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Ctbl-Watch Africa Issue 24 | December 2015 CTBL-WATCH AFRICA ISSUE 24 | DECEMBER 2015 SOUTH AFRICA TO ZIMBABWE CMA CGM OFFERING IMPROVED RATES Full Story On Page 5 Zimbabwe: Zim-Asset Bolstered Ethiopia: Phase-1 Ethiopia- Mali / Côte d’Ivoire: Road & By New Chinese Agreements 08Djibouti Line Opens Early 14Transport Development Project 23 CTBL-WATCH AFRICA ISSUE 24 | DECEMBER 2015 Contents 03 | Corridor Review 05 | African Group News South Africa - Zimbabwe: Offering Improved Rates / Kenya: Certificate of Conformity [COC] Required For All Shipments 07 | Eastern & Southern Africa East Africa: Fast-Track One-Stop Border Posts Ethiopia: Japan Grant To Revamp Truck Load Controlling System / Road Authority To Expedite Akaki Bridge / Phase-1 Ethiopia-Djibouti Line Opens Early / Modjo Dry Port Expanded Kenya: Construction Of 8,000 Km Of Tarmac Roads To Begin / Mombasa-Mariakani [A109] Highway Project / New US$1.5 Billion SGR Loan For SGR & Embakasi ICD / Chinese Company To Build Mombasa-Malaba Rail Link Mozambique: EN4 Road To Be Widened / Maputo, Catembe Bridge Scheduled For Completion December 2017 Namibia: German €30 Million Loan To Expand Road Network / N$2.6 Billion Road Agreements Rwanda: DIKKM Railway Shortlist Announced South Africa: Cape Town Invests R750 Million To Reduce Traffic Congestion / Transnet Raises US$850 Million Via Syndicated Loan / Alstom Buys 51% Stake In CTLE / Railway Body Concerned At High Cost Of Rail Gauge Switch / ZTE To Digitise South Africa’s Railways / GE Kicks Off Local Production Of Transnet Locomotives / Transnet Completes City Deep Container Terminal Tanzania: Stakeholders Meet Over Dar es Salaam Corridor / Signs US$400 Million Deal With Japan For Road Projects / AfDB Approves US$545 Million For Road Facilitation / Private Operators For Railway Services / New TRA Chief Orders Review Of ICD Licensing Zambia: Rising Cost A Serious Challenge / Imports Worth US$2 Million Zimbabwe: Zim-Asset Bolstered By New Chinese Economic Agreements / Zinara To Launch 10-Tollgates / NRZ To Spend US$10 Million Towards Rehabilitation 23 | Western Africa Angola: More Scales To Be Installed Benin / Niger: Dispute Over Rail Rights Impact Blueline / Petrolin Group Wins Appeal Cameroon: Cameroon Overhauling Rail Sector Cameroon / Nigeria: Trans-African Highway 8: Bamenda- Enugu Road Nears Completion Gabon: Gabon Releases Funds For New Transport Infrastructure Projects Ghana: Tema Motorway To Be Expanded To 6-Lanes Liberia: Construction Work Begins On Ganta Road Mali / Côte d’Ivoire: Road Development and Transport Facilitation Project Nigeria: Planned Toll Restoration / Buhari Negotiates Railway Projects With Chinese Leader 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 15-17 6th African Petroleum Congress and Exhibition (Abuja, Nigeria) http://cape-africa.com/ April 2016 27-28 5th Mozambique Mining, Energy and Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition (Maputo, Mozambique) http://www.informa-mea.com/agrainnovate September 2016 12-16 Electra Mining 2016 (Johannesburg, South Africa) http://www.electramining.co.za/EN/Content/Pages/Home News Briefs Western Africa Eastern & Southern Africa ANGOLA KENYA - Parliament passed a $48 billion 2016 budget Friday - AP Moeller-Maersk will buy Africa Oil’s onshore based on an average oil price of $45p.b. & daily exploration license in Kenya, and 2-in Ethiopia in the East production of 1.8 million barrels. African Rift Basin at a cost of $365m plus additional $480 million depending on the Lokichar Project’s performance. BENIN - To issue a $166.78m 5-year bond with a 6.25% coupon MOZAMBIQUE on Dec. 17 - US will grant Mozambique $1.2 billion in aid to fund projects in healthcare, food production and education BURKINA FASO under a 5-year agreement - Junior West African Resources has raised A$2.1- million through a share placement to accelerate the SUDAN development of its high-grade oxide mineralisation at the - Hopes to see economy grow 6.4% in 2016, up from Tanlouka gold project. 5.3% in 2015, as the price of oil imports falls. CAPE VERDE TANZANIA - The European Union will provide 3 million euros to fund - Japanese multinational Toshiba Corporation has six tourism promotion projects in Cabo Verde. concluded an MoU with the Tanzania Geothermal Development Company to develop geothermal power. GHANA - Goldplat has installed and commissioned a new shotblast UGANDA facility at its Gold Recovery Ghana operations. - An experimental commuter rail service was launched in Kampala on December 7, as JV between the Kampala NIGERIA Capital City Authority, Uganda Railways Corp and - South Africa’s Tiger Brands to sell 65.7% stake in its loss operating concessionaire Rift Valley Railways. Pilot will making Nigerian division to Dangote Industries Limited run for 12 months. for $1. Tiger Brands, South Africa’s biggest consumer foods maker, said Dangote Industries will give Tiger ZIMBABWE Brands an immediate cash injection of US$46.1m. - To get a US$34.93m AfDB loan for Bulawayo Water and Sewerage Services Improvement Project. 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 / Uvira] are in good Lakes condition and services are running well. Rwanda: Service is running very well. It is operated under SCT with efficient transit time and rates. Burundi: Social unrest has further escalated. The security situation in Bujumbura and in a number of other provinces has seriously deteriorated and remains tense. Therefore, CMA CGM Group has no option than to suspend its CTBL service and no bookings will be accepted to Bujumbura until further notice. 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 competitive rates available to Harare by road and rail-road. A new containerised rail solution is available from Kitwe in the Copperbelt region to Durban port in South Africa ideal for the movement of copper. We already have 20’ container units available in Kitwe. The new rail solution is also effective Northbound from Durban to Lusaka. We have also extended our South African inland reefer service from/to the port of Durban to Johannesburg. Extension of all other over border trucking rates. 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 ● Senegal-Mali 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, Timbuktu] via Dakar are temporarily suspended. 2 ● Senegal-Guinea Bissau The corridor is open and running smoothly. 3 ● Cote d’Ivoire-Burkina/Mali The rail service from Abidjan is running well offering excellent transit times and no congestion. We also recommend the road option. Furthermore the Group has launched a new reefer service from Abidjan.
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