All Africa articles – Page 43

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    Volga-Dnepr in Suez shipment

    2015-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered a 28-tonne shipment of power station equipment from New York to Cairo, for use in the Suez Canal widening project.

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    Canals are on target

    2015-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - Egypt's 'new' Suez Canal is expected to open in early August, flanking the existing, historic 145-year-old waterway, reducing navigation time for ships to 11 hours from about 22 hours, and allowing two-way traffic of larger vessels.

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    GE transformers fly across Asia

    2015-06-15T00:00:00Z

    June 15 - City Union Logistics and Lionheart Project Logistics have worked together to transport four transformers from China to a General Electric (GE) power plant in Egypt.

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    'Great success' for CLC in Hong Kong

    2015-06-12T00:00:00Z

    June 12 - The CLC Projects held its 7th global conference in Hong Kong from June 4-5.

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    WCA reaches record in Prague

    2015-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - The WCA Projects network held its largest-ever conference in Prague in May.

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    ALE makes headway on Malikai project

    2015-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - ALE is half way through a project to weigh, transport and install topsides as part of the Malikai deepwater project offshore Malaysia.

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    WWL ALS and WSS hammer away

    2015-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - WWL ALS, in collaboration with its sister company Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) UAE, has handled the transport of a 123-tonne hydraulic hammer from Abu Dhabi to Hamburg.

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    Siginon sees promise in Kenyan project market

    2015-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - The growing East African economy has drawn interest from various multinational companies keen on taking a piece of the infrastructure development pie, says Kenya's Siginon Global Logistics.

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    Liebherr sees slight drop in turnover

    2015-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Liebherr Group posted a total turnover of EUR8.823 billion (USD9.826 billion) in 2014, which is 1.6 percent below the amount achieved in 2013.

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    Westshore appoints GCS

    2015-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - Norway-based Westshore Shipbrokers has nominated German Cargo Services (GCS) as its commercial agent in Germany and the neighbouring countries.

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    Globalink secures Iraq pipe shipment

    2015-06-05T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - Globalink's project freight forwarding division recently coordinated the shipment of 100,000 tonnes of oil and gas pipes from Italy to Iraq.

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    Johnson completes diamond overhaul

    2015-06-05T00:00:00Z

    June 5 - South Africa's Johnson Crane Hire has safely removed and replaced a number of heavy components on board Debmarine Namibia's offshore diamond mining vessel, !Gariep.

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    First New Horizon vessel named Höegh Target

    2015-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - The first vessel in Höegh's newbuild programme will be called Höegh Target.

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    South African first for Blue Water

    2015-06-04T00:00:00Z

    June 4 - Blue Water Shipping has begun the transport of a thruster for a drilling rig from Schiedam, the Netherlands to South Africa - the first in a series of project moves to the country.

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    Allport opens in Belgium

    2015-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Allport Cargo Services has opened a new division in Belgium, which will be headed up by Victor Wever.

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    UTC urges renewal of US Ex-Im Bank

    2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - UTC Overseas is pushing for the Congressional renewal of the 81-year-old U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) before it expires on July 1, 2015.

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    Panalpina makes Egyptian buy

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    May 29 - Panalpina is to acquire its long-standing Egyptian agent, Afifi - a family-owned company specialising in freight forwarding, Customs clearance and logistics.

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    The Friday Flyer - May 29th 2015

    2015-05-29T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    WWPC member duo join forces

    2015-05-28T00:00:00Z

    May 28 - Members of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), Portlog International and Steder Group, have jointly managed the transportation of pipes and dredging equipment from Mexico to Nigeria.

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    Vanguard in power project duo

    2015-05-27T00:00:00Z

    May 27 - Vanguard was contracted to provide the warehousing, transportation and installation of heavy equipment for the Dedisa and Avon open-cycle gas turbine peaking power plants in South Africa.