BBC Chartering June 2015 - BBC successfully delivered 22 diesel locomotives to Africa‘s Rift Valley Railways (RVR) in Mombasa. BBC Vermont delivered the first batch of 3 locomotives in September 2014, and BBC Ganges completed the shipment with a final batch of 4 locomotives in June 2015.With weights of about 105mt each locomotive was loaded and unloaded using the vessel’s own gear through dual lifting operations. The BBC Ganges is a 17,000 dwt MPP / HL vessel which provides a lifting capacity of 500mt (2x 250mt) and an additional crane with 80mt. BBC Chartering operates seven vessels of this type. The locomotives are re-engineered and re-fitted B23-7 General Electric diesel locomotives from a factory in Illinois. According to Qalaa Holdings, the railways operator’s majority shareholder, th

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