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Congo Terminal continues to expand

Congo Terminal continues to upgrade the Port of Pointe-Noire and has just achieved a new milestone with the completion of the extension works of the yard surface area of dock…

Access platforms

Haulotte expands in Africa

Haulotte has recently expanded its sales and service network in Africa. The European manufacturer of aerial work platforms has signed a distribution contract with Centrocar Angola and Centrocar Mozambique to…

Africa

15 new gantries for MPS

Meridian Port Services (MPS) has recently signed a purchase agreement with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited (ZPMC) for the acquisition of 15 new gantry cranes, including 3 STS cranes…

Africa

Dakar Terminal granted Green Terminal label

Dakar Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports and operator of the El Hadji Malick SY ro-ro terminal, has been awarded the Green Terminal label. Dakar Terminal is the fifth port…

Africa

DP World marks the start of construction of new port in Senegal

DP World and the Government of Senegal have laid the first stone to mark the start of the construction of the new Port of Ndayane. The ceremony follows the concession agreement…

Africa

Congo Terminal breaks container handling record

Congo Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports, exceeded the volume of one million shipping containers handled in 2021, having managed 1,003,734 TEUs over the course of the year. With the…

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Africa

Sandvik secures tunneling equipment order in the EMEA region

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has been awarded a contract in the EMEA region valued at around SEK 1 billion for the supply of tunnelling equipment, roadheaders and underground drill…

Acquisitions

Bolloré receives an offer from MSC to acquire Bolloré Africa Logistics

The Bolloré Group has received an offer from the MSC Group to acquire 100% of Bolloré Africa Logistics, comprising all of the Bolloré Group’s transport and logistics activities in Africa,…

Africa

Scania appoints new Head of Sales and Marketing

Stefano Fedel, currently Scania’s Regional Executive Director for Eurasia, Middle East and Africa, has been appointed Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing. He takes up the position…

Africa

Sarens completes operation within Egyptian military zone

From September of 2020 through June of 2021, Sarens has raised six STS cranes at Port Said in Egypt. The project, which involved inserting 11,5m extension legs below each STS…

Africa

AD Ports Group and the Egyptian Group for Multipurpose Terminals Sign MoU to Develop and Operate Multipurpose Terminal in Safaga Port

AD Ports Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Egyptian Group for Multipurpose Terminals, the commercial arm of the Egyptian Ministry of Transportation, for the development and…

Africa

More Gaussin for Bolloré Ports

Bolloré Ports has ordered two new Gaussin electric terminal tractors and a multi-charge station to equip Freetown Terminal in Sierra Leone. This is the third time Bolloré Ports has placed…

Africa

Hareket’s new investment opens another door

Hareket, the specialist in heavy lifting and project transportation, expands its activities with new investments made at Bautino TS Marine Base Port in Kazakhstan. By increasing the evacuation capacity of…

Africa

Mammoet works on Djibouti’s first wind farm project

Mammoet Djibouti, the regional office for Mammoet’s Horn of Africa and East Africa operations, has been contracted by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to offload and assemble 17 wind turbines, these…

Africa

Bolloré Logistics multi-site certification has been extended

Bolloré Logistics has obtained an extension on its multi-site certification that comprises all the standards relating to workplace safety, quality management and the environment. More than 420 sites are now…

Africa

Bolloré Transport & Logistics wins at East Africa Maritime Awards

Bolloré Transport & Logistics has been named the Best Regional Cargo Logistics Provider at the East Africa Maritime Awards held on Friday 17th September at the Sarova Whitesands Hotel, Mombasa.…

Africa

Kalmar secures two orders in Kenya

Kalmar has secured two orders from long-term customer Kenya Port Authority (KPA) for its Mombasa Container Terminal. The first order, for three forklift trucks, was booked in Cargotec’s Q2 order…

Africa

Mammoet Terminal Crane saves time in Nigeria

Procurement and logistics provider CAB van der Vinne needed to transport a multicat vessel from the UAE to Nigeria. The Rebecca Multicat tugboat was originally due to be transported on…

Africa

Sarens pulls off a success In Ghana

Sarens has been contracted for an important lifting operation at a power plant in Tema, Ghana, for client Metka and project owner Early Power Limited. This particular project required a…

Africa

P&O Maritime Logistics and IO Materials Services bring revolutionary cargo system to Africa

P&O Maritime Logistics and Nigerian firm IO Materials Services (IOMS) jointly announce the launch of the new ‘FlexDELIVERY™’ model to provide integrated last-mile delivery services to the offshore energy industry…

Africa

AD Ports Group and CMA CGM invest in new terminal at Khalifa Port

AD Ports Group and France-based CMA CGM Group have announced the signing of a 35-year concession agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, a new terminal will be established in…

Africa

Antonov Airlines delivers medical supplies to Namibia

Antonov Airlines has safely transported medical supplies at short notice from Germany to Namibia on the world’s largest aircraft, the AN-225 “Mriya”. The mission was executed under the Strategic Airlift International Solution…

Africa

The 1,300th maritime crane shipped to Ghana

Since the start of production in 2005, Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock GmbH has manufactured and delivered well over 1,000 maritime cranes. Today, the numerous mobile harbour, ship and offshore cranes are in…

Africa

Historic move in Mozambique

For an offshore project in the South of Africa, Fymonville’s CombiMAX modular trailer combinations took on an important function for the supply of materials weighing tons. Large components for a gas…

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