUE 27 | MARCH 2016 UGANDA: RVR SIGNS MOU WITH EGYPTIAN EXPORT COUNCIL TO BOOST TRADE Full Story On Page 9 Regional: Inaugural African Rail Boost For Regional Trade Flow Tanzania/Kenya: New Holili- Evolution Conference 06As DRC Joins COMESA FTA 07Taveta Border Post 20 CTBL-WATCH AFRICA ISSUE 27 | MARCH 2016 Contents 03 | Corridor Review 05 | African Group News CMA CGM Website: TBL Brochures Now Available 06 | Pan Africa Regional: Inaugural African Rail Evolution Conference 07 | Eastern & Southern Africa Regional: Beira Rail Corridor Marketing Campaign / Ministers Agree On Central Railway Botswana/Zimbabwe: 4th Border Post To Open In May Burundi/Rwanda: RN5 Road Up For Rehabilitation DRC: Boost for Regional Trade Flow As DRC Joins COMESA FTA Ethiopia/Kenya: Border Post To Boost Trade Kenya: SGR Might Take Up 50% Of Mombasa Port Cargo / Reclaimed Land For Port Reitz SGR Cargo Terminal Malawi: Blantyre Road Construction To Begin / Upgraded Masauko Chipembere Highway Opens Mozambique: Corredor De Desenvolvimento Do Norte Adds Wagons Namibia: WBCG Welcomes Project Cargo Increase / Namport Upgrades Rail Infrastructure South Africa: Cape Town Wants To Tackle Truck Congestion While Serving The Economy / US$30 Million N1 Upgrade Kicks Off In Cape Town / Transnet Explores Options For Branch Lines South Africa/Zimbabwe: Zimra Introduces Hand Scanners At Beitbridge Border Post South Sudan: Political Unrest Hurts Mombasa Transit Trade Tanzania: Road Board Allocates US$157 Million For Road Projects Tanzania/Kenya: New Holili-Taveta Border Post Uganda: RVR Signs MOU With Egyptian Export Council To Boost Trade / Malaba Bridge To Ease Mombasa Port Traffic / Civil Works For Road Rehabilitation / Feasibility Study For US$1.5 Million Kampala-Busunju Expressway Zambia: NRFA To Install 7-New Toll Gates / Lungu Flags Off US$105 Million Mwinilunga-Jimbe Road Project / Ndola Set For 108KM Road Upgrade Zimbabwe: Private Players To Dualise Trunk Roads / National Railways Of Zimbabwe Gets New Chairman 21 | Western Africa Angola: Nzeto-Soyo Freeway To Be Completed In 2017 / Benguela Line’s Eastern Terminus Station Inaugurated Nigeria: Dangote To Reconstruct Apapa Wharf Road / Road Agency To Rehabilitate Roads & Bridges / Niger State Commits N2.2 Billion To Rural Roads’ Rehabilitation / Sea Ports To Be Connected By Rail / Kano Dry Port Operational Soon Sierra Leone: Mano River Union Rehabilitation Of Bo–Bandajuma Road Project 1 CMA CGM Marseille Head Offi ce The African Inland Freight Report 4, Quai d’Arenc 13235 Marseille cedex 02 France Brought to you by CMA CGM Africa Marketing Tel : +33 (0)4 88 91 90 00 www.cmacgm.com Website: www.cma-cgm.com Email: [email protected] Disclaimer of Liability Tweet: @CMA_CGM_Group The CMA CGM Group make every effort to provide and maintain usable, and timely information in this report. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy, completeness, or relevance to the user’s purpose, of the information. Accordingly the CMA CGM Group denies any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage suffered by any person Rachel Bennett Dominic Rawle as a result of relying on any published information. Conclusions drawn from, or actions undertaken on the basis of, such data and information are the sole responsibility of the reader. Events Diary March 2016 22-24 4th Power, Steel & Housing Exhibition and Conference (Calabar, Nigeria) http://www.powerandsteelexpo.com/ 24-26 AFRIC Beauty Expo (Dakar, Senegal) http://africbeautyexpo.com/ April 2016 13-15 Fresh Produce Africa 2016 (Nairobi, Kenya) http://www.hppexhibitions.com/horticulture/2016/fpa/ 20-21 7th Ghana Summit – Oil, Gas & Power (Accra, Ghana) http://www.cwcghana.com/ News Briefs Western Africa Eastern & Southern Africa BURKINA FASO KENYA - Endeavour Mining received US$25.3m from Turkish gold - A US$144m wind power project backed by a JV between company MNG Gold from the sale of its non-core Youga Macquarie Group and Old Mutual Investment Group has mine in Ouagadougou. been cancelled due to local opposition. - Kenya Electricity Generating Company confirmed CAMEROON construction of the US$147m 80MW wind farm will go - JCM Greenquest Corporation received a grant from ahead as scheduled despite land disputes that lead to the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa to develop and the stalling of other projects in Kenya. operate a 72MW solar PV power plant in Mbalmayo. MOZAMBIQUE COTE D’IVOIRE - Tata Chemicals called off a deal on biofuels. The - Amara Mining expects the post-tax net present value of withdrawal follows the sale of a 95% stake in Grown its 100%-owned Yaoure project to reach US$555m. Energy Zambeze Limited, through its subsidiary in Mauritius, to another partner, businessman Rademan MALI Janse van Rensberg for nearly US$6 million. - Alecto Minerals has received confirmation from Randgold Resources that the agreement for the exploration and SOUTH AFRICA development of Alecto’s 137km2 Kossanto West project - South Africa is expected to harvest 