Africa news – Page 34

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    Swire launches Pacific Islands service

    2016-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - Effective July 1, Swire Shipping is launching a new twice-monthly direct multipurpose liner service from Australia to New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.

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    Hansa delivers crane quartet

    2016-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - On behalf of deugro (Finland), Hansa Heavy Lift has shipped four rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTG) from Ukraine to Egypt on board HHL Kobe.

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    Cumings up at Vanguard

    2016-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - Roland Cumings has been named managing director of South African heavy lifting and transport specialist Vanguard, with effect from June 1.

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    ABC tonnage soars

    2016-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded a 31 percent year-on-year increase in tonnage during May and the first five months of 2016.

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    Concargo brand re-established

    2016-06-17T00:00:00Z

    June 17 - Concargo - the South Africa based road haulage, general and project cargo logistics provider - has been re-established.

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    Liebherr turnover growth continues

    2016-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Liebherr Group recorded a turnover of EUR9.2 billion (USD10.3 billion) in 2015, a 4.7 percent year-on-year increase.

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    Kieldrecht Lock ready for business

    2016-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Grimaldi's vessel Grande Lagos has become the first ship to enter the new Kieldrecht Lock in Antwerp, Belgium.

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    ALE in ball mill move

    2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

    June 14 - ALE has completed the installation of a new ball mill on the diamond mining vessel, Mafuta, in South Africa.

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    Petrasco loads Congo cargo

    2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - Petrasco Energy Logistics has completed the shipment of equipment on board a chartered vessel from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Aberdeen, UK.

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    BDP expands into Morocco

    2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - BDP International is opening a new office in Casablanca, Morocco.

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    ALE wraps up Trojan truck build

    2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - ALE has completed construction of the sixth and final Trojan truck.

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    R&B wins big barge move

    2016-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - R&B Global Projects has been awarded a contract to transport four inland barges from the Indian Port of Mormugao to Libreville in Gabon.

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    New freighter service between Belgium and Angola

    2016-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - Network Airline Management has signed a long-term contract with TAAG Angola Airlines to provide a Boeing 747-400F factory-built freighter to operate a weekly freighter flight from Liege, Belgium to Luanda, Angola.

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    Galborg name to disappear

    2016-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - With effect from July 1, 2016, Galborg Pte Ltd will be renamed MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping Pte Ltd, while Galborg USA, LLC will renamed MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping LLC.

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    AAL optimistic about Japan

    2016-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - At AAL Japan's one-year anniversary celebrations in Tokyo, almost 200 industry stakeholders came together to share cautious optimism about Japan's economic outlook and the future for the country's project cargo exports.

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    Höegh Trapper named

    2016-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - The fourth vessel in Höegh Autoliners' series of New Horizon class pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) has been named Höegh Trapper during a naming ceremony at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China.

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    WCA celebrates tenth meeting

    2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - The WCA Projects network's tenth annual conference in Lisbon, Portugal from May 17-20 was attended by 150 members representing 60 countries.

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    GAC sets up in Namibia

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - GAC has launched it own operation in Namibia in response to growing demand from its oil and gas customers and increasing cargo trade between the country and its neighbouring African nations.

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    Chapman and Fiege fly OOG to UAE

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Chapman Freeborn and Fiege Logistics Switzerland completed the transportation of out-of-gauge oil and gas equipment from Germany to the UAE, using the giant Antonov AN-225 freighter and an additional Boeing 747-400F aircraft.

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    Misnak delivers port crane

    2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - The London office of Misnak International part chartered the BBC Chartering ship, BBC Switzerland, to handle a complex transport project from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Mombasa, Kenya.