Millions of tons of import and export cargoes move along the logistics corridors of Africa every day, using road, rail and pipelines for carriage between the hinterland and the to ports and use cargo storage facilities and shipment or discharge facilities at the terminals which populate those ports.
Our offering includes advising on port and terminal regulations and legislation, terminal throughput agreements, ISPS, port economic regulation, terminal operating procedures (including rail and stockyard interfaces and management processes), storage contracts, establishment of all infrastructure pertaining to ports, terminals, storage facilities, inland terminals and logistics corridors such as rail and pipelines. Our expertise integrates all of the contractual and regulatory aspects of ports, terminals and logistics corridors with the physical establishment and financing of the infrastructure.
In this context, we also advise our clients on establishing logistics infrastructure, relationships between land and sea users, building contracts from source to sea and equipment and other procurement contracts, as well as project finance and public-private partnerships.
Our service extends to undertaking risk management assessments as well as all litigation between parties to port or terminal operations.
- Advised an East African marine transport company operating a roll-on/roll-off freight vessel service on the establishment of its operations in Uganda, including regulatory and operational matters.
- Advised Absa Bank Uganda Limited on a cross-border trade finance facility for Ramex Petroleum Uganda Limited, supporting regional trade and logistics operations.
- Advised the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) on a purchase facility for Abubaker Technical Services and General Supply Limited to support the design, construction and upgrading of the Busunju–Hoima Road, a key transport corridor in Uganda.
- Acted as Uganda counsel to FMO and other lenders in connection with financing for infrastructure projects, including transport-related developments across Uganda.
- Advised the Export-Import Bank of China on financing for strategic national infrastructure projects supporting Uganda’s transport network, including the construction of roads in the Albertine region.
