South African rail and port operator Transnet has signed deals worth US$1.1bn to renew its locomotive fleet and has invested US$161mn to expand facilities at the port of Ngqura at the Eastern Cape Province
Logistics
Congo-Brazzaville’s ECAir to launch new route to West Africa
Congo-Brazzaville’s national airline ECAir plans to launch a new route to Dakar, Senegal in a bid to expand its services in West Africa
Aireon secures deal to provide aircraft tracking services to ASECNA
Aircraft tracking firm Aireon has signed an agreement with the Agency for the Security of Aviation Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) to provide the company with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities
DHL Global Forwarding named Africa’s leading freight forwarder for the third time
Air and ocean freight company DHL Global Forwarding has been named Africa’s International Freight Forwarder of the Year for the third time at the STAT Times Awards held in Johannesburg, South Africa
19 companies submit bids to manage second terminal at Kenya’s Mombasa Port
Nineteen logistics companies have emerged bidders to manage the second container terminal at Kenya’s Mombasa Port, which has a capacity of 450,000 TEUs