Africa news – Page 89
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Out of Africa as OTAL lowers its flag
June 7 - It's the end of the line for a stalwart of container shipping for Africa as OT Africa Line, a CMA-CGM group company, is rebranded this month under the Delmas brand.
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Staffing agency points to potential future staff shortages
June 7 - An employment and staffing agency that specialises in supplying hoisting and lifting, heavy lift and specialised transport personnel has passed its third anniversary and noted continuing industry trends that could lead to staff shortages in the n
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PCN recruits Canadian member
June 6 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has appointed its first member in Canada.
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Global corporations turn to independent agents claims WCA
June 2 - There is growing evidence that the world's largest industrial manufacturers and distributors are turning to independent freight forwarders, especially those that are members of worldwide networks, to help fulfill their global logistics requiremen
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Terra firma provides business for Plate Logistics
June 2 - Buenos Aires-based project forwarder Plate Logistics has undertaken a number of contracts that highlight the importance of underground exploration to the project cargo sector.
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CEE members bag a brace of projects
June 1 - Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) members are busy with a pair of high and heavy projects on different continents.
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Combi Lift handles anchor handling tug supply vessels
May 31 - Two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels are currently being discharged in Lagos, Nigeria from Combi Lift's multipurpose vessel, Combi Lift IV, having been safely transported from Singapore.
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Fairstar wins fertilizer plant contract
May 24 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has won a USD 28 million multi-voyage transportation contract to provide the marine transportation of 111 modules and 70 containers from the Agrium Fertilizer Plant in Kenai, Alaska to a greenfield site in Ossiomo, Nigeri
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Ethiopian Shipping Lines' vessels get MacGregor cranes
May 17 - Cargotec has confirmed a new order for 21 MacGregor variable frequency drive (VFD) electric cranes to be installed on seven 28,000 dwt multipurpose cargo ships being built at Huanghai Shipbuilding in China for Ethiopian Shipping Lines, with the c
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Fairmount delivers FPSO
May 12 - A specialised team lead by Fairmount Marine has completed successfully the tow, mooring and positioning hook-up of the floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Pazflor offshore Angola.
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DHL set to boost Africa's oil and energy sector
May 6 - DHL Global Forwarding is to launch four oil and energy centres of excellence across Africa over the next 12 months in Cape Town, South Africa, Luanda, Angola, Accra, Ghana and Mombasa, Kenya.
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First Sudan member for Project Cargo Network
April 15 - Darka For Trading Services, which was established in 1983 and became a limited company in 1991, has joined the Project Cargo Network.
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Year of emergency response charters continues for ACS
April 12 - Air Charter Service has started to arrange humanitarian charters to the troubled Ivory Coast [C
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ASCO signs GBP20 million (USD20 million) contract with Perenco
April 7 - ASCO UK has been awarded a five-year contract extension from Perenco UK.
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Erfmann secures control of Swift Freight brand in Dubai
April 4 - Barloworld Logistics (BWL) Middle East & Asia has sold a recently created entity Swift Freight LLC to the former ceo of Swift Freight International LLC, three years after it acquired the latter company along with its branch network in Africa and
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Fairstar wins new contracts for FJORD and FJELL
April 4 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has signed two marine heavy transportation contracts with GAC's Aberdeen office.
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Cargo rallied in 2010 for Cargolux in year of 'comeback'
March 31 - Following the severe global economic disturbances of 2009, external environmental issues faced maindeck airfreight capacity provider Cargolux in 2010 just as the market's financial conditions gave the airline mixed messages, according to its re
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GPLN boosts membership in Egypt
March 29 - Alexandria-based, Marine & Engineering Services Company (MESCO) has become a member of the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) for Egypt.
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Logistique Commerciale d'Afrique joins Project Cargo Network
March 29 - Following last week's news that it had joined the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), Logistique Commerciale d'Afrique (LCA) has now also joined the Project Cargo Network in Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.
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ALE positions transformers at Algerian power plant
March 28 - ALE Heavylift Iberica has worked on positioning three main transformers at the Koudiet Ed Draouch combined cycle power plant in El Tarf, Algeria. Each transformer arrived at the plant on hydraulic platforms and transport beams and was unloaded