Africa news – Page 29
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Johnson gets a lift from Liebherr
February 6 - South Africa based Johnson Crane Hire has acquired a 1,200-tonne capacity Liebherr LTR 11200 hydraulic crawler crane, to handle lifts within the wind power generation industry.
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Worldwide slide for clean energy investment
February 3 - According to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) report, new investment in clean energy worldwide fell by 18 percent last year to USD287.5 billion despite a record year for offshore wind finance.
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Brunoni wins UAL business
January 31 - Universal Africa Lines (UAL) has appointed O. Brunoni as its agent in Switzerland.
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Bolloré on the double in Africa
January 31 - Bolloré Logistics has completed the transport of a floating production unit (FPU) for Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in the Republic of Congo and has been contracted by Siemens to coordinate transport and logistics operations for the Azura Ed
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Concession is close for Nigerian ports
January 31 - The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) is closer to beginning the concessioning process of the Onitsha, Lokoja, Baro and Oguta River ports in Nigeria, after receiving a certificate of compliance.
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Bolloré cements reputation with African projects
January 26 - Bolloré Logistics has secured two cement plant construction projects in Nigeria and South Africa with one of the largest cement plant production companies in China.
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Index reveals positive signs, underpinned by concern
January 24 - According to the 2017 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, 43 percent of logistics professionals consider the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) markets growth forecast of 4.6 percent to be too optimistic.
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Universal moves like an Egyptian
January 20 - Universal Transport has invested in 32 modular axle lines from the Faymonville G-SL series for the transport of various power plant components to Egyptian sites.
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Better days lie ahead, says Concargo
January 19 - David Kruyer, founder of Cape Town based Concargo, believes better days lie ahead providing the South African government make the necessary infrastructural investments as soon as possible.
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Petro Sea Logistics invests in all-terrain crane
January 18 - Petro Sea Logistics, a joint venture between Belgium's Sea-Invest and Ivory Coast's Petroci, has added a Manitowoc Cranes' Grove GMK6400 crane to its fleet.
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Veolia and Peterson win decommissioning contract
January 13 - A partnership between Paris-based Veolia and Netherlands-based logistics firm Peterson has been awarded two platform decommissioning contracts for recycling at their facility in Great Yarmouth.
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Kestrel flies with Carpenters
January 10 - Kestrel Liner Agencies has been appointed liner agent in the UK, Europe, Africa and the USA for MBf Carpenters Shipping, and can now offer a weekly service to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
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PCN members on the move
January 6 - Members of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) have been busy moving oversized loads across the world.
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Antwerp achieves record year
December 29 - The Port of Antwerp expected to close 2016 with a record cargo throughput of over 214 million tonnes, despite a year-on-year decline in conventional breakbulk and ro-ro volumes.
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Pangea appoints Atouani
December 15 - Mohamed Atouani has joined Pangea Shipping Group as commercial manager.
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DSV names divisional CCOs
December 14 - DSV has appointed two new divisional chief commercial officers (CCOs), in addition those already appointed for Solutions and Sub Saharan Africa, giving all DSV divisions and Sub Saharan Africa their own cco.
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Master Voss moves tanks
December 14 - India's Master Voss International Projects has relocated four spherical LPG tanks, salvaged from a ship being scrapped at the Alang ship breaking yard in India to an offshore anchorage near Ghogha port, where fabrication work could take plac
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BWC gets USCG approved
December 12 - Ballast Water Containers' (BWC) patent pending BWC SEAFORTH and BWC BUTE mobile ballast water management systems are now available with full US Coast Guard (USCG) approved technologies, including components from manufacturers Optimarin and W
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Germany aids Namibian logistics
December 9 - The German government through its implementing agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the Logistics Hub Project from the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) are partnering to implement the latter's Logistic
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Orchid ships crusher plant
December 7 - Orchid Shipping has shipped a soybean crusher plant to Alexandria, Egypt from Mumbai, India on behalf of Oilex.