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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

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

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…

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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

Aveva and IMI extend collaboration to accelerate maritime sector digital transformation in the Middle East and Africa

Aveva, one of the leaders in industrial software, and  International Maritime Industries (IMI), announced that they have extended their existing long-term collaboration with a new strategic partnership. The partnership will further…

Africa

Eight new Liebherr STS bring Tanger Alliance’s TC3 terminal to full capacity

Tanger Alliance at the TC3 terminal in Tanger Med in Morocco have received the final two of eight Liebherr ship to shore container cranes. The final crane entered service in…

Africa

CARGOES TOS+ (Zodiac) completes “go-live” at DP World Luanda terminal

DP World today announced that its CARGOES TOS+ (Zodiac) solution, a cloud-based Terminal Operating System (TOS), has completed its “go-live” at the Commercial Port of Luanda, Angola. CARGOES TOS+ is…

Africa

Portable Power appoints new General Manager for EMEA region

The Portable Power business of Doosan Bobcat has appointed Jan Moravec as General Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Jan has been with Portable Power for over 18…

Africa

Mammoet expands fleet in the Middle East and Africa

Mammoet has added eight cranes to its fleet in the Middle East, Africa and Caspian (MEA) region. A 600t crawler crane, a 400t, two 250t and 100t capacity all-terrain cranes,…

Air Cargo

Dachser Air & Sea Logistics makes changes in regional management

Dachser Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) has reorganized the management of its business units in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Americas regions. The position of Managing Director…

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Roll Group completes first Factory to Foundation project in the Middle East

Roll Group UAE has recently completed its first Factory to Foundation project in the Middle East. The Module transportation started in December 2020 and was completed in 5 weeks. Phase…

Africa

Sany delivers ten reach stackers to Port Sudan

Sany has recently delivered ten SRSC45H1 reach stackers to Port Sudan. The units were fully commissioned only one week after this batch of equipment arrived at the port in northern…

Africa

New Managing Director of Bolloré Transport & Logistics Nigeria

Bolloré Transport & Logistics has appointed Folashade Akanni-Shelle as a new Managing Director in Nigeria, effective from October 1st 2020. She takes over from Jean-Baptiste Rambaud, who is pursuing his…

Africa

Cometto SPMT ensures transport for a power plant project in Ivory Coast

Bolloré Transport & Logistics has transported 900 tons of equipment for the construction of phase 4 of the Azito power plant in Ivory Coast. Including among others a turbine and…

Africa

Subsea 7 wins contract in Angola

Subsea 7 has been awarded a substantial contract by Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC). The contract is for the Sanha Lean Gas Connection (SLGC) project comprising the construction and…

Africa

Vinci signs €388 million contract to build dam in Senegal

Vinci Construction signed a €388 million worth contract with the Gambia River Basin Development Organisation (which involves The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal) to build the Sambangalou dam located in…

Africa

1,285 kilometers through Africa with Faymonville

Ghanaian heavy haulage specialist MONPE Heavy Haulage has successfully transported six power engines from Ghana port to Niger over a total distance of about 1,285 km. “Special transports are our…

Africa

Jumbo supports Subsea 7’s contracts in Angola

Jumbo has completed the first of two contracts supporting two of Subsea 7’s EPIC projects for Total in Angola: CLOV MPP and Zinia Phase 2. To complete the contracts, Jumbo…

Africa

Vinci wins €1.3 billion contract for Kenya’s motorway

The Republic of Kenya, through its Public Private Partnership Unit and the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), executed an agreement with Rift Valley Highway, a company owned by VINCI Highways…

Africa

Mammoet completes Africa’s heaviest ever equipment transport

Mammoet has moved Kenmare Resources plc’s mining plant from its previous mining area at Namalope to Pilivili, a new high-grade ore zone at the Moma Mine, in Mozambique. The transport…

Africa

Abidjan Terminal takes delivery of two fully electric APM 75T HE tractors

Abidjan Terminal, the operator of the container terminal at the Port of Abidjan, has taken delivery of two fully electric APM 75T HE tractors as part of the “Green Terminal”…

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