All Africa articles – Page 86

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    Africa West enhances services with additional aircraft

    2011-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - Togo-based Africa West Cargo has reinforced its fleet by leasing a second DC9 freighter, adding to the company's list of aircraft currently serving various destinations in West Africa and Central Africa.

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    Take five for H

    2011-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - Earlier this week, Bremerhaven, Germany, hosted five H

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    Safmarine enhances its Europe - West Africa service portfolio

    2011-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - Safmarine has reshuffled a number of its existing West Africa shipping services and introduced three new services - the WAF11, WAF12 and WAF13 - as part of its revised West Africa service portfolio.

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    Neeb & Schuch receive Liebherr mobile crane

    2011-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - The German based joint venture crane rental and transport company Neeb & Schuch has taken delivery of a new 500 tonne Liebherr LTM1500-8.1 mobile crane.

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    Keynote speaker announced for Breakbulk Africa

    2011-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Breakbulk Africa will take place from November 2-3, 2011 in Bremen, Germany and will feature a keynote speech from Klaus-Dieter Ruske, global transportation & logistics leader, Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

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    Pirates adopting new tactics says Neptune Maritime

    2011-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - Following a report filed on Sunday August 7th by the IMB Live Piracy Reporting Centre, which saw suspected Somali pirates at attempt to hijack a vessel off the coast of Eritrea in large numbers, Neptune Maritime Security raised concerns over t

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    Marmedsa Proyectos joins Project Cargo Network

    2011-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - With the appointment of Spain's Marmedsa Proyectos, the forwarder organisation, Project Cargo Network (PCN) says it now has 113 offices in 54 countries.

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    Insurers debate curse of piracy

    2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - When they meet next month in Paris, international marine underwriters will discuss all lines of marine insurance business.

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    Safmarine appoints Ben Line

    2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - Safmarine has appointed Ben Line Agencies in Asia to represent its Multi Purpose Vessel Services (MPV) business in this region.

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    Keynote speaker announced for Breakbulk Americas conference

    2011-08-15T00:00:00Z

    August 15 - Erik R. Peterson, director of A.T. Kearney's Global Business Policy Council and senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, will deliver the closing keynote address at the 22nd annual Breakbulk Americas Transportation

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    First of three for Maximus

    2011-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - Maximus Air Cargo has taken delivery of the first of three newly converted Airbus A300-600RP2F freighters.

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    Luxembourg-based companies support UNICEF famine relief efforts

    2011-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - In recognition of the need for quick and efficient help for the famine and drought victims in the Horn of Africa, a group of Luxembourg-based companies including ArcelorMittal Foundation, Cargolux, CFL, Enovos, LuxairCARGO, Paul Wurth and SES

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    New IMO armed guarding guidelines underline the need for vetting

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Gray Page, a leading specialist maritime intelligence, investigation and crisis management company, has said that the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee's (MSC) recently approved interim guidance on the employment of privately contracted armed sec

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    Humanitarian aid flown to Horn of Africa

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering's worldwide offices are involved in the effort to transport humanitarian relief supplies to help people affected by famine in the Horn of Africa.

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    Sugar is sweet for ALE

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    August 2 - Global heavy lifting and transport company, ALE has successfully completed the transportation of two CO2 vessels to the UK's biggest sugar supplier, British Sugar. The 28 metre long vessels were required as part of a site upgrade at the firm's

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    Teximarco signs on two key managers

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    August 1 - Nigerian project cargo forwarder Teximarco International has made two significant staff appointments.

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    Freight industry brings illiteracy to book

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    August 1 - Global freight forwarder DHL and shipping line Safmarine have teamed up to boost literacy in Senegal. The two will create the first community library in Kolda, Senegal.

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    Vanguard transports and installs monoblock press

    2011-07-29T00:00:00Z

    July 29 - Heavy lifting and plant relocation specialist, Vanguard, has handled the transport, rigging and installation of one of the largest monoblock blanking presses fabricated to date, for a leading South African steel supplier, Aveng Trident Steel.

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    ALS powers locomotive delivery to Mozambique

    2011-07-27T00:00:00Z

    July 27 - An effort to equip an African railway with new locomotives from Europe has been helped by ALS (Belgie).

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    ACS arranges first relief charters into stricken Eastern Africa

    2011-07-26T00:00:00Z

    July 26 - Air Charter Service has seen a huge increase in demand for charters to carry desperately needed humanitarian aid for the starving people of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, as The Horn of Africa suffers a crippling drought and famine.