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Budd’s Casablanca office shares details of the major development plans which were published in the moroccan website “Leconomiste”.

As reported in the press, votes are still being counted in the DR Congo’s presidential election and therefore the results were not published this weekend as originally announced (see our website alert of 2 January 2018).

Budd Gabon advised earlier today that, despite the attempted military coup which started in the night of 6 to 7 January 2019, vessels calling in Gabonese ports are not in danger although commercial operations have come to a halt as port (and all other) employees were told to stay at home today.

Following the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 30 December 2018 presidential election, Budd’s Kinshasa and Matadi offices have confirmed to us over the telephone that internet connections are either extremely slow or completely down in most of the country.

As the bauxite mining industry continues to grow, Budd’s Guinea office reports on a few of the latest developments.

Earlier this month, the China Maritime Safety Administration published a further notice on the implementation of the low sulphur fuel requirement in the Emission Control Areas (ECAs). The ECAs have been expanded to include all Chinese waters, including not only all the coastal ports but also the inland waterways on the Changjiang and Xijiang rivers.

We are pleased to advise that, in addition to the P&I, H&M, protecting, emergency, legal and surveying services which Budd has been providing in China for many years, we are now able to place Letters of Guarantee through one of China’s main insurance companies.

Insecurity, rumors and suspicion are hampering the efforts of aid agencies to combat the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Budd’s Nigeria office reports that the general strike which commenced on 27 September is now over.

Budd’s Lagos office advises that a general strike of all public and private sector employees started this morning (27 September 2018).