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Spotlight | Tunisia
Delays are costing the port of Rades $1 billion per year

The lightning strike staged by STAM (Societe Tunisienne d'Acconage et de Manutention) employees in the port of Rades on March 30 and 31 has further complicated the already catastrophic situation in which Tunisia's leading commercial port finds itself.According to our [...]

Published on 05/04/2018 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Moez Chakchouk takes charge at the port of Radès to ensure it gets $330m in US aid

Foued Othman, adviser to transport minister Moez Chakchouk, is to move to the ports and merchant marine office. His job will be to ensure that the partial privatisation planned for the port of Rades is carried out, enabling it to receive a $330m grant from the US's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

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Comete Engineering and MTBS win STAM restructuring contract

Tunisian engineering consultancy Comete Engineering and Maritime & Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) of the Netherlands have begun working on the [...]

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CCCC, CHEC and DEME-Dimco battle for Rades port box extension

Chinese construction giants China Construction Communication Co. (CCCC), China Harbour Engineering Co. (CHEC) and Belgian-Italian duo Dredging, Environmental and Marine [...]

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Transport ministry stalwart Sassi Hammami set to quit

Veteran transport ministry secretary general Sassi Hammami is readying to quit his job. In office since 2012, he has worked [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.03.2020

Tunisia
CEP Tunisie to study options at port of Rades box terminal

Consulting engineers CEP Tunisie is to look at management options [...]

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Tunisia
OMMP boss Sami Battikh to pay the price for Radès debacle?

OMMP (Merchant Navy and Ports Office) boss Sami Battikh could well be held accountable for the chaos reigning at the [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.01.2020

Tunisia
Next Step IT and STAM unleash chaos at the port of Radès

STAM (Société Tunisienne d'Acconage et de Manutention) is battling to deal with the failed launch of the new terminal operating [...]

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Tunisia
Ports office goes back to square one on Radès container project

The Merchant Navy and Ports Office (OMMP) has not yet [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 07.11.2019

Tunisia
Hosni Boufaden to kit out presidential security personnel

Hosni Boufaden, chairman of the influential Tunisian textile and clothing [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Business 25.07.2019

Tunisia
Enfidha port project hampered by STAM and COTUNAV's heavy debts

The big Enfidha deep water project being promoted by the merchant marine and ports office, the OMMP, risks being stymied [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 13.06.2019

Tunisia
OMMP still struggling over Rades contract for quays 8 and 9

Plans to build two new container quays (nos. 8 and 9) at the port of Rades are at a standstill. [...]

Free access Infrastructure, Business 18.04.2019

Tunisia
World Bank starts asking questions on Rades port debacle

The World Bank (WB) is to examine the complexities of management procedures at the port of Rades. According to our [...]

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Tunisia
Youssef Chahed to lobby for G7 support in Biarritz

The visit of prime minister Youssef Chahed to Paris on [...]

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Tunisia
Hichem Ben Ahmed revives port projects

Hichem Ben Ahmed, who replaced Radhouane Ayara as Minister of Transport in November, is trying to get the country's major [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.12.2018

Tunisia
Maersk targeted by judges after port of Rades debacle

The Maersk group's misfortunes in Tunisia are continuing. The world's leading shipping group, which has already been obliged to close [...]

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Tunisia
EuropeAid campaigns discreetly for the DCFTA

European development aid agency EuropeAid is quietly getting involved in [...]

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Spotlight | Tunisia
Chahed scrapes out the barrel for the 2019 budget

Having temporarily staved off the threat of being sacked by President Beji Caid Essebsi, Youssef Chahed must now deal with another and equally pressing emergency, namely balancing the state budget. The prime minister will have to defend the 2019 finance [.

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Tunisia
Frej Fenniche takes charge of No Peace Without Justice

Frej Fenniche, who has until now been Arab world representative [...]

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Tunisia
Jihad Azour to visit - good news or bad?

Originally planned for June 30, the visit to Tunis of [...]

