Africa news – Page 43

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    Suez Canal expansion now open

    2015-08-07T00:00:00Z

    August 7 - One year after the announcement of a development programme, Egypt's expanded Suez Canal is open for business.

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    ALE in Ghana first

    2015-08-06T00:00:00Z

    August 6 - UK headquartered heavy lift specialist ALE has completed the load-out of nine suction anchors, each weighing 122 tonnes, in Ghana.

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    Rotor goes ro-ro with WWL ALS

    2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - WWL ALS has coordinated the transport of a 95-tonne rotor from Alexandria, Egypt to Belfort in France.

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    LOC names London head

    2015-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - London Offshore Consultants (LOC Group) has appointed Jonathan Britain as its new managing director in London.

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    Sovereign in Kenyan plant move

    2015-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - Sovereign Logistics has coordinated the delivery of an 841-tonne cement plant from Kenya's Mombasa port to Nairobi.

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    Sirens sound for FLS

    2015-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - Fleet Line Shipping (FLS) has coordinated the shipment of six armoured ambulances from Jebel Ali in the UAE to Somalia's Mogadishu port onboard a container vessel.

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    WWL ALS wins Zoomlion move

    2015-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - WWL ALS in South Africa has coordinated the transport of three excavators and two bulldozers from Zoomlion's factory in China to the manufacturer's facility in South Africa.

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    BBC rebrands inducement service

    2015-07-28T00:00:00Z

    July 28 - BBC Chartering is launching a new apac (any port, any cargo) service, which covers inducement calls for project, breakbulk and general cargo.

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    Comark ships buildings

    2015-07-22T00:00:00Z

    July 22 - Ljubljana headquartered Comark has organised the transportation of 1,920 cu m of project cargo from its point of origin in Slovenia to its destination port in Egypt.

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    WWL ALS comes to Liebherr's aid

    2015-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) and WWL ALS have worked together to transport a new Liebherr R9800 mining excavator from its factory in Colmar, France to a site in Durban, South Africa.

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    ABC appoints Biwer

    2015-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has named Georges Biwer as vice president, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

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    NileDutch upgrades African connection

    2015-07-17T00:00:00Z

    July 17 - Effective August 21, NileDutch will offer a weekly service from South America to South and West Africa, based on a vessel sharing agreement (VSA) between CMA CGM and Hamburg Sud.

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    Multiple machinery moves for AGL

    2015-07-13T00:00:00Z

    July 13 - Alexander Global Logistics (AGL) has shipped four units of Volvo construction machinery to Algeria and three Doosan excavators to Georgia.

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    Grimaldi enhances Med-West Africa service

    2015-07-10T00:00:00Z

    July 10 - The Grimaldi Group has enhanced its Mediterranean Express (MEX) service - which links the Mediterranean to West Africa - by reducing its frequency from 12 to ten days and increasing cargo capacity by 35 percent, writes Isabel Freedman.

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    Hull Blyth heads to Cote d'Ivoire

    2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - African ship agency specialist Hull Blyth has opened a new office in Cote d'Ivoire's port Abidjan.

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    More ships for Grimaldi

    2015-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - As part of the expansion and modernisation programme of its owned fleet, the Grimaldi Group has recently signed an agreement for the construction of eight new PCTCs (Pure Car Truck Carriers), for a total investment of USD 465 million, writes Isab

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    Damco wins Nigeria contract

    2015-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Sinohydro Corporation Ltd, a leading Chinese infrastructure development contractor, has recently awarded Damco the contract for managing shipments to its Zunguru hydroelectric power project.

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    Kenyan locomotion for BBC

    2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

    June 30 - BBC Chartering's heavy lift vessel BBC Ganges has shipped 17 locomotives from Houston, Texas to the Kenyan port of Mombasa for Rift Valley Railways (RVR).

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    COLI and CNAN in cooperation deal

    2015-06-25T00:00:00Z

    June 25 - Algeria's Compagnie Nationale Alg

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    Johnson Crane Hire delivers for Vestas

    2015-06-25T00:00:00Z

    June 25 - In South Africa, Johnson Crane Hire has completed the first two projects of a 12-month contract signed with Vestas in September 2014 to find and institute the most appropriate lifting solutions for the wind turbine manufacturer's involvement in