Africa news – Page 79

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    Peregrine flies into the Lion City's jaws

    2012-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - Fairmount Marine's tug Fairmount Sherpa has delivered the drillship Peregrine 1 owned by LaPatagonia Offshore from Salvador in Brazil to Singapore, writes Sylvana Vilca-Melendez.

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    Fixed route in Mozambique Channel meets opposition

    2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) sub-committee on safety of navigation the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) - which represents global shipowners and 80 percent of the world merchant fleet - will be opposin

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    South Africa on track for domestic railway loco manufacture

    2012-07-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - A move to manufacture railway locomotives in South Africa could bring some business for the country's project cargo forwarders.

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    Ahlers is busy with a range of projects

    2012-06-29T00:00:00Z

    June 29 - Antwerp-based Ahlers Forwarding has revealed a range of charters and shipments that neatly demonstrate its worldwide reach in sectors as diverse as oil and gas to the Winter Olympics 2014.

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    Helicopters fly with Sarr Freights

    2012-06-27T00:00:00Z

    June 27 - India's Sarr Freights has handled the shipment of three helicopters for the Ecuadorian Air Force and the Namibian Ministry of Defence.

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    Rhinos fly back to the wild

    2012-06-21T00:00:00Z

    June 21 - DHL has transported three critically endangered black rhinos, as part of a conservation initiative by The Aspinall Foundation, from Manston Airport, Kent, UK to the Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania.

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    CaroTrans opens in Le Havre

    2012-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - Global NVOCC and ocean freight consolidator, CaroTrans, has opened a branch office in Le Havre, France; creating the foundation for future growth in the country.

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    Project Cargo Network adds three

    2012-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has unveiled its first member in Ghana and Peru, and welcomed a third member in Qatar.

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    Air Charter International sees upward trend in unusual charters

    2012-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - Air Charter International (ACI), the Dubai-based aircraft charter and leasing company, is experiencing an upward trend in the number of charters involving unusual or complicated requirements, along with an increase in charter requests from the A

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    Training on the agenda

    2012-06-18T00:00:00Z

    June 18 - The next issue of HLPFI takes an in-depth look at training within the heavy lift and project forwarding sector and we have noted a number of forthcoming training opportunities.

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    Vanguard moves container crane with unusual trailer configuration

    2012-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - South African heavy lift and relocation specialist, Vanguard, recently designed a unique trailer and steer configuration to relocate a 220-tonne, 16 m high and 32 m long container-handling crane for a large freight logistics company.

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    PCN adds member in Chile

    2012-06-14T00:00:00Z

    June 14 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has added Integral Chile SA as its second member in Chile.

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    Maersk Illinois makes historic call in Milwaukee

    2012-06-13T00:00:00Z

    June 13 - Cargo ships are a common sight at the Port of Milwaukee, but the arrival of the Maersk Illinois recently stood out amongst the port's typical marine traffic as the ship, a US-flag multipurpose vessel with heavy lift cranes, became the first Amer

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    Vlissingen to get new project cargo terminal

    2012-06-11T00:00:00Z

    June 11 - The Dutch group Supermaritime is to build a breakbulk terminal in the Scaldiahaven in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.

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    World Bank Logistics report

    2012-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - The latest survey on the efficient global movement of goods by the World Bank suggests that high income economies are better at logistics efficiency.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Welcome to HLPFI's Friday Flyer, our round-up of news from the last few days, spiced up with a little anecdotal commentary from the editorial team. This week's edition is sponsored by DHL Global Forwarding Industrial Projects division, which prom

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    More rail cars for Multitrade Spain

    2012-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - Further to our previous reports about Multitrade Spain, the member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network has been awarded the second contract to ship 108 rail cars for the new metro line in Santiago de Chile.

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    Breakbulk under the spotlight in Africa

    2012-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Following the success of the Breakbulk Europe event recently, the organisers are set to move to Africa with the Breakbulk Africa Congress which will take place from August 7-8, 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa.

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    Damen tugs oil Libyan recovery

    2012-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Dutch shipbuilder Damen has despatched two tugs to Libya in its first consignment to the country since peace was restored.

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    Geodis Wilson committed to growth

    2012-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - Describing the Industrial Projects division of Geodis Wilson as the 'smallest of the big players'; Philippe Somers, senior vice president of Geodis Wilson's Industrial Projects group, said that the company is making progress in bridging the gap o