All Asia articles – Page 247

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    Fourth modernised IL-76 in service with Volga-Dnepr

    2012-01-06T00:00:00Z

    January 6 - Moscow-based main deck air freight capacity provider Volga-Dnepr Airlines has added a fourth modernised IL-76TD-90VD cargo aircraft to its fleet.

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    Tight stow for the Jumbo Javelin

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    January 5 - Jumbo has transported two huge ship-to-shore (STS) Kalmar cranes from Taicang, China to Cartagena, Colombia for Cargotec.

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    CEE adds new member in India

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    January 5 - Allcargo Logistics has joined the Cargo Equipment Experts Ltd (CEE) as the network's member in India.

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    A sub out of water, thanks to Jumbo

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - A decommissioned submarine that will form a centrepiece of an eco-park in Malaysia has been transported above the waves from France to the country by Jumbo Shipping and its partners.

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    Advance manifest system now in force in Turkey

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - Turkish Customs has instigated an Entry Summary Declarations (ENS) or advance manifest system for containerised inbound or transit cargo on vessels, effective January 1, 2012.

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    Dahlman Rose predicts 9.3 percent increase in global energy E&P

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    January 4 - According to a report in the Wall Street Journal's Marketwatch, investment bank Dahlman Rose & Co is predicting that global energy companies are expected to continue spending more for exploration and production this year, despite sluggish econ

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    PPG starts year with new members

    2012-01-03T00:00:00Z

    January 3 - the Project Professionals Group (PPG) has begun 2012 by making new member appointments in Nigeria and Taiwan.

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    Jade Cargo puts temporary halt to operations

    2012-01-03T00:00:00Z

    January 3 - Jade Cargo International has announced the temporary suspension of services "due to overall weak air cargo demand".

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    Project Cargo Network doubles up in Iran

    2012-01-03T00:00:00Z

    January 3 - Saadat Sor'At International Transport has become the second official representative of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Iran, writes Charlotte Matheson.

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    Hartmann Asia Line adds fourth ship

    2012-01-03T00:00:00Z

    January 3 - H.S.A Chartering has added a fourth ship into the round-the-world (RTW) service operated by Hartmann Asia Line.

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    Successful tow for Fairmount Marine

    2011-12-31T00:00:00Z

    December 31 - Fairmount Marine's super tug, Fairmount Sherpa has successfully towed the jack-up drilling rig Baharia I to its new position in the Zeit Bay oil field in the Gulf of Suez.

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    Second time on the podium for Express Transport

    2011-12-30T00:00:00Z

    December 30 - Mumbai-based OOG and heavy lift project forwarder Express Transport (ETPL), a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has added 10 additional equipment items, including two 250-tonne Kobelco crawler cranes.

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    Turkish Cargo offers freighter service to Libya

    2011-12-30T00:00:00Z

    December 30 - From January 8, 2012, Turkish Cargo is planning to launch scheduled freighter flights from Istanbul to the Libyan airport Mitiga, 8 km from Tripoli.

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    Tiong Woon in rights issue

    2011-12-29T00:00:00Z

    December 29 - Singapore-based Tiong Woon Corporation Holding (TWC), an integrated services specialist and provider of infrastructure businesses, supporting oil and gas, petrochemical, power and construction sectors through the planning and design of heavy

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    Fairstar wins contract for rig transport

    2011-12-29T00:00:00Z

    December 29 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been awarded a USD2.6 million contract by Hercules Offshore to transport the jack-up drilling rig Hercules 185 from Pascagoula, Mississippi to West Africa in the first quarter of 2012 onboard Fairstar's open ster

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    Clipper Projects appoints commercial agent in South Korea

    2011-12-29T00:00:00Z

    December 29 - Clipper Projects has appointed JWJ Logistics Co Ltd as its commercial agent in South Korea, effective January 1, 2012.

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    SBS Group acquires stake in Atlas Logistics

    2011-12-23T00:00:00Z

    December 23 - Japan's SBS Group has acquired an 80 percent stake in Atlas Logistics, a leading Bangalore, India-based provider of integrated and comprehensive global transportation solutions.

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    Nice dozen for Dockwise

    2011-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - Dockwise has revealed 12 new awards totaling USD55 million, of which six, to the value of more than USD15 million, are for execution in Q4 2011. The remaining contracts are for execution in 2012 and 2013.

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    Logitrans 2011 exhibition exceeds expectations in Istanbul

    2011-12-21T00:00:00Z

    December 21 - The fifth transport logistics exhibition, Logitrans held this month in Istanbul, has exceeded the expectations of its organisers, with more than 12,000 visitors, which represented an increase of 37 percent over 2010.

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    CalibRa wins logistics contract for second phase of Bangladesh project

    2011-12-20T00:00:00Z

    December 20 - Turkish project forwarder CalibRa has been awarded a project logistics contract for the second phase of the Bangladesh Redevelopment project following the successful completion of the first tranche of shipments earlier this year.