All Asia articles – Page 303

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    Best in class project forwarders vie for UK Forwarders award

    2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

    November 5 - Four project cargo forwarders are vying for the honour of taking away the Project Forwarding Award at the 2009 Freight Service Awards organised by the British International Freight Association (BIFA) - www.bifa.org.

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    Last chance to book for Rio heavy lift mini-seminar

    2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - A last minute invitation to join a mini-seminar in Brazil this coming Friday (Nov 6) covering safety issues around heavy lift operations has been made by its organiser.

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    Strategic alliance for PB Sea-Tow and Bok Seng Group

    2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - The Singapore-based Bok Seng Group and Auckland-based PB Sea-Tow have created a strategic alliance to offer one-stop project and heavy lift cargo transportation solutions in South East Asia.

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    A fair wind for heavy lift after Sino-US trade agreement

    2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - The outcome of the Hangzhou meeting of the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) has sent mixed messages to heavy lift and project cargo forwarders involved in the movement of wind farm components to China.

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    Maximus highlights Middle East cargo advantages

    2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

    November 2 - Fathi Hilal Buhazza, president and CEO of Maximus Air Cargo (pictured below), has predicted that freight traffic will triple in the Middle East over the next 20 years and says that "a sound business model mean that Maximus Air Cargo is confid

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    Ambitious project for SDV's aerospace team

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    October 29 - The aerospace teams of SDV, a brand of the French service provider Bollor

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    Sarjak launches into Europe and Russia

    2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

    October 28 - Mumbai-based Sarjak Container Lines is set to start a new service via Riga, Klaipeda and St Petersburg, with the aim of entering the Russian import/export market for project and oversize cargoes.

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    Vessel piracy increases insurance costs

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - At the recent Breakbulk Transportation Conference in New Orleans, an executive from the marine insurance industry said that the surge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean is causing ocean carriers, cargo interests and insurers to ta

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    UTC Overseas opens for business in Australia

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Secaucus-based, UTC Overseas Inc has established a new office in Tullamarine (Melbourne), Australia, headed by newly appointed country manager, Hagen W. Pusch.

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    AirBridgeCargo adds Amsterdam - Tokyo option

    2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

    October 23 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines is launching a new weekly B747 freighter service from one of its European gateways at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Narita in Tokyo, Japan.

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    Borealis launched in China

    2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

    October 22 - The hull of the Nordic Heavy Lift line heavy lift/construction ship Borealis has been launched and is now afloat alongside at Nantong Yahua Shipyard in Nantong, China.

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    Breakbulk Asia roars into the Lion City

    2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

    October 21 - Singapore will be the location for the 2nd Annual Breakbulk Asia Conference & Exhibition. This event will take place between January 26-27, 2010 and will be held at Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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    Busy time in Asia for Mammoet jack ups and mega load-outs

    2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - While 2009 has provided some of the hardest business conditions for a generation, Mammoet reports that it has enjoyed a bullish period of activity for its jack ups and mega load outs.

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    Wheely big adventure for Ahlers India

    2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

    October 20 - Project cargo forwarder, Ahlers India has undertaken a complex movement of dump trucks from Bangalore through Chennai port to Algiers, overcoming some unusual legal and regulatory issues in delivering the trucks to the quayside for export for

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    Cost control boosts Dockwise profits

    2009-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - Dockwise recorded a 83.6 0ncrease in net profit to USD8.1 million for the third quarter, thanks to tighter cost control as revenue growth slowed amid subdued market conditions. Compared to the third quarter of 2008, revenue grew 12.4% to USD1

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    China contract opens new market for Fairstar

    2009-10-16T00:00:00Z

    October 16 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has entered into a contract with Zhenhua Logistics Group, an operating subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company Ltd., for the transport of two self-propelled hopper barges and one crane barge from Jedda

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    Success for project forwarders conference

    2009-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - A record number of 120 delegates from 40 countries attended the 3rd annual WCA Projects Network (WCAPN) Conference 2009 in Istanbul, writes HLPFI's Oliver Ward who also attended the event.

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    New additions for Derrick Offshore

    2009-10-15T00:00:00Z

    October 15 - Derrick Offshore has appointed two new shipbrokers to its Guildford and Aberdeen-based teams.

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    Projects group strengthens supply chain networks

    2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - The Project Professionals Group (PPG) is getting a positive response from supply chain service providers to an initiative to expand membership categories.

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    WWL boosts China Express Service

    2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - Sailings on China Express, WWL's dedicated Japan-Korea-China ro-ro (PCTC) service, have been upped to three sailings a month because of a resurgence in trade between the three countries in vehicles, rolling equipment and non-containerised car