All Africa articles – Page 91

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    GAC restructures UK operations

    2011-01-05T00:00:00Z

    January 5 - Global shipping, logistics and marine services group GAC has announced the merger of its UK operations.

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    ALE installs generator and a gas turbine

    2011-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - ALE has installed a gas turbine weighing 350 tonnes and a generator weighing 410 tonnes in the Koudiet Ed Draouch Combined Cycle Power Plant (El Tarf Algeria).

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    Fairstar's Fjord wins CLOV FPSO contract

    2011-01-03T00:00:00Z

    January 3 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has signed a contract with DSME to transport FPSO components from Angola to Korea for the CLOV FPSO.

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    Dockwise sees promise following announcement of new contracts

    2010-12-31T00:00:00Z

    December 31 - Dockwise has signed a USD25 million contract with an affiliate of Chevron USA for the transportation of the Jack and St. Malo hull from Korea to the Gulf of Mexico.

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    Cargo network adds Moroccan member

    2010-12-31T00:00:00Z

    December 31 - Fast Global Logistics based in Casablanca has been appointed as a member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network in Morocco representing the service categories: heavy haulage, crane operators and export packers.

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    GPLN adds two more

    2010-12-30T00:00:00Z

    December 30 - The Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) is ending 2010 on a high note with the appointment of new members in Egypt and Brazil.

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    IMO records 27 ship robberies in West African region

    2010-12-30T00:00:00Z

    December 30 - Local media reports based on International Maritime Organisation (IMO) information suggest that there were 27 incidents involving piracy and armed robbery against ships engaged in international shipping within the first to third quarters of

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    China Navigation orders eight MPVs

    2010-12-29T00:00:00Z

    December 29 - The China Navigation Company Pte (CNCo), the deep sea shipping arm of the Swire group, has ordered eight multipurpose vessels each of 31,000 dwt and valued at a total of USD300 million, to be bulit at Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co Ltd (Ouhu

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    Allport merges with CS Logistics

    2010-12-24T00:00:00Z

    December 24 - Allport, one of the UK's largest freight forwarding and logistics companies, is merging with CS Logistics Holdings Limited, the parent company of Cargo Services Far East Limited, and based in Hong Kong and China.

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    GPLN welcomes Velogic Madagascar as its latest member

    2010-12-23T00:00:00Z

    December 23 - Velogic Madagascar is a french owned company which is part of a group specialising in logistics in the Indian Ocean. Operations are also in Mozambique and Mauritius.

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    The show will go on, thanks to Volga-Dnepr

    2010-12-23T00:00:00Z

    December 23 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines arranged two AN-124-100 freighter flights from Vatry, France to Dakar, Senegal, carrying theatrical stage and sound equipment for the Festival Mondial des Arts N

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    Lerwick starts next development phase

    2010-12-22T00:00:00Z

    December 22 - In Scotland, Lerwick Port Authority's continuing development of its harbour is moving into the next phase following the award of a GBP4.6 million (USD7.12 million) contract to create a new berth and related improvements at Greenhead Base.

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    Turners Shipping joins BDP Global Network

    2010-12-22T00:00:00Z

    December 22 - Turners Shipping (Pty) Ltd from South Africa has become a Premium Partner in the BDP Global Network - an alliance of small to mid-sized logistics companies.

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    Safmarine upgrades services between the Far East and both sides of Africa

    2010-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Safmarine's Far East - East Africa network has been further upgraded with the introduction of a direct service connecting Tanjung Pelepas and the South Chinese ports of Nansha and Yantian, with Mombasa and Dar Es Salaam.

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    Balnak hits 25 percent growth in 2010

    2010-12-17T00:00:00Z

    December 17 - Turkish transport operator Balnak Lojistik is closing 2010 with a performance which exceeds budgetary targets says president of the board of directors, L

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    Brace of Cargolux movements to South Africa

    2010-12-03T00:00:00Z

    December 3 - South African mining and oil industry interests created two recent movements for maindeck capacity provider Cargolux to the country.

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    Forwarders says Nigerian cargo fee is unjustified

    2010-12-02T00:00:00Z

    December 2 - Nigerian Ports Authority's (NPA) introduction of the cargo tracking note (CTN) system to bolster cargo security and safety is a continuing source of controversy amid claims that the system is having "dire consequences" on the country's import

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    D'Alessandro joins GPLN in Tunisia

    2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - The D'Alessandro Group of Companies has joined the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN) as its representative in Tunisia.

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    Young freight forwarder of the year winner announced

    2010-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - Philipp Kueffner, a 23-year-old shipping and forwarding agent with Karl Gross Internationale Speditions of Bremen, Germany, has won the twelfth annual Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award. The award was presented recently

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    PIL adds ships to West Africa multi-purpose service

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    November 26 - Pacific International Lines (PIL) has confirmed reports that it has introduced four 17,500-dwt vessels, acquired secondhand from Schoeller Holdings of Germany, to the multi purpose service that it reintroduced earlier this year in the trade