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Berbera Port emerges as an option for established ports in the Horn of Africa
As Kenya’s neighbors forge ahead with the expansion and modernization of their port infrastructure, the country risks losing its place as the regional logistics hub because of the ascendance of political considerations over economic interests. The Port of Mombasa was lucky to survive the mistakes that had been made in…
DP World to expand the Port of Berbera of Somaliland
United Arab Emirates based maritime operator DP World has set in place plans to further expand the Somaliland's Port of Berbera after completion of Phase 1 of the project. This will require extending the quay from 400m to 1,000m and buying seven more STS gantry cranes. The completion of Phase…
Waiting for Ethiopia: Berbera port upgrade raises Somaliland’s hopes for trade
Berbera port is the main overseas trade gateway of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland. The port city is located on the Gulf of Aden – one of the globally most frequented seaways connecting the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. Only a few years ago, Berbera port was a dilapidated runway, originally built…
Ethiopia loses stake in Berbera port
Ethiopia has lost 19 percent of its stake in the port of Berbera over failure to fulfil conditions required to complete the ownership deal, the government of Somaliland has said. This effectively reverses the agreement made in 2017 between Ethiopia, Dubai ports giant DP World and the Somaliland Port Authority…
John Steenhuisen: Unlocking Berbera port’s potential has placed it above many Africa nations
A visit to the Port of Berbera on the coast of Somaliland is certainly not for the faint hearted. It is blistering hot in summer with temperatures that regularly breach the forties, a journey made more challenging by the occasional camel loping along the main road. It is however an…
US military may get access to strategic Somaliland’s Berbera port and airfield
The US military could gain access to the self-declared state of Somaliland’s strategically positioned port and airfield at Berbera, to counter the Islamic extremist rebel group al-Shabab in Somalia. This is after US President Joe Biden signed an order on Monday to redeploy hundreds of American troops to Somalia,, days…
Top US military official visits Somaliland amidst growing interest in Berbera
United States growing interest in Somaliland became clearer this week with the visit by General Stephen Townsend, Commander of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) to the Horn of Africa nation. General Townsend, the top US military official to visit Somaliland since 1991, was accompanied by US Ambassador Larry André and…