All Africa articles – Page 87

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    CSAL adds Charleston-Africa service

    2011-07-24T00:00:00Z

    June 24 - Canada States Africa Line (CSAL) is adding Charleston to the port rotation for its bulk, breakbulk and ro-ro service between North America and southern Africa.

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    Steder Group to represent WWPC in Djibouti and Ethiopia

    2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

    July 21 - Steder Group FZE, a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) in The Netherlands, recently established an Office, Warehouse and Freezone land area in Djibouti, and in Ethiopia, to support their project cargo operations.

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    Chapman Freeborn's special sledge delivers cost savings

    2011-07-19T00:00:00Z

    July 19 - The latest of several large movements in recent weeks saw global aircraft charter specialist, Chapman Freeborn Airchartering, coordinate the air transportation of a giant piece of oil and gas equipment from Malaysia to Congo to support offshore

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    Globalink's Air Freight Division takes off

    2011-07-14T00:00:00Z

    July 14 - Globalink Logistics Group was approached by the Civil Aviation Authorities in Kazakhstan to handle the movement of airport equipment from USA and France to Astana, Kazakhstan.

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    Independent freight forwarders meet in Africa for second conference

    2011-07-13T00:00:00Z

    July 13 - Nairobi, Kenya was the location late last month of a gathering of independent freight forwarders from around the world as they participated in the second African Regional Freight Forwarders Conference.

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    GAC Russia celebrates 10th anniversary with commitment to project and marine

    2011-07-13T00:00:00Z

    July 13 - GAC has marked ten years in Russia with an announcement of plans to develop enhanced marine services to support offshore energy projects in Russian waters.

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    Perth says aye, aye Cap'n to DB Schenker

    2011-07-11T00:00:00Z

    July 11 - DB Schenker has been appointed exclusive international transport and logistics services provider for the world sailing championships in Perth, Australia later this year.

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    African demand for heavy lift set to grow beyond 2021

    2011-07-05T00:00:00Z

    July 5 - Africa is one of the few regions of the world where there is genuine expectation of large scale heavy lift growth in the next decade, claims global shipping forwarder and agent Tuscor Lloyds.

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    The Italian job fails to defeat Tuscor Lloyds

    2011-07-04T00:00:00Z

    July 4 - A perfect storm of public holidays, unsafe and illegal material handling equipment as well as road works along the projected route greeted global project cargo specialists Tuscor Lloyds when it handled a significant high and heavy load after disc

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    Dockwise to convert contract backlog to firm orders

    2011-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - A backlog of multi-million dollar contracts worth more than USD40 million for the moving of offshore equipment and heavyweight barge movements will be completed by Q3 2011, says Dutch leading marine contractor Dockwise.

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    Ahlers scores a quartet of successful project shipments

    2011-06-20T00:00:00Z

    June 20 - Antwerp-based Ahlers Forwarding has seen some recent significant movements from Asia to developing markets, highlighting the growing importance of Asia to the global project cargo business.

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    Three-way partnership for emergency relief

    2011-06-16T00:00:00Z

    June 16 - World Vision, Agility and Advance Aid have created a three-way partnership that will enable African-produced emergency relief goods to be provided to assist in African emergencies- a first of its kind.

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    PCN duo join forces to move vessel

    2011-06-13T00:00:00Z

    June 13 - Two members of the Project Cargo Network have worked together to oversee the movement of an MLB47 / Textron Vessel (an ex-US Coast Guard boat) from Livorno, Italy to Valletta , Malta.

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    Dania Marine transfers ship to Varamar's management

    2011-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - Dania Marine, and its Danish bank, have transferred the commercial management of Thor Venture into the supervision of Ukrainian-based Varamar Ltd, representing White Whale Shipping, changing the ship's name to Venture Whale.

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    Qatar Airways buys into Cargolux

    2011-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - Cargolux has entered into a strategic partnership with Doha-based Qatar Airways. The deal includes the acquisition by Qatar Airways of a 35 percent stake in Cargolux and a commercial cooperation.

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    Staffing agency points to potential future staff shortages

    2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - An employment and staffing agency that specialises in supplying hoisting and lifting, heavy lift and specialised transport personnel has passed its third anniversary and noted continuing industry trends that could lead to staff shortages in the n

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    Out of Africa as OTAL lowers its flag

    2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - It's the end of the line for a stalwart of container shipping for Africa as OT Africa Line, a CMA-CGM group company, is rebranded this month under the Delmas brand.

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    PCN recruits Canadian member

    2011-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has appointed its first member in Canada.

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    Terra firma provides business for Plate Logistics

    2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - Buenos Aires-based project forwarder Plate Logistics has undertaken a number of contracts that highlight the importance of underground exploration to the project cargo sector.

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    Global corporations turn to independent agents claims WCA

    2011-06-02T00:00:00Z

    June 2 - There is growing evidence that the world's largest industrial manufacturers and distributors are turning to independent freight forwarders, especially those that are members of worldwide networks, to help fulfill their global logistics requiremen