Ctbl-Watch Africa Issue 31 | July 2016
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CTBL-WATCH AFRICA ISSUE 31 | JULY 2016 Namibia: US$65m Coastal Road AfDB Approves US$245m For Zimbabwe/South Africa: Upgrades Begin 12Uganda-Rwanda Project 15Beitbridge Border Post Protests 23 CTBL-WATCH AFRICA ISSUE 31 | JULY 2016 Contents 03 | Corridor Review 05 | African Group News CTBL Product Focus: Trade Corridor Flexibility - Optimized Routings / South Sudan: Temporary Suspension Of CTBL Service / Zimbabwe: No Impact To CTBL Services Following Political Tensions / CMA CGM Opens Up Access To Malawi, Zambia & Zimbabwe, Targets All Mozambique Trade Corridors 09 | Eastern & Southern Africa Regional: Ring Road To Be Built Around Lake Victoria Botswana/Zimbabwe: Mlambapheli-Mmamabaka Border Post Road Opens Burundi: Burundi Lauds Better Service At Mombasa Port DRC/Tanzania: Agreement To Co-Operate In Rail Services DRC/Uganda: DRC And Uganda To Harmonize Security Operations Along Border Ethiopia: Eight Road Projects To Be Constructed / ERA To Build 130KM Adama-Awash Expressway / Major Railway 98% Complete Kenya: Kenya Looks To IFC For Road Financing / Sirari Corridor Road Project: Isebania-Kisii-Ahero [A1] / Construction Of Ultra-Modern Weighbridges Nears Completion / Court Extends Orders Halting SGR Project / Kisumu Port Revival Depends On SGR Mozambique: Three Companies Interested In Developing Logistics Corridor / Construction Of New Port And Railway Begins 2017 / Negotiates With China Over Machipanda Railroad Namibia: US$65 Million Coastal Road Upgrades Begin Rwanda: Traders Call For Removal Of NTBS On Northern Corridor Route Rwanda/Tanzania: Centralised Revenue Collection Center Opens South Africa: Initiative Launches To Support Trade In Africa / Sale Of Toll Road Assets / Designation Of Musina-Makhado SEZ Tanzania: Tanzania To Construct Njombe-Ndulamo-Makete Road / TAZARA Sets To Double Cargo Movement By June 2017 / TICTS Extends To Rwanda Tanzania/Kenya/South Sudan: Road Corridor To Undergo Rehabilitation Tanzania/Zambia: Road To Boost Business Opportunities Uganda: Free Zones Authority To Push For Tax Incentives / UNRA To Profile Road Companies / UNRA Halts New Road Projects Slated For 2016-2017 / Road Sector Support Project 4 / Uganda To Sign Financing Agreement For SGR By October / Free Trade Zones To Attract US$1 Billion Investment Uganda/Rwanda: AfDB Approves US$245 Million For Uganda-Rwanda Transport Project Zambia: Mansa-Luwingu Completed / Works On Chama-Lundazi Road Start / Government Awards Kashikishi-Chiengi- Lunchinda Road Contract Zimbabwe: Harare-Beitbridge Road Project Takes Off / New Railway Line On Cards Zimbabwe/South Africa: NRZ Looks To Transnet For Partnership Deal / Beitbridge Border Post Protests 27 | Western Africa Cameroon: Transport Sector Support Program: Phase II / Mintom-Lele-Ntam-Mbalam Road Cote d’Ivoire/Guinea: Border Road Upgrade Ghana: Mahama Cuts Sod For Reconstruction Of Bolga-Bawku Road / France To Upgrade Ofirikrom–Asokwa Road / Government To Construct Tema-Akosombo Railway Morocco: Casablanca-Algiers-Tunis Corridor Nigeria: Lagos/Calabar Rail Project / GE to Invest US$2 Billion in Nigerian Rail Projects 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.cma-cgm.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 July 2016 19-24 33rd FILDA - INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF LUANDA (Luanda, Angola) http://www.fil-angola.co.ao/pt/noticias/354-filda-2016-fase-promocional August 2016 25-31 Feira Internacional de Maputo (FACIM) 2016 (Luanda, Angola) http://www.facim.org.mz/ September 2016 12-16 Electra Mining 2016 (Johannesburg, South Africa) http://www.electramining.co.za/EN/Content/Pages/Home 14-18 Africa Aerospace and Defence 2016 (Tshwane, South Africa) http://www.aadexpo.co.za/ News Briefs Western Africa Eastern & Southern Africa ANGOLA BOTSWANA - The second 175MW turbine at the Cambambe II - Tlou Energy announced its Lesedi CBM project would hydroelectric project should be operational within be fast-tracked for development and probably expanded 2-months. When