All Asia articles – Page 249

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    African trade ministers highlight lack of infrastructure investment

    2011-12-07T00:00:00Z

    December 7 - A meeting of trade ministers from African Union (AU) members held in Ghana has been told of the importance of spending more time and investment in major and strategic infrastructure-oriented agreements that boost long-term prospects for the c

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    Port of Hamburg opens office in Mumbai to strengthen ties

    2011-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - Project cargo and heavy lift traffic between one of the BRIC quartet of expanding economies and Europe's main manufacturing countries have been boosted by the opening of a new representative office by the port of Hamburg in Mumbai At the same

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    Sea Installer on track for A2SEA

    2011-12-06T00:00:00Z

    December 6 - The head of newbuilding at Danish off-shore wind farm installer A2SEA has returned from a visit to the Chinese shipyard constructing the 11-year old company's latest offshore wind turbine installation jack-up vessel, the Sea Installer.

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    UAE superyacht takes to the waves, thanks to TTS

    2011-12-05T00:00:00Z

    December 5 - The float-off of the first yacht built to meet the strict requirements of the new UAE Large Yacht Code created for private vessels has been handled by TTS, the Dubai-based heavy handling, transportation and installation freight forwarder.

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    Heavy lift plays its part as dnata handles record cargo volumes at DWC

    2011-12-05T00:00:00Z

    December 5 - dnata's cargo operations at its terminal at Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) reached record volumes, helped by heavy lift movements in October.

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    Initial PCN annual summit mixes business with pleasure

    2011-12-05T00:00:00Z

    December 5 - The inaugural two-day annual summit of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) has been held in London, England and organisers hailled it a "successful and enjoyable event".

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    Seaports of Niedersachsen sees strong interest at Amsterdam event

    2011-12-02T00:00:00Z

    December 2 - Port marketing company, Seaports of Niedersachsen, says it registered strong interest in port capacity and logistics solutions for the offshore wind energy industry at this week's international wind energy trade fair, EWEA offshore in Amsterd

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    Dockwise to manage and market Offshore Oil Engineering newbuild

    2011-12-01T00:00:00Z

    December 1 - Dockwise Ltd has reached agreement with Offshore Oil Engineering Co Ltd (COOEC) to act as manager of the latter's new build, so-called 'type 1 marine transportation vessel' for all third party projects.

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    New Horizon for AARAS

    2011-12-01T00:00:00Z

    December 1 - AARAS Shipping Agencies (Pvt) Ltd of Pakistan has delivered port agency services for a vessel, New Horizon, which arrived at Karachi Port, Pakistan, carrying break bulk, heavy and project cargoes from more than 28 consignees.

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    First Boeing 747-8 freighter lands in Saudi capital

    2011-12-01T00:00:00Z

    December 1 - King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has seen the arrival of the new Boeing 747-8 freighter for the first time.

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    PCN names new member in the Netherlands

    2011-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has confirmed the appointment of its second official member in The Netherlands with the approval of Central Oceans Europe bv.

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    Windy cargo for InterMax

    2011-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - InterMax Logistics Solution (ITM), a Chinese member of the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE) network, has delivered two wind blade towers from Hengshui, Hebei to Wuchuan County, Hohhot City, in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China.

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    PPG connects in Bangkok

    2011-11-30T00:00:00Z

    November 30 - Bangkok has been chosen as a strategic location for specialist project forwarding network the Project Professionals Group (PPG) to hold its annual meeting in 2012.

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    Transcar Partnership Wins Barzan Gas Project In Qatar

    2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

    November 29 - Transcar Projects says that its successful partnership with Tatsumi Shokai in Japan has helped secure the turnkey logistics award for the USD10.3 billion Barzan Gas Project in Qatar from JGC.

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    Famous Pacific Shipping targets new members in new markets

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - Following its recent AGM, the Famous Pacific Shipping Group has resolved to increase membership of the worldwide network of forwarders in specific geographical areas, to further strengthen the group's claims to be a leading player in the glo

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    MSL Express joins the WPA Network

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - The New York, Shanghai and Chengdu offices of MSL Express have joined the Worldwide Partners Alliance (WPA), a rapidly expanding global network of independently owned and operated freight forwarders and other niche-market specialists, includ

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    New image for Maximus Air as it seeks to expand activities

    2011-11-28T00:00:00Z

    November 28 - Middle East regional air cargo carrier and cargo aircraft ACMI lease operator Maximus Air Cargo has been renamed Maximus Air as the Abu Dhabi-based carrier's president and CEO announced a significant growth strategy.

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    DHL Industrial Projects claims record at Indian port

    2011-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - The Industrial Projects arm of global forwarder DHL has undertaken the movement of a consignment of six items, each weighing between 165 and 850 tonnes, between South Korea and India utilising a self-propelled ro-ro barge. Three of the items

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    Major project consignment to China for Oy Hacklin Logistics

    2011-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - Finnish project cargo forwarder Oy Hacklin Logistics has been involved in a major project shipment from Northern Europe to China that involved significant hinterland transport headaches.

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    Almajdouie invests in global forwarding venture

    2011-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - The Saudi Arabia-based Almajdouie Group has invested in a new freight forwarding venture, Maxx Global, which will target the project logistics and general cargo sectors.