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Tunisia
State-style visit for Dominique de Villepin

Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin will be welcomed [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.06.2018

Spotlight | Tunisia
Maersk bets on Ennahda to save its local operation

Number one world shipping company Maersk is waiting anxiously for the government reshuffle planned by prime minister Youssef Chahed (MC 1295). It is praying that transport minister Radhouane Ayara will lose his job and, better still, be replaced by a [.

Subscribers only Business 14.06.2018

Tunisia
Chahed could yet escape the sack

Even though Nidaa Tounes, Ennahda, the UGTT and UTICA, all of which were consulted by Beji Caid Essebsi under the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2018

Tunisia
Chahed aims to "unplug" Kaddour

There are still sharp tensions between head of government Youssef Chahed and his energy and mines minister Khaled Kaddour. Despite [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.05.2018

Tunisia
Taboubi still wants Chahed's head

Prime minister Youssef Chahed has so far dodged the attacks made on him by the UGTT, but the union's boss [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.04.2018

Tunisia
New UTICA boss Samir Majoul targets the Libyan market

Samir Majoul, who heads employers' body UTICA since January, has [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.04.2018

Tunisia
Chahed tries to escape from BCE's web

Having short-circuited his prime minister Youssef Chahed on security questions (MC 1272), President Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") now intends to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 15.03.2018

Tunisia
Chahed drops Enfidha port project but revives Rades extension

Sahelian industrialists, who were looking forward to having a deep-water port in Enfidha, are going to be disappointed! According to [...]

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Spotlight | Tunisia
UGTT and UTICA at war after BCE-Ghannouchi break-up

Despite the renewal of support from the signatories of the 2016 Carthage Declaration for prime minister Youssef Chahed on March 11, the agreement, which made possible the formation of the government of national union, is more than ever under threat.

Subscribers only Politics 16.03.2017

Spotlight | Tunisia
Chahed's government on brink of financial abyss

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) refusal to disburse a second instalment of a loan, announced on Feb. 27 by finance minister Lamia Zribi, is just one of the financial bombs threatening Youssef Chahed's government.According to our sources, Tunisia's other donors [.

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Spotlight | Tunisia
Delays are costing the port of Rades $1 billion per year

Tunisia
Moez Chakchouk takes charge at the port of Radès to ensure it gets $330m in US aid

Tunisia
Comete Engineering and MTBS win STAM restructuring contract

Tunisia
CCCC, CHEC and DEME-Dimco battle for Rades port box extension

Tunisia
Transport ministry stalwart Sassi Hammami set to quit

Tunisia
CEP Tunisie to study options at port of Rades box terminal

Tunisia
OMMP boss Sami Battikh to pay the price for Radès debacle?

Tunisia
Next Step IT and STAM unleash chaos at the port of Radès

Tunisia
Ports office goes back to square one on Radès container project

Tunisia
Hosni Boufaden to kit out presidential security personnel

Tunisia
Enfidha port project hampered by STAM and COTUNAV's heavy debts

Tunisia
OMMP still struggling over Rades contract for quays 8 and 9

Tunisia
World Bank starts asking questions on Rades port debacle

Tunisia
Youssef Chahed to lobby for G7 support in Biarritz

Tunisia
Hichem Ben Ahmed revives port projects

Tunisia
Maersk targeted by judges after port of Rades debacle

Tunisia
EuropeAid campaigns discreetly for the DCFTA

Spotlight | Tunisia
Chahed scrapes out the barrel for the 2019 budget

Tunisia
Frej Fenniche takes charge of No Peace Without Justice

Tunisia
Jihad Azour to visit - good news or bad?

Tunisia
State-style visit for Dominique de Villepin

Spotlight | Tunisia
Maersk bets on Ennahda to save its local operation

Tunisia
Chahed could yet escape the sack

Tunisia
Chahed aims to "unplug" Kaddour

Tunisia
Taboubi still wants Chahed's head

Tunisia
New UTICA boss Samir Majoul targets the Libyan market

Tunisia
Chahed tries to escape from BCE's web

Tunisia
Chahed drops Enfidha port project but revives Rades extension

Spotlight | Tunisia
UGTT and UTICA at war after BCE-Ghannouchi break-up

Spotlight | Tunisia
Chahed's government on brink of financial abyss