All Asia articles – Page 231

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    Antwerp seeks to strengthen links with China

    2012-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 -To emphasise the importance of Antwerp in world trade for the South China market too, the Belgian port is organising a road show that is currently visiting the southern Chinese ports of Shenzhen and Guangzhou from October 15 - 19, 2012.

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    Chapman Freeborn marks 15 years in Belgium

    2012-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 - Global broker Chapman Freeborn Airchartering is celebrating 15 years of chartering success through its office in Belgium.

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - With HLPFI staff returning from the Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta and Houston's Breakbulk America event, it's all hands now back on deck at the office. Tales of joint ventures, takeovers and mergers throughout the industry have dominated this we

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    Lift and Shift Engineering now operational in Oman

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Lift and Shift Engineering Middle East LLC (LSEME), a joint venture between FASTCO LLC, an OHI Group company and India's Apurva Parikh Group Company - known as Lift and Shift India Pvt Ltd, has started operations in Oman.

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    Chapman Freeborn extends on board courier services

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has further expanded its specialist On Board Courier (OBC) services with the launch of a new office in Hong Kong.

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    Damco acquires Pacific Network Global Logistics

    2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

    October 12 - Damco is set to acquire PacNet, a leading freight forwarder in China and Australia, with almost 400 employees and a turnover of USD180 million in its last financial year (2011), as well as offices in Italy, India, the UK and the USA.

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    Guinness first for Almajdouie

    2012-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - The Almajdouie Group LLC, a member of both the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) and the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) networks in Saudi Arabia, has become the first Saudi private company to appear in Guinness Book of World Records.

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    Clipper Group celebrates 40 years

    2012-10-11T00:00:00Z

    October 11 - October 1972 witnessed the founding of the first Clipper company by Torben G. Jensen and the company is now celebrating its 40th anniversary in shipping.

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    Teesport sees a million tonnes of SSI slab steel

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - SSI UK has recently achieved a major milestone having exported over one million tonnes of steel slab through PD Ports-owned Teesport in the UK.

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    Prangl keeps Romanian tram on track

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Austrian logistics company Prangl GmbH has handled the shipment of a tram from Romania to Germany.

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    Cardinal Maritime restructures ownership

    2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

    October 10 - Manchester, UK-based freight logistics provider, Cardinal Maritime Group, has completed a deal with founder Brian Hay that has delivered control of the business to the management team.

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    Clipper Projects transports wire rope reel for offshore industry

    2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

    October 9 - At 340 tonnes, a wire rope reel which was shipped on Clipper Projects' Clipper Century was the heaviest item delivered by its manufacturer to date.

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    International Chamber of Shipping welcomes IMO comments

    2012-10-08T00:00:00Z

    October 8 - The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which claims to represent over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, has welcomed the acknowledgment by governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that there will be significant

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    The Friday Flyer

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - With three members of HLPFI staff at the Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta and two others heading to Houston for next week's Breakbulk America's event, it's been a little like the Marie Celeste in our head office this week.The news that Turkey, a key

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    Peters & May signs up with Marine Invest to use Flat Rail system

    2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

    October 5 - Peters & May, in conjunction with Marine Invest, have signed an exclusive agreement securing the use of the patented Flat Rail system in the UK, Italy and the USA.

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    Bati ships crane from Turkey to Australia

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Afghanistan-based Project Cargo Network (PCN) member, Bati Project & Heavy Lift Logistics Ltd (an affiliated company of Bati Group) successfully moved a heavyweight Manitowac 16000 crawler crane with all its rigging equipment to Brisbane, Aust

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    Breakbulk China 2013 to focus on developments, transport solutions

    2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

    October 3 - Breakbulk China 2013 will attract 150 exhibitors and 5,000 qualified participants to the expo and two-day conference to network and discuss the future development of the industry and transportation solutions, say the organisers.

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    Volga-Dnepr delivers for the Silk Way Rally

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Once again, Volga-Dnepr Airlines' has supported the air unit participating in the Silk Way Rally 2012.

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    Container weighing delayed

    2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

    October 2 - Last week saw two flag states raise concerns about container weighing proposals that will almost certainly delay efforts to bring in mandatory regulations, though not stop them altogether.

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    Massive cargoes for King Fahd Industrial Port

    2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

    October 1 - King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia has handled two huge adapters carried from Korea onboard Hanjin Pioneer and belonging to the Marafiq company.