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Port Authority (NPA) of beria and HAROPA PORT, the Seine Axis Major River and Maritime Port of France, have executed a Memorandum of Understanding instituting a durable framework for cooperation in port development, infrastructural modernization, and smart port technologies. Signed in the historic maritime city of Le Havre, the MoU advances the development agenda of the Government of Liberia under the leadership of His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia, whose administration has accorded the rehabilitation of national infrastructure and the cultivation of credible international partnerships a place of first importance. It is likewise the fruit of assiduous diplomatic stewardship by the Embassy of the Republic of Liberia in France, under the guidance of His Excellency Teeko Tozay Yorlay, Sr., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic. The instrument establishes a non-exclusive platform for reciprocal exchange across five pri orities: smart port technologies and digital transformation;

automated terminal operations and intelligent logistics; infrastructure modernization and rehabilitation; capac-

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Management of the Port Authority (NPA) has begun a comprehensive technical assessment of approximately 20 acres of concession land at the Freeport of Monrovia, advancing efforts to optimize the cession land and return use of available port it to productive use in land and support Libe- line with the Authorria’s expanding iron ore ity’s port reform and export industry.

modernization agenda.

The assessment forms

The parcel constipart of the NPA Mas- tutes a portion of land ter Plan, which seeks currently leased to to reclaim abandoned China Union that has See Page 2 and underutilized con-

A SEMINAR OF PORT WOMEN IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA OPENS IN GABON and maritime security", Lnar (July 20 to 22, breville, Republic of Gaibreville-Gabon-A work for West and Central semi- Africa has opened in Lithree-day

2026) organized by the bon. General Secretariat of the The Seminar under the Port Management Associ- theme: "Challenges and ation of West and Central opportunities of the inte- Africa, in coordination gration of Artificial Intelli with the Port Women Net- gence in port management will highlight eight subthemes covering the technological evolution of ports, logistics, predictive maintenance, maritime safety, energy efficiency, digital data management, as well as specific oppor tunities for women in the sector. The seminar is part of a context in which the maritime sector is responsible for more than 80% of the world's trade in goods and is undergoing profound technological change. While women still represent only 2% of seafarers, artificial intelligence is a major strategic lever to strengthen their pres-

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