All Asia articles – Page 269

  • News

    Alternate energy blows some wind into Bati's sales

    2011-02-22T00:00:00Z

    February 22 - Having underpinned the company's activities in 2010, Bati Project & Heavy Lift Logistics expects that wind power plants and renewable energy projects, particulary wind turbines, will keep it busy with Turkey's energy ministry planning 15,000

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    Many cargoes in the pipeline for Express Transport

    2011-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - Express Transport Pvt Ltd (ETPL), an Indian member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC), has been keep busy handling exports of 66,000 tonnes of pipes from Mundra port recently and is currently negotiating for another movement in exces

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    Konecranes completes acquisition of WMI Cranes

    2011-02-21T00:00:00Z

    February 21 - Following the October 2010 announement that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the Indian crane company WMI Cranes Ltd (WMI, Konecranes has now received the required regulatory approvals, and WMI will be consolidated into Konecranes

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    Modulift appoints CEA Projects

    2011-02-18T00:00:00Z

    February 18 - Modulift has appointed CEA Projects Ltd (CEA) as its distributor covering Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Korea and Australia

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    A. Soulis Enterprises invests in Liebherr crane

    2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - A. Soulis Enterprises based in Larnaca is keen to grab a share of the growing wind farm installation business in Cyprus and has invested in a Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1, the world's most powerful telescopic crane.

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    Luxury shipment for Project Cargo & Yacht Transport

    2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - The transport department of Project Cargo & Yacht Transport from Istanbul has handled the shipment of a luxury yacht weighing over 23 tonnes and 17.5 m in length from

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    ALS drills deep

    2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - Two members of the ALS Group, ALS (Freight Management Nederland) and ALS Belgie have worked together to ship three hydraulic foundation machines from Belgium to India.

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    Ports of Indiana ships largest annual tonnage since 2006

    2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - The Ports of Indiana handled more than 7.7 million tonnes of cargo at its three ports in 2010 - an increase of eight percent over the previous year.

  • News

    Project forwarder network expands global footprint

    2011-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - Heavy lift freight forwarding network, the Project Professionals Group (PPG), has strengthened its global footprint with several new appointments.

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    Maersk says Safmarine will help expand the group's presence in project cargo

    2011-02-14T00:00:00Z

    February 14 - The Maersk Group has emphasised the importance of unconventional cargoes to its subsidiary Safmarine as it endeavours to open up an expanding market between Asia and Africa.

  • News

    Antwerp and Essar sign memorandum

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - Port of Antwerp International (PAI), a subsidiary of Antwerp Port Authority, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Essar Ports in which the two parties declare their intention of collaborating as strategic partners in port deve

  • News

    Ben Line Agencies secures triple ISO certification

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - Ben Line Agencies through its Project Logistics and Offshore Support Division, Ben Line Project Logistics, secures triple ISO certification for its project logistics and offshore support business.

  • News

    Transweco moves modules through Gothenburg

    2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Transweco, which is part of the Lehmann Nordic Group, and a specialist in transportation of project cargoes, has arranged the load-out of three accommodation modules at the port of Gothenburg.

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    Fairstar results highlight low utilisation in last quarter

    2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - Fairstar Heavy Transport recorded a loss of USD2.7 million for the Fourth Quarter of 2010.

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    General cargoes help Hamburg recover

    2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

    February 10 - In 2010, an increase in conventional general cargo throughput at the port of Hamburg to 2.6 million tonnes was helped by increased exports of project cargo and vehicles at 1.1 million tonnes (up by 19.5 percent), helping the port to leave th

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    Dangly bits fail to put off female rower in record attempt

    2011-02-09T00:00:00Z

    February 9 - A life on the ocean wave was enough for a team of five men and one woman to set out from Tenerife just after New Year's Day to row across the Atlantic to Barbados. And one of the rowers was carrying a romantic secret with him.

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    Railroad first for Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor

    2011-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - For the first time since the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor opened in 1970, the Lake Michigan port will have an onsite, dedicated rail-switching service. Norfolk Southern has been selected to begin providing switching services for customers of

  • News

    Dockwise selects Hyundai

    2011-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - Dockwise has appointed Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Korea as yard to build its new ship to service the emerging market for ultra-large transports - see previous news items posted here on November 8 and 23.

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    Breakbulk Asia posts record attendance

    2011-02-07T00:00:00Z

    February 7 - The organiser of the recent Breakbulk Asia event in Singapore has said that it will inaugurate Breakbulk China in Shanghai in early 2012, bringing the largest event in the heavy lift, project cargo and breakbulk maritime sector to the world's

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    Go West strategy pays off for Panalpina

    2011-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - Panalpina is expanding into western China following the opening an office in Chonqging.