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As countries around the world implement screening procedures, the French government has issued advice to vessels calling in local ports.

2019 was a particularly difficult year for the port of Limbe in South-West Cameroon, a region which has been at the heart of a separatist conflict since 2017 and was recently officially declared an economic disaster area.

At a meeting held yesterday (27 November 2019) between the Rades port authorities and local stakeholders, it was decided that the port would be closed to all container ships for two days from Saturday, 30 November to Sunday, 1 December 2019.

On 29 October, the port authorities have made some amendments to the internal regulations of Rades port.

If you require assistance from our offices in Port Gentil or Libreville, please be advised that Raissa Ndong’s telephone number has just been changed from +241 04 28 01 10 to +241 74 28 01 10.

Although the Compagnie des Voies Maritimes (CVM) announced in the evening of 24 September 2019 that their strike had come to an end, we are receiving reports that pilot services are still disrupted in Matadi and Banana.

Budd’s Cameroon office has issued an updated port profile which includes important new information regarding armed guards at anchorage.

A recent regulation from the China Maritime Safety Administration updated the official list of polluting and hazardous liquid bulk cargoes.

The indefinite strike which brought Nigerian ports to a standstill from the morning of 3 July was suspended on 5 July pending the outcome of talks scheduled for Monday, 8 July 2019.