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Budd’s Ivory Coast and Ghana offices have obtained further clarifications regarding the implementation of the anti-stowaway measures announced on our website on 2 May.

Following a Court of Cassation cargo claim victory, Budd Tunisia proffers advise to vessels delivering bulk grains to the Office des Ceréales.

In a circular signed by the Managing Director of the Port of Abidjan, local ship agents were advised that as of 1 May 2016, two new anti-stowaway measures apply:

On 1 January 2016, as announced in the Bulletin Officiel des Finances Publiques-impôts of 12/05/15, French tax law made it mandatory for all companies wishing to exonerate services to a vessel from VAT in accordance with article 262, II-2, 3, 6 and 7 of the French General Tax Code, to obtain signed affidavits from the said vessel stating that it is

Budd Gambia reports that at the 6 January berthing meeting in the port of Banjul, it was announced that in the interest of safety of both stowaways and the Government officials involved in their in disembarkation, the following measures would apply with immediate effect:-

Wishing you all the very best for the forthcoming holiday season and the year to come.

The Philippine cargo handling company, ICSTI, is currently building a new mixed cargo terminal upstream of the port of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This facility should be operational in August 2016. The terminal will handle containers, breakbulk, trucks and cars, as well as heavy and voluminous packages. The terminal will include a 1.5 km quay bordering a terrain of 50 hectares.

On 29 October, the deep water port of Cai Mep-Thi Vai was proud to welcome the largest vessel to ever call in a Vietnamese port – the 160,000 MT CSCL Star container ship.

With Saturday’s news that like Liberia, Sierra Leone is now officially clear of Ebola virus transmission after a 42-day period with no new cases, and new infection dwindling to single figures in Guinea, there is every hope that the epidemic is finally drawing to an end.

Algérie Télécom has lodged legal action to identify the party resonsible for severing an undersea optical fibre cable which occured last Thursday (22 October 2015), seriously perturbing international internet connections.