Building the local capacity to enable the creation of a greener aviation and less CO2 emission in airport activities is the purpose of the visit of the ICAO Technical Project Consultant, Mr. Didier Moukalan. Mr. Moukalan met with the Ministry of transport and the Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) to discuss the potential support that the International organization can offer the country.
The La Digue Port Extension Project is moving at a steady pace with 64% of the total work now completed.
The Ministry of Transport, the Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA) and the Technical Steering Committee for the La Digue Port extension are pleased with the progress being made on the La Digue Port Extension Project.
The Ministry of Transport is proud to announce that Air Seychelles is exiting Company reorganization (Administration) after it has successfully been able to pay off its debts and reached financial stability. This is through the collective effort of the Ministry, Administrators, the Air Seychelles’ board, management, staff members and legal counsel.
The Ministry of Transport would like to inform the press and public that the full scale work on the West Coast Road project has started.
The full scale construction work has started since last week. The West coast road improvement works commenced on the 3rd October 2022 with initial leveling and boundary setting works.
Port development and improved transport infrastructures and services were the main topics of a courtesy call made by the new French Ambassador to Seychelles, Ms. Olivia Berkeley-Christmann to the Minister for Transport, Mr. Antony Derjacques.
During the brief meeting, Ambassador Berkeley-Christmann spoke of her desire to continue the endeavor of her predecessor to promote Regional Corporation through shared expertise in the transport sector.
Twenty two electric buses will soon be introduced in the Seychelles Public Transport Corporation (SPTC) fleet, an announcement made recently (03/11/2022) during the official launch of the Electric mobility project. It was the Minister for Transport, Antony Derjacques who officially launched the Seychelles Electric Mobility project that aims at introducing more environmentally friendly transport in the country.
The Minister for Transport has overall responsibility for the departments, as well as its arm’s length bodies (ALBs), which have established governance structures.