Africa news – Page 35

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    Johnson assists plant shutdown

    2016-05-30T00:00:00Z

    May 30 - Johnson Crane Hire has deployed eight large capacity cranes and 20 smaller models to complete a number of heavy lifting operations at a petrochemical plant in South Africa during its annual maintenance shutdown.

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    ALE adds widening trailers in UK

    2016-05-30T00:00:00Z

    May 30 - Having worked with trailer manufacturer Goldhofer to develop a new range of widening trailers that can be mechanically widened from their basic 3 m width, ALE has now introduced the units into the UK.

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    Breadbox maintains new service

    2016-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - Breadbox Shipping has decided to continue operating a new service dedicated to heavy lift and project cargoes, alongside regular bulk and breakbulk cargoes, from Europe to West Africa.

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    JV for Licvem and NYK Bulk & Projects

    2016-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - Copenhagen-based Licvem Shipping & Trading and Tokyo-based NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers (NBP) have established a joint venture called Licvem NBP ApS (LBP), which will target the carriage of breakbulk cargo to and from ports primarily in Europe an

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    OMA appoints finance head

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - OMA Group has appointed Gerrit van der Merwe as group finance and administration director.

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    MACS adds Beira call

    2016-05-23T00:00:00Z

    May 23 - MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS) is enhancing its African Coastal Service by adding a regular call at Beira in Mozambique.

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    Hartmann names Vertom

    2016-05-23T00:00:00Z

    May 23 - Hartmann Project Lines has announced that Vertom Shipping Belgium is its new liner agent in Antwerp.

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    Project Cargo & Yacht on the double

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Project Cargo & Yacht Transport, a Project Freight Network (PFN) member in Istanbul, Turkey has completed a breakbulk shipment from the Port of Istanbul (Turkey) to the Port of Tobruk (Libya).

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    Comarco assembles

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Comarco has completed a crane construction contract at its supply base in Mombasa, Kenya.

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    ALE loads out TLP

    2016-05-16T00:00:00Z

    May 16 - ALE has completed the load out of the Malikai tension leg platform (TLP), which weighed 27,500 tonnes, at Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering in Johor Darul Takzim.

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    Challenging times ahead, says WWH

    2016-05-13T00:00:00Z

    May 13 - Shipping and integrated logistics group Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding (WWH) reported an operating profit of USD143 million for Q1 2016, on the back of revenues totalling USD848 million during the quarter.

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    Coordinadora opens in Peru

    2016-05-12T00:00:00Z

    May 12 - Spanish company Coordinadora Internacional de Cargas is continuing its expansion into South America with the opening of a new office in Lima, Peru.

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    Mammoet dances to jungle beat

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Mammoet has undertaken a delicate load-out operation and transport through jungle terrain for Marathon Oil's Alba gas field.

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    Tarros adds Brindisi call

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Tarros Group has added a port call at Brindisi, Italy to its Adriatic Levant service linking the Levant with Libya.

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    WCA Projects on cloud nine

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Nine members of the WCA Projects network have recently completed a number of complex project moves worldwide.

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    More movements for PCN

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Saudi Arabia, Paragon Saudi Services, has recently handled the transportation of a Liebherr 885 crane from Qahma to Jizan in Saudi Arabia and onwards to Dubai.

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    Lions roar with The Charter Store

    2016-05-09T00:00:00Z

    May 9 - They may not have been particularly heavy nor out-of-gauge, but 33 rescued former circus lions are now in a place of safety following some good work by The Charter Store and Priority Worldwide Services.

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    Straightpoint adds African rep

    2016-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Straightpoint has appointed Anchor Industries as a distributor of its force measurement, load monitoring and suspended weighing load cell equipment in South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

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    Johnson forms renewables division

    2016-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Johnson Crane Hire has established Johnson Renew, which will focus on the growth of the company's work in the renewable energy industry.

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    Ideal order for Liebherr

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Ideal Crane has acquired a 300-tonne capacity LR 1300SX lattice boom crawler crane and a 100-tonne capacity LTR 1100 telescopic crawler crane from Liebherr.