New box terminal for Mauritius

Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA) has unveiled plans for the long-term expansion of its container handling capacity. The government has set itself the target of turning Mauritius into the first high-income country in Africa by 2025.

Dutch dredging group Boskalis has been fined the equivalent of €1000 by a court in Mauritius for making illicit payments to a port official

The president of Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA), Siddick Chady, has been sacked following allegations that he sought a bribe from a dredging company.

The president of Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA), Siddick Chady, has been sacked following allegations that he sought a bribe from a dredging company.He was arrested in mid-September on a charge of “receiving a gift for a corrupt purpose” and released on bail together with his wife and a business partner, pending a full investigation by the country’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

The president of the Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA), Siddick Chady, has called on the ports of the Indian Ocean to cooperate rather than compete in promoting their transhipment facilities.

Port Louis container terminal in Mauritius is being redeveloped this year as part of a US$174M overhaul of the port. The terminal has an official handling capacity of 200,000 TEU/year but the port is already handling many more containers, partly through utilising its multi-purpose terminal, so the Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA) has decided to expand the terminal. The revamped facility is expected to have capacity of 700,000 TEU.