All Africa articles – Page 68
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The Friday Flyer - September 13th 2013
Since the early 1980s, the issues surrounding overweight shipping containers has been much-debated.
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V. Alexander completes multimodal project
September 10 - V. Alexander International Logistics, a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network representing Germany, has completed a complex project shipment from Germany and Italy to Belgium for use in a chemical plant.
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Gas by the dozen for Transmarine
September 9 - Transmarine Services India Pvt Ltd has handled a large shipment from Thailand to Egypt for Canada-based EMCO.
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The Friday Flyer - September 6th 2013
September 9 - Expect plenty of ballyhoo in Rotterdam next week if COSCO's multi-purpose heavy lift ship, Yong Sheng, arrives on schedule on Monday.
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Paccon helps keep KOG turning
September 5 - Paccon Logistics, based in South Africa, acted as the agents for KOG Transport Switzerland in the shipping of two part charters recently, carried on the BBC Campana and BBC Montana.
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SNS lands B747 in Somalia
September 3 - SNS claims to have set another trend in the history of air-freight by landing the first B747 cargo plane at Mogadishu Airport, Somalia.
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Suez Canal security strengthened after failed attack
September 2 - According to a statement issued by GAC, Egypt's armed forces are strengthening security measures in the Suez Canal, following an unsuccessful terrorist attack on a container ship transiting the waterway on August 31.
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Finnlines adds connections
September 2 - Earlier this year Finnlines announced its intention to launch several new routes for its Baltic and North Sea operations.
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The Friday Flyer - August 30th 2013
A debate has started as to whether dredging at ports on the United States East Coast (USEC) may turn out to be the key factor driving long-term US container port call strategies on both Suez and Panama all-water services.
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Fairmount Marine doubles up
August 29 - Netherlands headquartered Fairmount Marine has towed the accommodation barge Ayang 2 from Romania to offshore Porto Amboim in Angola, using its tug Fairmount Sherpa.
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Bechtel demos offshore vessel hub
August 29 - Global engineering, procurement and construction firm Bechtel has created what it describes as a "revolutionary design for ports that could transform shipping in Africa", the Multi-User Offshore Hub.
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Hot and cold shipments for GPLN members
August 28 - GPLN member from Israel, Dynamic Shipping Services (DSS) Ltd, last week handled the discharge of two heavy power plant units at Ashdod port using two heavy duty mobile cranes.
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Chapman Freeborn positions Libyan AN-26
August 28 - Global air charter broker Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has formed an exclusive partnership with Air Libya to place and manage an Antonov AN-26 freighter aircraft in the country.
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Imperial on the up in 2013
August 28 - Johannesburg, South Africa headquartered freight forwarder Imperial Logistics has issued its financial results year ending June 30, 2013 (FY2013), showing revenues of RND34 billion (USD3.26 billion), up 21 percent year-on-year over FY2012.
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WWL ALS opens South Africa office
August 26 - WWL ALS - a division of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics - has opened its first representative office in South Africa.
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The Friday Flyer - August 23rd 2013
For generations, children have enjoyed pirate stories - with romantic and thrilling tales of desert islands, gold bullion, walking the plank - leading to the Pirates of the Caribbean film series over the last few years. The reality, however, as experience
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Suez Canal Authority issues assurance
August 22 - The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has denied reports that maritime traffic would be suspended and ensured full security to ships transiting the canal, according to a news item on the Japan Intermational Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA) webs
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Africa's largest crane built in Angola
August 21 - According to reports in the international media, Africa's largest crane has been commissioned in the Angolan province of Kwanza Sul at Porto Amboim.
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Tandem lift for cylinder in Brake
August 20 - In the port of Brake, Germany, two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes - a LHM 550 and a LHM 500 - were used to offload a 150-tonne cylinder destined for a new paper production line at Alfeld in Lower Saxony.