By Mohammed Alamin (Bloomberg) Sudan’s state shipping company is considering a Chinese offer to revamp a fleet that’s shrunk to just one boat as the African nation targets a boost...

COPENHAGEN, Aug 9 (Reuters) – A.P. Moller Holding, which controls Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, said Wednesday it has launched a new fund that will invest in infrastructure in Africa....

By Mohamed Sheikh Nor (Bloomberg) Somalia, which has mainland Africa’s longest coastline, plans to pursue its case in a maritime dispute with Kenya at the International Court of Justice next...

By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA, July 4 (Reuters) – East Africa’s biggest port in the Kenyan city of Mombasa said on Saturday it had dismissed 27 workers it believed were behind...

In its heyday, Bagamayo was a gateway to the heart of Africa for colonisers, with trade goods surging in from the Indian Ocean, and timber, ivory and countless slaves exported from the east coast harbour.

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S aims to win more African port contracts after a group to which it belongs was selected to build and run a container terminal in Ivory Coast.

Projects include a doubling of capacity at the Doraleh container port to 3 million containers a year by 2015, which would rank it as the Africa's biggest container port.

Kenya, East Africa’s largest economy, is moving to spend $25 billion on a second port, a crude pipeline and roads that will open up export routes in a region luring...

Bullish on high-growth East African markets as new terminal and Inland Services investments planned; Mombasa, Dar es Salaam are Targets Mombasa, Kenya ‐ APM Terminals’ annual Africa-Middle East Region’s Leadership...

JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)–Piracy is moving south, with the recent discovery of oil and gas off the Tanzanian coastline, posing a serious threat to southern African economies, South Africa’s Minister of...

Two weeks ago Coast Guard Cutter Forward set sail from its homeport in Portsmouth, Va., across the Atlantic. Under the direction of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, Forward will conduct...

The BBC Tells us: A 500-year-old ship-wreck laden with treasure has been discovered off the coast of Namibia. The country’s diamond company, Namdeb, says it found the wreck during operations...

Here’s an interesting story brought to us by The New York Times.  They tell us: In a slap to Zimbabwe, its longtime ally Angola announced Saturday that a Chinese ship...

BBC News tells us: The French military are continuing to track a luxury yacht seized, with its crew, on Friday by Somali pirates. There has been no contact with the...