September 2 - Alistair Group has moved a Ferrari F278 reachstacker from Dar es Salaam to the Buzwagi gold mine in Tanzania.
The unit was 4.2 m wide and weighed 48 tonnes; due to its heavy weight, the unit had to be dismantled and loaded on a lowbed and a flatbed trailer.
An extensive route survey completed prior to the move in order to ensure site passage. The convoy was accompanied by two escort vehicles and police officers all the way to the mine.
Raw materials exports, many of which are essential to the global energy transition, underpin many African economies and continue to generate project logistics activity. Turbulence in Europe has benefitted the continent too, writes Megan Ramsay.
Multipurpose carriers active on Africa’s Eastern and Western seaboards face distinctive challenges, the former having had to adopt a wait-and-see approach relating to delayed LNG projects that will generate large-scale project work, the latter facing significant competition from the container shipping business.
Project forwarder Trans Global Projects (TGP) has transported mining equipment from South Africa to a gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned a second Briese Heavylift vessel from Australian waters.
DP World has won the latest in a string of court rulings, as it defends its rights as shareholder and concessionaire in Djibouti’s Doraleh Containe
The White House has reportedly reached a tentative agreement to avoid a potential railway strike that could have cost the USA’s economy up to USD2 billion per day.
