Cargolux calls at Incheon
July 17 - Cargolux Italia has launched a Boeing 747 service between Milan Malpensa Airport, Italy and Incheon, South Korea.
Views: 137
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Express discharge at the port of Tyne
July 17 - Höegh Autoliners has transported five Hitachi TransPennine Express train carriages from Kobe, Japan to the port of Tyne in the UK.
Views: 154
Nicholson named UKHMA vice president
July 17 - Forth Ports’ Ashley Nicholson has been named vice president of the UK Harbour Masters Association (UKHMA).
Views: 160
ALE completes submarine launch
July 17 - ALE has launched a 1,331-tonne submarine, measuring 61 m in length, in Indonesia.
Views: 137
BigMove goes digital for licenses
July 17 - BigMove – a European alliance of 13 medium-sized logistics companies – is introducing digital driving licenses for its network of 1,000 drivers.
Views: 171
Carnival Vista loaded aboard BOKA Vanguard
July 16 - Boskalis has loaded the cruise ship Carnival Vista on its semi-submersible heavy lift vessel BOKA Vanguard for repair works.
Views: 488
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ESTA joins EC best practice project
July 16 - The European association of abnormal road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA) has been asked to support a European Commission study to “explore health, safety and environment (HSE) best practice in the wind power sector”.
Views: 592
LDA installs kite system
July 16 - Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has fitted its ro-ro vessel Ville de Bordeaux with an AirSeas kite system, as it looks to develop the use of wind propulsion technologies.
Views: 493
Sarens partners with Moir Crane
July 16 - Sarens has teamed up with Canada’s Moir Crane as the two companies look to capitalise on the region’s upcoming construction projects.
Views: 610
Sectors | Shipping | Overland | Logistics | Airfreight | Ports and terminals | Networks | Archive
ALE’s Kazakhstan road trip
July 16 - ALE has completed a 3,400 km overland delivery in Kazakhstan – the longest road haul the company has performed in the country.
Views: 464
Rambiz installs Zeebrugge lock gate
July 16 - Jan De Nul’s heavy lift vessel Rambiz has installed the renovated lock gate of the Pierre Vandamme lock in Zeebrugge.
Views: 463
Karl Gross teams up with Natco
July 15 - Bremen-headquartered Karl Gross Group and Natco SA have formed an exclusive partnership in South Africa.
Views: 831
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ACS delivers in Niger
July 12 - Air Charter Service (ACS) has arranged four Antonov AN-124 flights to transport nearly 400 tonnes of time sensitive components for a power plant in Niger.
Views: 876
ArcelorMittal acquires Kamag slab transporter
July 10 - Kamag, a part of the TII Group, has delivered an oversized slab transporter to an ArcelorMittal facility in Germany.
Views: 1226
BLG welcomes heaviest ro-ro shipment
July 10 - Bertling Logistics Germany has coordinated the transport of a 330-ton (300-tonne) Siemens gas turbine from Auckland, New Zealand to BLG Logistics’ terminal in Bremerhaven, Germany.
Views: 1100
Bolloré in semi-sub project
July 9 - Bolloré Transport & Logistics Côte d’Ivoire has coordinated the load out of four seismic research vessels onto ZPMC’s semi-submersible heavy lift ship Zhen Hua 34.
Views: 1040
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Gulf of Guinea still piracy hot spot
July 15 - Of the 75 seafarers taken hostage or kidnapped for ransom worldwide this year so far, 62 were captured in the Gulf of Guinea – off the coasts of Nigeria, Guinea, Togo, Benin and Cameroon – according to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).
Views: 585
Maersk sets ambitious logistics goals
July 10 - A.P. Møller Mærsk reportedly wants half of its earnings to come form inland logistics, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Views: 1736
Bleaker outlook for multipurpose sector
July 5 - Drewry has downgraded its outlook for the multipurpose shipping market in light of weaker projected global economic growth, greater competition from dry bulk and container sectors, and a lack of ship demolition activity.
Views: 1691
Equipment
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MacGregor moves forward with TTS acquisition
July 15 - MacGregor’s acquisition of the marine and offshore businesses of TTS Group has received clearance from the Chinese competition authorities.
Views: 554
Lifting Gear Hire rebrands as LGH
July 15 - Equipment rental specialist Lifting Gear Hire has rebranded as LGH in order to standardise its corporate identity across the group’s 36 locations.
Views: 664
Sims Crane names Baldree
July 12 - Florida’s Sims Crane & Equipment has appointed Thomas Baldree as vice president of the company’s operations/utility division.
Views: 773
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