1.63 million tonnes have been satisfied. of sugar in the 2015/2016 season, the lowest since 1995 and down 22% on the previous period as a severe MOROCCO drought hits production. - Morocco suspended contact with EU institutions over - South Africa has abegun the construction of what will be a court ruling invalidating their farm trade accord with the largest data centre in Africa. The construction work is Rabat and saying it should exclude the disputed territory being spearheaded by Teraco. of Western Sahara. SOUTH SUDAN NIGERIA - Angola, as an elected member of the UN Security - Chinese firm Sinoma International Engineering Company Council, has proposed an arms embargo on South and Bua Group are partnering to construct a steel plant Sudan. and two cement factories at a cost of US$1.9bn. 2 CTBL AFRICA CORRIDOR REVIEW Eastern & Southern Africa Corridor Current Situation 1 ● Kenya [Mombasa] -Great Lakes / We are now able to offer competitive rates on heavy 20ft container rates Gross Uganda / Rwanda / South Sudan Weight [GW] up to 32T and 40ft containers with GW]below 22T for rail to ICD Embakasi following new revised rates from RVR effective 1st Jan 2016. For shipments to South Sudan the Port Of Load [POL] must collect a Letter of Indemnity [LOI] from the shipper indemnifying the Line against all extra charges incurred at the Port of Discharge [POD], Nimule border and Final Point of Destination [FPOD] before acceptance of any booking. It has now been made mandatory for all import cargo to Kenya [local] to have a Certificate of Conformity [COC]. Without a COC we will not be able to clear the cargo out of port. 2 ● Tanzania [Dar Es salaam] - Great DRC: Roads from Dar Es Salaam to DRC [Goma / Bukavu] are in good Lakes condition and services are running well via Rwanda. We have opened Uvira via Burundi but subject to a pre confirmation with our Dar es Salaam office due to possible insecurity in Burundi. Rwanda: Service is running very well. It is operated under SCT with efficient transit time and rates. Burundi: Social unrest and the on-going security situation in Bujumbura and other provinces remains tense. Therefore our CTBL service with final destination in Burundi remains suspended. No bookings will be accepted to Bujumbura until further notice. We remain vigilant and will notify customers of any change. 3 ● Tanzania [Dar Es salaam] - Copper Roads through Mbeya offer an alternative to the train to Ndola. We are the Belt only line to have an owned office in Lubumbashi which closely monitors the local situation. The corridor from Dar Es Salaam to Lusaka, Copper belt & Lubumbashi is safe and offers competitive rates and transit times. Our local agent is working with local hauliers to further improve this. With an improved ASEA TANZANIA service we offer direct weekly service from Asia to Dar Es Salaam enhancing inland solutions to Malawi and Zambia. 4 ● Mozambique Nacala Corridor New competitive rates available from Nacala to Malawi destinations. 5 ● Mozambique Beira Corridor We offer new competitive rates for 20’ Beira-Harare [Zimbabwe] by road and by rail. CMA CGM will indemnify clients from further liability should any port storage incur on the units to be railed. We also have new competitive rates on the Beira–Malawi corridor. 6 ● Mozambique Maputo Corridor Competitive solutions are available to Zimbabwe by rail from Maputo-Hwange. There is no port storage invoiced if shortage of wagons in Maputo. 7 ● S. Africa Durban New inland reefer ‘overborder’ solution available via Durban to inland countries: Zimbabwe, DRC, Zambia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland. 8 ● Namibia Walvis Bay We can offer a routing solution for export CTBL cargo from Zambia to Namibia. The route along the Trans-Caprivi Corridor links Zambia with the Port of Walvis Bay via the Katima Mulilo bridge border crossing. E xport solutions are available from DRC and Zambia to Walvis Bay for dry and reefer equipment. The corridor to Lusaka, Kitwe, Ndola & Lubumbashi in south DRC are running well. We also offer domestic routes to Windhoek and Otjiwarongo, Otjikoto, Oshakati, Ondangwa and Oshikango by road and rail. 3 Western Africa Corridor Current Situation 1 ● Senegal-Mali The Dakar-Bamako corridor is now only available by road. Both our rail and rail- road corridor options for Dakar-Bamako have been closed due to a change in the governance of the railway that has affected services. In other news we are only able to accept cargo for Southern Mali destinations. For safety reasons traffic to Northern Mali [Kignan, Ségou, Mopti, Sevaré, Gao, Kidal, Menaka, Ansongou, Tessalit, and Timbuktu] via Dakar are temporarily suspended. 2 ● Senegal-Guinea Bissau The corridor is open and running smoothly. 3 ● Cote d’Ivoire-Burkina/Mali The Burkina Faso service is running well by both rail and road to all destinations. Please note from 15th March a Terminal Handling Charge [THC] is applicable in Abidjan Port.
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