Africa news – Page 25

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    ALP Keeper named

    2017-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - ALP Maritime Services has named its latest newbuild anchor handling salvage tug (AHST) ALP Keeper, at a ceremony in Japan.

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    Dancing with lions and dragons

    2017-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Providers of project logistics services will be interested to read that over the past two decades, China has become Africa's most important economic partner according to a report from McKinsey & Company.

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    Some success in court for Necotrans

    2017-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - Yesterday's decision by a Paris commercial court to place Necotrans' 11 French subsidiaries under judicial control could help the logistics group find the strategic partner that it has been looking for, as well as assist with the sale of assets.

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    Necotrans - update

    2017-06-27T00:00:00Z

    June 27 - Further to our news report from yesterday, Necotrans has now confirmed that during a hearing held before the Commercial Court in Paris, the Necotrans group requested the opening of receivership proceedings in relation to its 11 French subsidiari

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    TIBA manages generator round trip

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    June 26 - TIBA Algeria is coordinating the round trip of a 400-ton (362.8-tonne) electricity generator from the Ras-Djinet combined-cycle power plant in Algeria to Siemens' Muelheim plant in Germany via the Port of Rotterdam.

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    Necotrans on the brink?

    2017-06-26T00:00:00Z

    June 26 - France-based freight forwarding and logistics group Necotrans is remaining tight-lipped on recent reports in the French media that it is about to be placed under judicial protection by the commercial court in Paris.

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    Manzi in at Crowley

    2017-06-23T00:00:00Z

    June 23 - Crowley Maritime Corporation has appointed Paul Manzi as vice president of safety, security, quality and environmental stewardship (SSQE), effective July 1.

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    EGL joins Zohr discovery

    2017-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - Egyptian Global Logistics (EGL), a subsidiary of Kadmar Group, has handled a 28 m long connecting unit for Saipem's Zohr gas field.

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    UAL launches Latin America service

    2017-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - Universal Americas Lines, a newly introduced brand within the Universal Africa Lines (UAL) Alliance, has announced a service to Latin America and the Caribbean, departing from the US Gulf with the first sailing scheduled for mid July.

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    DB Schenker coasts to Burullus

    2017-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - DB Schenker is working with Mammoet to manage the transportation of 100,000 tons (90,718.5 tonnes) with 400,000 cu m of freight to Burullus, Egypt for a gas-fired power station with equipment supplied by Siemens.

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    HHL helps Tobolsk construction

    2017-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Hansa Heavy Lift (HHL) has transported more than 60,000 cu m of petrochemical refinery equipment to assist with the construction of Sibur's ZapSibNeftekhim polyolefin complex in Tobolsk, Russia.

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    EGL keeps busy in Egypt

    2017-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Egyptian Global Logistics (EGL), a subsidiary of the Kadmar Group, has delivered two boilers for El Nasr Co. for Intermediate Chemicals (NCIC).

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    Qatar disruption and uncertainty expected

    2017-06-12T00:00:00Z

    June 12 - International law firm Ince & Co has advised shipping and transportation companies with cargo interests in Qatar to plan for a period of disruption and uncertainty, following the decision by a number of Qatar's neighbours and other nations to cu

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    Politics hinders Ex-Im Bank

    2017-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - The ongoing drama surrounding the future of the US Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank - the government's official export credit agency (ECA) - has taken several dramatic twists recently. While its future has been secured, the bank remains hamstrung by a

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    WWPC duo deliver in Kenya

    2017-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Houston, USA-based BNSF Logistics and Smart Logistics Istanbul in Turkey have arranged the shipment of 23 tons (20.1 tonnes) of cement making equipment to Mombasa, Kenya.

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    Damen's happy delivery

    2017-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Damen has delivered a ro-ro ferry to a client in Gambia onboard BigLift Shipping's Happy River.

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    Bolloré secures combined-cycle contract

    2017-06-05T00:00:00Z

    June 5 - Bolloré Logistics is already busy with an end-to-end logistics contract won earlier this year that involves transporting materials for the construction of a 100 MW gas fired combined-cycle power plant in Maputo, Mozambique for Electricidade de Mo

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    LOC Renewables launches

    2017-06-05T00:00:00Z

    June 5 - The LOC Group has launched LOC Renewables, a specialised division to bring the group's broad capabilities to the offshore renewable energy sector.

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    LPL active in Egypt Megaproject

    2017-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - LPL Group has completed the last installation at a 4.8 GW combined-cycle power plant under construction in Beni Suef, Egypt.

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    XLP members on the move

    2017-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Egyptian Global Logistics (EGL), a subsidiary of Kadmar Group and XLProjects (XLP) member in Egypt, has discharged five Bosch boiler units, each weighing 81 tons (73.5 tonnes) at the Port of Alexandria, Egypt on behalf of Kuehne + Nagel.