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BMMI expands in Africa.


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Bahrain Maritime & Mercantile Relating to trade or commerce; commercial; having to do with the business of buying and selling; relating to merchants.

A mercantile agency is an individual or company in the business of collecting data about the financial status, ability, and credit of individuals
 (BMMI) has announced the expansion of its contract services and supply business in Africa, following the completion of a share purchase agreement with Compass Group The British company Compass Group LSE: CPG is one of the largest food service businesses in the world. It provides catering services to many types of institutions, for example schools, hospitals, companies and nursing homes.  Central Asia, Middle East and Africa (Camea).

Camea specialises in the provision of integrated support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services  throughout the region.

This investment has seen BMMI expanding their business activities into a further four African countries - Mali, Gabon, Ghana and Sudan - with future plans to investigate several other neighbouring regions.

BMMI currently have a logistics operation in Djibouti, East Africa, which services governmental and overseas military operations This is a list of missions, operations, and projects. Missions in support of other missions are not listed independently. World War I
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.

The new business venture, branded global sourcing and supply (GSS (storage) GSS - Group-Sweeping Scheduling. ), is aimed at successfully providing a comprehensive range of remote site services, to commercial enterprises, governmental and NGO NGO
abbr.
nongovernmental organization

Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government
nongovernmental organization
 clients in developing markets.

Operating in remote sites, defence and off-shore sectors GSS supplies its range of services to industries as diverse as mining, construction and oil and gas.

"This agreement represents a major step forward in our strategy to forge new tactical alliances and business partnerships in order to expand the Group's presence in the region and to widen the base of our core business activities," said, Abdulla Buhindi, BMMI chairman.

"GSS will enhance shareholders' value with a potentially superior long-term return on their investment in a regional rather than a national-based company," he added.

"It will enable the group to take advantage of new investment opportunities in regional markets, and provide a sound base for future growth."

BMMI chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
 Robert Smith Robert Smith, Bob Smith or Bobby Smith may refer to:

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  • Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915), Australian businessman and philanthropist
  • Robert H.
 said: "This latest development underlines the objective of BMMI to enter new areas where we can tap into our core business competencies and add value."

"GSS will widen the spread of the group's contract services and supply business, and open up further new market opportunities across the region," he explained.

"BMMI is committed to continuously expand and enhance its provision of leading-edge logistics, supply chain, warehousing and camp services in the Middle East and Africa,' he added.

'We have now formed several alliances and teaming arrangements with specialist companies to enable us to provide turnkey solutions that are both time sensitive and professionally project managed." -- TradeArabia News Service

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Date:Mar 23, 2009
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