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8th February 20228th February 2022

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 and 12 eRTG cranes. This USD 53.31 million investment will enhance the capacity at Terminal 3 in the Port of Tema and also reflects MPS' …

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23rd September 202123rd September 2021

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 tight turnaround, with just under four months available to finalise commercial discussions, contract negotiation, engineering, shipping, and on-site assembly. The first challenge was the equipment …

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14th July 202114th July 2021

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 (SALIS) programme. The AN-225, which has recently returned to commercial operation took off from its home base at Kyiv-Antonov, Ukraine and flew to Liepzig-Halle airport, …

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7th July 20217th July 2021

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 use in over 100 countries on all continents. Now the 1,300th crane has left the Rostock premises to its destination in Ghana. The LHM 550 …

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23rd February 202123rd February 2021

MPS Terminal 3 connects Africa and South America

Terminal 3 of MPS (Meridian Port Services Limited) in Ghana is the backbone of the maritime service between Africa and South America. The container terminal at the port of Tema enables the CMA CGM and MSC ship owners to connect Africa with the South American market. MSC benefits from a berthing window on the MPS …

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17th February 202117th February 2021

Antonov airlines completes urgent transport from Ghana to India

Antonov Airlines and Rhenus Projects Logistics USA have completed an urgent transport of a 54-tonne rotor from Ghana to India for repairs. Rhenus Project Logistics USA chartered the flight to carry the 10.50 m long, 3.89 m wide, 4.13 m high rotor from Accra, Ghana, to Mumbai, India, and back. Antonov Airlines used loading equipment …

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26th November 202026th November 2020

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 daily business, but this mission was really exceptional within the exceptional. It’s a prestigious project and sets a benchmark”, declared Peter Everett from MONPE Heavy …

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16th April 201916th April 2019

Chevron announces agreement to purchase Anadarko

This acquisition for a total value of $ 50 billion (the cost of repurchase + the repurchase of Anadarko's debt) will strengthen the position in shale oil and liquefied natural gas.Thanks to this purchase, Chevron will get its hands on a very important natural gas field in Mozambique, on various oil fields in Algeria as …

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15th January 2019

Monpe Ventures uses Faymonville ModulMAX axle lines to transport a 125t suction pile in Ghana

The Ghanaian heavy transport specialist Monpe Ventures has recently transported a 125t suction pile over a distance of 3 km using ModulMAX axle lines from Faymonville. The major challenges of this project were the weight and the dimensions as well as the request to move the 16 m high suction pile in a vertical position. …

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