All Africa articles – Page 39

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    Bahri makes for the UK

    2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 3 - UK liner agency DKT Allseas - a 50/50 joint venture between Allseas Global and De Keyser Thornton (DKT) - held a customer event to mark the maiden call of Bahri's con-ro (container/ro-ro) ship Bahri Jeddah at the Port of Tilbury.

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    NileDutch upgrades African network

    2016-02-26T00:00:00Z

    February 26 - Effective March 9, NileDutch is upgrading its existing West Europe - West Africa (WEWA) service to operate weekly sailings.

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    Project cargo climbs at Walvis Bay

    2016-02-26T00:00:00Z

    February 26 - The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) has stated that part of its strategic initiative within its current five-year plan is to facilitate the growth of project cargo and abnormal loads through the Namibian Port of Walvis Bay.

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    Vanguard kicks off Nojoli contract

    2016-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Vanguard has been awarded the turbine transport and installation contract for the Nojoli wind farm near Cookhouse in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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    Siemens powers ahead in Egypt

    2016-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - The first two Siemens gas turbines for the Beni Suef power plant project have begun their journey from Germany to Egypt.

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    ALE winds up Amakhala project

    2016-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - ALE has completed the delivery of 560 wind turbine components for the Amakhala Emoyeni wind farm project in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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    Houston adds African link

    2016-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Grimaldi Lines has added a call at the Port of Houston to its East Coast - West Africa ro-ro service - the first direct service between the US gateway and the African region.

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    Steady start for ABC

    2016-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded a 30 percent year-on-year increase in tonnage for January 2016, transporting 43,605 tonnes of cargo on board its Boeing freighter fleet.

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    ABC finds way into Africa

    2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has begun twice-weekly Boeing 747 freighter services to Africa under an ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) contract with the new British all-cargo airline CargoLogicAir (CLA).

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    FLS in drum roll

    2016-02-12T00:00:00Z

    February 12 - Fleet Line Shipping (FLS) has coordinated the shipment of a 45-tonne oversize drum from Faridabad, India to Kirkuk in Iraq.

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    BDP 'bullish' on Egypt

    2016-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - BDP International is to open an office in Cairo, Egypt this month, which will be overseen by country manager, Emad Tawfik.

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    Adoran to lead Ceva cluster

    2016-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - Ceva Logistics has appointed Fuat Adoran to head up its Balkan, Middle East and Africa cluster.

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    Shipping risk map launched

    2016-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - A new interactive map - RiskMap - has been launched so that shipowners and managers can easily view what security threats a country poses to shipping lines.

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    SafmarineMPV down to one trade

    2016-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - Following the recent sale of its South Africa - West Africa multipurpose service to Cape Town based Fairseas International and the withdrawal of the line from the West Africa - US Gulf trade in early January 2016, multipurpose operator Safmar

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    XLP members power-up

    2016-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - XL Projects Network (XLP) members in China and Pakistan have been busy handling a number of complex project shipments.

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    WWL ALS in urgent barge move

    2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - WWL ALS has coordinated the transport of a 282-tonne desalination barge from Casablanca to Dakhla in Morocco.

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    Flensborg appoints French rep

    2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - With immediate effect Chilean-born Don Whelan has been appointed French representative to Flensborg and Associates.

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    Atlas Breakbulk Alliance bags Pegg

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Atlas Logistics Network (ALN) has formed a separate organisation dedicated to the breakbulk and project cargo industry - the Atlas Breakbulk Alliance - which will be headed up by well known industry personality, Albert Pegg.

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    Greenshields bags BIFA award

    2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - Greenshields Cowie & Co triumphed in the project forwarding category of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) Freight Service Awards.

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    Höegh names number three

    2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - The third vessel in Höegh Autoliners' New Horizon class of pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) has been named Höegh Tracer during a ceremony at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China.