complete the US$2b hydroelectric dam beyond the 10MW originally envisaged to 50MW, will produce 960MW of electricity. following and offtake agreement with the government. BURKINA FASO ETHIOPIA - Endeavour Mining held a groundbreaking ceremony at - Dongfang Electric Corporation Limited in conjunction its Houndé gold project on Thursday. More than 10,000 with The Ethiopian Electric Power Utility is set to attended inc the President & PM. construct an 80 turbine wind farm in Ethiopia’s Somali Region at a cost of US$257m. COTE D’IVOIRE - DekelOil Public Ltd now holds 85.75% of the company KENYA that owns the Ayenouan palm oil plant up from 51% in a - Kenya is to start the construction of an 865km oil pipeline deal worth £12.8m. linking fields in its northern region to a new Indian Ocean port. The government is evaluating bids for the pipeline’s GABON design and will award a front-end engineering design - Presidential elections to be held on August 28th. contract in October. GUINEA MOZAMBIQUE - Rio Tinto has shelved its US$20b Simandou iron ore - ExxonMobil Corp. is considering buying stakes in project in Guinea because of a sustained slump in prices. Mozambique’s natural gas sea blocks. China National Petroleum Corp. group acquired an indirect 20% stake MALI 3-years ago in Area 4 block from ENI for US$4.2b. - Hummingbird Resources has entered into a MoU to - The Government of India has submitted a proposal to combine noncore exploration permits in Mali with Kola its Mozambican counterpart to sign a 5-year contract Gold’s permits in Mali and Senegal to establish a new to purchase pigeon peas (toor dal) at a guaranteed company Cora Gold [Kola 57% / Hummingbird 43%]. minimum price of 5050 rupees per quintal. 2 CTBL AFRICA CORRIDOR REVIEW Eastern & Southern Africa Corridor Current Situation 1 ● Kenya [Mombasa] -Great Lakes / Kenya: We 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, Nairobi. All import cargo to Kenya [local] must have a Certificate of Conformity [COC]. Without a COC we will not be able to clear the cargo out of port. Failure to which Kenya Bureau of Statistics will impose heavy penalties on consignee’s account. South Sudan: TBL service to South Sudan has been temporarily stopped due to current political instability. The Nimule-Juba route is no longer safe for our vendors to call. Rwanda: Subject to premium tariff we now authorise shipper to book at 30T incl TARE for final destination Rwanda. 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. Uvira via Burundi available 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: We have re-opened our service connecting Tanzania to Burundi. The Dar-es-Salaam to Bujumbura road corridor offers a transit of 13-days. Regional: Please be advised due to Customs complication, no part load shipment is allowed in TBL for our corridors via Dar Es Salaam. 3 ● Tanzania [Dar Es salaam] - Copper Regional: The corridor from Dar Es Salaam to Lusaka, Copper belt & Belt Lubumbashi is safe. Our rates have recently been improved and we offer competitive transit times. Our local agent is working with local hauliers to further improve this. Zambia: Roads through Mbeya offer an alternative to the train to Ndola. With an improved ASEA TANZANIA service we offer direct weekly service from Asia to Dar Es Salaam enhancing inland solutions to Malawi and Zambia. DRC: We are the only line to have an owned office in Lubumbashi which closely monitors the local situation. 4 ● Mozambique Nacala Corridor New competitive rail rates for Nacala corridor to Malawi final destination. 5 ● Mozambique Beira Corridor 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 remain available to Zimbabwe by rail from Maputo- Hwange even during current political tensions. 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. Export 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 ● Mauritania-Mali New!! A new intermodal offer from the port of Nouakchott now targets 15 Mauritanian landlocked cities by road. We also offer a connection from Nouakchott into neighbouring Mali with a road link to Bamako.