All Africa articles – Page 100

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    Panalpina and Atlas Air remain in the land of Dixie

    2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - The global forwarding and logistics group Panalpina and its long-time airline partner Atlas Air have renewed their cooperation agreement.

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    UAL reaches halfway point of key cement contact

    2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - UAL-SA, the local subsidiary of global heavy lift line Universal Africa Lines (UAL), has reached the halfway point of a six-month contract to carry cement from Cape Town to Soyo, Angola where a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant is under

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    Project forwarder network expands into heart of Africa

    2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - Specialist project cargo forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group, is building its profile in the central African countries of Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger with the appointment of Afriglobe shipping lines as the network's repres

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    Wheely big adventure for Ahlers India

    2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Project cargo forwarder, Ahlers India has undertaken a complex movement of dump trucks from Bangalore through Chennai port to Algiers, overcoming some unusual legal and regulatory issues in delivering the trucks to the quayside for export for

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    Cost control boosts Dockwise profits

    2009-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - Dockwise recorded a 83.6 0ncrease in net profit to USD8.1 million for the third quarter, thanks to tighter cost control as revenue growth slowed amid subdued market conditions. Compared to the third quarter of 2008, revenue grew 12.4% to USD1

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    What's in Issue 11 of HLPFI?

    2009-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 - In the November/December issue of HLPFI, our regional profile will be on the economies within the Gulf Cooperation Council; whilst our individual country reports will be on South Africa, France and Argentina.

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    DSV drops interim name to return to old identity

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Just 13 months after the corporate merger of DSV Air & Sea and ABX Logistics Air & Sea, described at the time by mangers as "the perfect match", the expanded company will now officially be known, with immediate effect, as DSV Air & Sea GmbH.

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    Varamar builds its presence

    2009-10-07T00:00:00Z

    October 7 - Odessa based, Varamar is building its presence in the project and general cargo arena.

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    RMR Shipping rolls into Dublin

    2009-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - RMR Shipping has added the port of Dublin to one of its services between Europe and West Africa, writes Charlotte Matheson.

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    C.A.T.T secures electricity supply to SFAX power plant

    2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

    September 29 - Tunisian specialised transport company C.A.T.T, a member of the global network Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE), has been selected to arrange transportation of a turbine weighing 205 tonnes, a 201 tonne alternator and 54 tonnes of auxiliary eq

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    DAL beats the drums

    2009-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T. Essberger Group, known universally as DAL, beat the drums for the South African trade with an customer 'infotainment' evening in London.

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    Stone crushers move for South African mining operation

    2009-09-21T00:00:00Z

    September 21 - Project Management Logistics (Pty) Ltd, the South African member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has handled the shipment of three mobile stone crushers from South Dakota, USA to Durban, South Africa.

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    Tuscor Lloyds in worldwide network expansion

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    September 18 - International logistics and freight forwarding company, Tuscor Lloyds (UK), is expanding its Manchester-based global operations, following the opening of a number of offices worldwide.

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    Grimaldi boosts West African services

    2009-09-18T00:00:00Z

    September 18 - Italian line Grimaldi has added a fifth ship for the carriage of wheeled cargo on its Southern Express service between northern Europe and West Africa. Grimaldi Lines ConRo ship Grande Benin made its inaugural call at Hamburg on its maiden

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    Access Freight hits the road for copper mine project

    2009-09-16T00:00:00Z

    September 16 - In South Africa, Access Freight Projects is working on another project for the Brazilian company, U&M Mining and Construction, moving massive earth-moving machinery.

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    Flying down to Rio for safer heavy lift operations

    2009-09-15T00:00:00Z

    September 15 - An opportunity to learn more about the safe and secure handling of heavy lift consignments has now become available with the launch of a one-day Heavy Transport & Lifting mini-seminar to be held in November in Rio de Janeiro.

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    Maximus aims to maximise

    2009-09-15T00:00:00Z

    September 15 - In support of the old adage that the best time to increase marketing is during a recession, Maximus Air Cargo has appointed of Zed Communications to handle its local and international public relations activities.

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    Project Arabia appoints Arbour Shipping

    2009-09-14T00:00:00Z

    September 14 - Arbour Shipping, the recently-formed, Manchester-based NVOCC has been appointed sole North European sales agent for vessel charter and shipbroker, Project Arabia of Dubai.

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    Agility wins major logistics contract from RasGas

    2009-09-08T00:00:00Z

    September 8 - Agility has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract in Qatar by RasGas, the country's premier liquefied natural gas (LNG) enterprise.

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    New service connects Europe, Pacific, Australasia and South Africa

    2009-09-04T00:00:00Z

    September 4 - SE Shipping Lines has commenced a breakbulk liner service called the SE Three Oceans Line, which connects Northern Europe with the Pacific islands and Australasia and returns to Europe via South Africa.