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Africa
Regional Focus

Celebrating a boom in

ship supply

By Kouame Aduo Luc, ISSA Executive Vice President for Africa Affairs
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or the year 2014, we have ports in Kenya doing brisk business while

noticed some enthusiastic and pirates’ presence in West Africa is no
positive signs from suppliers more felt since security measures have

bearing the ‘ISSA Flag’ and bringing beefed up with various governments

supplies to vessels calling at African acquiring hi-tech marine navy patrol
ports in a very successful manner.
boats to combat the menace.

North Africa
West Africa

The northern part of Africa, including In the emerging Ivory Coast, supplies

Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria are at their to offshore rigs and cargo vessels within
best on the economic front with ship the ports are booming while in Lomé

chandling and services well on course (Togo), Cotonou (Benin), Nigerian ports,
except for the turmoil in Libya, while with Dakar (Senegal), and Douala

Egypt democratically on the move, we (Cameroon), ship suppliers, both in ISSA

foresee a bright future for the North books and other non-rated ISSA
Africa zone.
Members, are reportedly doing very well

Southern Africa
without problems.
for Africa when it comes to ship
East Africa
chandling and services.
Southern Africa, especially ports in Angola and the surrounding countries

South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, In the eastern part of Africa where in the central part of Africa are seeing an
have been noted by maritime analysts as pirates were having a field day, this oil boom which is equally taking the lion’s

a continuous zone of economic activities
problem is now viewed as reduced with
share in ship supply services.

Issue 62 2014
12 The SHIP Supplier