Africa news – Page 66

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    Depth Logistics and Riback partner up

    2013-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Depth Logistics has formed a partnership with Riback Stevedores, jointly developing a new quarantine washpad in Lae, Papua New Guinea.

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    Behrmann retires from IPSEN

    2013-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - At the end of October, after 47 years of service for Bremen-based IPSEN LOGISTICS, Helmut Behrmann is retiring from his role as head of the company's Africa division.

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    Jumbo handles crane quartet (video)

    2013-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 - One of Jumbo's multipurpose vessels, the Daniella, has completed the shipment of four Liebherr cranes.

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    The Friday Flyer - October 25th 2013

    2013-10-25T00:00:00Z

    When is an auction not an auction? When a sole buyer turns up with a chequebook to make the lowest bid possible, especially when that buyer seems to be a group of potential competitors.

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    Vanguard installs press line

    2013-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Vanguard was contracted by MA Automotive to complete two turnkey projects at the manufacturer's plant in Berlin, in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa.

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    Saudia Cargo and AV Cargo cooperate in West Africa

    2013-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Saudi Airlines Cargo and AV Cargo Airlines have entered into a joint cooperation for the movement of cargo to four destinations in West Africa, via Saudia Cargo's hub in Lagos.

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    Wind farm success for Vanguard

    2013-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - South African company, Vanguard, has successfully completed the erection of nine 3 MW wind turbines for a wind farm project in the country's Eastern Cape Province.

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    A valiant tow for Fairmount

    2013-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - Fairmount Marine's tug, Fairmount Summit, has towed the semi-submersible drilling rig, Ocean Valiant, over a distance of almost 4,830 km from offshore Cameroon to the port of Las Palmas, Canary Islands.

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    Liebherr boosts BTB's fleet

    2013-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - Berlin-based crane service provider, BTB Logistik GmbH, has replaced its Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 with a new LTM 1750-9.1.

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    The Friday Flyer - October 18th 2013

    2013-10-18T00:00:00Z

    To misquote US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, lawmakers in Washington were 'eyeball to eyeball, and then the other side just blinked' this week when the US Congress passed a bill to reopen the government and raise the USD16.7 trillion federal debt limit. T

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    Salammbo joins XLProjects

    2013-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Salammbo Group's Libya and Tunisia branches have joined the XLProjects Network.

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    Isikson joins DHL

    2013-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) has appointed Mark Isikson as its new head of Industrial Projects, Sub-Saharan Africa.

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    Multitrade ships pipes to Nigeria

    2013-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - Multitrade Spain has coordinated the shipment of 179 pipes weighing 7 tonnes each, and 30 palettes from Sant Carles de la Rapita to Port Harcourt in Nigeria.

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    GAC-OMA network adds Ivory Coast

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - GAC is further strengthening its presence in West Africa with the extension of the GAC-OMA network agreement to include the Ivory Coast, following the country's return to stability in late 2011.

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    The Friday Flyer - October 11th 2013

    2013-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - The news that a team of shipping, offshore and finance professionals based in Norway are to establish a bank especially structured to satisfy the funding needs of owners and operators active in the shipping and offshore industries worldwide c

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    MACS welcomes latest newbuild

    2013-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - The maiden voyage of MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping's Golden Karoo marks the end of a new build programme which has seen the shipping line take ownership of four new ships into its fleet of modern multi purpose container ships in recent month

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    Chapman Freeborn charters Antonov giant

    2013-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - UK headquartered global air charter broker Chapman Freeborn teamed-up with NATCO Global Transport Solutions and Projects to deliver a 170-tonne consignment from Switzerland to Bahrain, using the giant Antonov AN-225 freighter.

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    Aaras executes power delivery

    2013-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - Pakistan based Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) member Aaras Shipping has completed the part-shipment of four over-dimensional transformers on behalf of UCH Power.

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    Safmarine MPV eyes growth in USA

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Further to our exclusive report in the September/October edition of HLPFI, it was good to see the recently relocated management team of Safmarine MPV flying the flag at the Breakbulk Americas event in New Orleans.

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    GPLN welcomes Cargo World Logistics

    2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - Cargo World Logistics Ltd (CWL), based in Mombasa, has become the newest member of the Global Project Logistics Network (GLPN), representing Kenya.