All Asia articles – Page 280

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    Combined WWPC power in historic airlift to China

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - Oy Procargo (Professional Cargo Care Ltd) and Ocean Knight Shipping, both WWPC Members, combined forces to arrange delivery of a 34 tonne metallic roll and other equipment from Finland to a paper factory near Shanghai in China.

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    GPLN names new Chinese member

    2010-08-31T00:00:00Z

    August 31 - Westfracht China has become a member of the Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN).

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    Wilhelmsen Ships Service completes major project contract in Saudi

    2010-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service says it has completed a significant project in Saudi Arabia which saw the company move equipment and parts totalling 32,000 tonnes over difficult road networks destined for the construction site of the new Al Safwa cem

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    Heavy lift in double-digit growth at GPA's Port of Brunswick

    2010-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - While container traffic at the Georgia Ports Authority's (GPA) Port of Savannah exceeded a quarter million teu in July 2010, marking the best month ever in GPA's history and continuing eight consecutive months of double-digit growth, heavy lif

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    Heavy lift's lion share of TWC's revenue

    2010-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Singapore-based Tiong Woon Corporation Holding (TWC) has reported that heavy lift and haulage contributed the largest share to total revenue over the last year.

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    First F-Class vessel for Intermarine

    2010-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Intermarine is taking delivery of Industrial Freedom, the first of its next generation of multipurpose heavy lift ships.

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    Cargo network adds Shanghai

    2010-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Asia Imperial Cargo Logistics Co Ltd has joined the Cargo Equipment Experts (CEE).

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    Four complete shipments of modules - China / Western Australia

    2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Between June and August 2010, SAL mobilised four heavy lift ships to carry more than 90,000 tonnes from Nantong in China to Port Hedland in Western Australia for the RGP5 project.

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    Jurong Shipyard chooses Aveva for legacy data management

    2010-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - Singapore-based shipbuilder Jurong Shipyard (JSPL), a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, has selected Aveva Marine (12 Series) as an engineering and design solution for major marine and offshore projects.

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    Indian ports not fully open

    2010-08-20T00:00:00Z

    August 20 - Nhava Sheva and Mumbai are still not fully operational following the collision of a containership and a bulk vessel more than a week ago and the Indian navy continues to guide ships in and out of the ports to prevent them from colliding with c

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    The Freight Co steps in at the last minute

    2010-08-20T00:00:00Z

    August 20 - When production of two 30m, 80-tonne cryogenic tanks was recently delayed at the factory in Thailand, Bangkok-based forwarder The Freight Co was required to charter last minute capacity to transport the vessels to Australia.

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    NileDutch set to strengthen operations in Belgium and China

    2010-08-20T00:00:00Z

    August 20 - From September 1, NileDutch Belgium will become an independent operating company as a subsidiary of NileDutch to optimising the services offered and strengthen the company's partnership with the trade. Antwerp is a strategic port for NileDutch

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    Bigge acquires third Manitowoc 16000 crawler

    2010-08-20T00:00:00Z

    August 20 - California-based crane rental company Bigge Crane and Rigging has purchased a third Manitowoc 16000 and made it immediately available for hiring. The heavy-boom 16000 is optimised for wind turbine erection.

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    The Freight Co move supports enlargement of Australian facility

    2010-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Bangkok-based forwarder The Freight Co has recently completed transport work involved in the enlargement of the Burrup Materials Facility in northwestern Australia.

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    Allfort deliver hatch covers

    2010-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Japanese forwarder, Allfort Co Inc has successfully delivered 40 hatch covers, totally over 5,000 cu m in volume and over 1,100 tonnes in weight from Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan to Varna, Bulgaria.

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    Air Charter Service anticipates another strong peak season

    2010-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Air Charter Service's Hong Kong office anticipates another strong peak season for shipments out of Asia, with signs that it could be better than the final quarter of last year, itself the office's busiest period in its history.

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    Konecranes restructures regions

    2010-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Effective September 1, Konecranes will combine its South Asia Pacific (SAP) and Northeast Asia (NEA) regions into a new Asia-Pacific (APAC) Region, headed by Ryan Flynn who has been senior vice president and head of Konecranes' operations in t

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    Idaho residents sue to halt big oil trucks

    2010-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - According to reports in the US media, local residents opposed to giant truck shipments of oil equipment through Idaho's scenic Clearwater/Lochsa river canyon have filed a lawsuit to block the shipments, just a day before Idaho planned to issue

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    GPLN attracts Shanghai Compass Global

    2010-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Shanghai Compass Global has joined the Global Project Logistics Network as a member in Shanghai.

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    DHL shines light on CO2 reduction

    2010-08-17T00:00:00Z

    August 17 - Global forwarder DHL has launched an initiative to retrofit energy efficient lighting and equipment at its global forwarding units in the Americas region: initially to be rolled out in the United States before expanding to Canada and Mexico.