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Kribi Conteneurs Terminal inaugurates direct Asia-Africa line

Kribi Conteneurs Terminal (KCT) welcomed the CMA CGM Cendrillon ship on 17 August 2020. Measuring 334 metres long and with a capacity of 8,645 TEUs, the vessel inaugurated the direct…

Africa

Double delivery to Algeria for Faymonville

Faymonville has recently delivered two MultiMAX low-loaders to its Algerian customer DTR. They have been driven to Marseille from where they were shipped to Mostaganem. The semi-trailers with a basic…

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Haulotte names new distributor for 12 African countries

Haulotte has named Premium Group as a distributor of the full range of its aerial equipment and telehandlers in Morocco, Senegal, Guinea Conakry, Mauritania, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Cameroon,…

Africa

Fagioli and Somalew Cranes & Logistics form strategic alliance

Fagioli SPA, Italy, and Somalev Cranes & Logistics, based in Morocco, have formed a strategic alliance to provide heavy lifting services to many upcoming projects in Morocco and region. Fagioli,…

Africa

Kuenz installs first cranes in Africa

In 2016, Kuenz won a contract with APM Terminals, a subsidiary of Maersk Group, to deliver 42 ASCs to a new automated terminal in the Port of Tanger, Morocco. Kuenz…

Acquisitions

CEVA Logistics expands in Africa

CEVA Logistics is launching a three-part expansion plan for the African market with the aim to become one of the leading, continent-wide market player. The logistics solutions provider is accelerating…

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Haulotte wins another order in Africa

Farrisia, official distributor of Haulotte Africa, has recently delivered ten HTL 4017 to Etablissement Central de Construction (ECC), a subsidiary of the Algerian Ministry of Defence specialising in carpentry and…

Africa

Conakry Terminal takes delivery of four new Konecranes RTGs

In the beginning of April, Conakry Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports, took delivery of four Konecranes RTG gantries. This investment is a part of the plan to modernise the…

Africa

Bolloré Ports boosts electronic payment solutions in Dakar

Bolloré Ports is stepping up the implementation of electronic payment solutions at Dakar Terminal, the operator of the Ro-Ro terminal in the Senegalese capital. The IES web portal rolled out…

Africa

Bolloré Transport & Logistics Morocco commits for the logistics of ten million masks

Bolloré Transport & Logistics Morocco has offered its logistics management services for ten million medical masks intended for the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior and other public-service institutions. With this…

Africa

Eight Liebherr RTGs for DP World’s terminal in Berbera

Liebherr Container Cranes will supply eight RTGs to DP World’s terminal in Berbera, Somaliland, following a recently signed contract. The new cranes are part of a phased expansion of the…

Africa

Kalmar delivers to Tanzania, Africa

Kalmar will supply Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) with a total of six Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for use at Dar es Salaam port following an order booked in Q1…

Acquisitions

Tadano unifies its commercial approach

Lifting companies operating in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Russia will benefit from a more rational business approach which will allow them to offer the full range of Tadano…

Africa

Bolloré Transport & Logistics boosts its presence in Ethiopia

Bolloré Transport & Logistics has officially opened a new agency in Ethiopia. This subsidiary was created as part of a joint venture between Bolloré Transport & Logistics and the Ethiopian…

Africa

Italgru supplies two more cranes to Africa

After the successful delivery of its 80t crane model, IMHC1580, to the Mediterranean Port of Tenes in Algeria, the Italian manufacturer wins a new order for two Italgru cranes, IMHC2120E,…

Africa

SPIE Oil & Gas Services names new Managing Director

European provider of multi-technical services in the fields of energy and communications, SPIE Oil & Gas Services, has announced the appointment of Christophe Bernhard as Managing Director, succeeding Yves Compañy,…

Africa

BOLLORÉ TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS CONFIRMS A CONCESSION CONTRACT FOR THE RO-RO TERMINAL IN PORT SAÏD

Bolloré Transport & Logistics, Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) have recently signed a concession contract with the Suez Canal Economic Zone for the future Ro-Ro terminal in Port Said,…

Africa

Sarens positions Olympic swimming pool roof in Algeria

On behalf of client CEDY, Sarens recently completed the installation of a wooden frame for an Olympic swimming pool roof in Algiers, Algeria. For this operation, Sarens selected the CC2800-1…

Distributors

Himoinsa’s continued growth in Africa and the Middle East

Himoinsa Africa and Middle East Distributors Convention, hosted by the South African cities of Rustenburg and Port Elizabeth, has gathered more than 30 companies from 16 different countries. The purpose…

Container Cranes

First Konecranes RTG’s for Morocco

Konecranes will deliver 16 Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes to Tanger Alliance, Tangier, following an order booked in May 2019. The 16 Konecranes RTGs will be working at the new…

Energy

Successful start-up of Egyptian Refinery

Qatar Petroleum has announced the successful start-up of the Egyptian Refining Company (ERC) Refinery project located in Mostorod, north of the Egyptian capital Cairo. Qatar Petroleum owns 38.1% in the…

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Tailor-made training and maintenance by Genie

A fleet of articulating and telescopic rough terrain Genie GS scissor lifts, S, Z and also Xtra Capacity (XC) boom lifts, owned by Kinross Tasiast Company and operated by its…

Air Cargo

Volga-Dnepr Group ensures emergency Ebola delivery

Volga-Dnepr Group took a part in the Mérieux Foundation’s efforts to control the Ebola virus disease epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by undertaking a special cargo flight…

Heavy lift

ALE ensures mining vessel engine replacement

De Beers has turned to ALE to ensure the removal and replacement of two engines on its Debmar Pacific mining vessel. Since 2002 diamond operations in Namibia have taken place…

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