All Asia articles – Page 311

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    Mediterranean Project Chartering on the move

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Mediterranean Project Chartering (MPC), the wholly-owned subsidiary of BBC Chartering & Logistic, is moving head office in Genoa.

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    Commercial team boosted

    2009-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Feedback from our readership, which includes over 7,000 shippers, shipping lines, ports and project freight forwarders all over the world, indicates that Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International is establishing itself as the must-read publ

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    Singapore Harbour shows sign of the times as capacity laid up

    2009-03-26T00:00:00Z

    March 26 - A colleague was taken aback when he saw the images of the ships laid up at Singapore Harbour because falling demand has made them unprofitable to operate.

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    Agility revenues up

    2009-03-25T00:00:00Z

    March 25 - Agility has reported profits of US$526 million in 2008, compared to US$531 million in 2007, while revenue rose 16 percent to US$6.8 billion.

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    New trailer from Tiandi

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - China's Tiandi Heavy Duty Industrial Group, which specialises in the research, development and manufacture of heavy duty transport and construction equipment, has recently introduced its new platform-type modular trailer with higher gross loadi

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    New cranes for Salalah

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Four super post panamax quay cranes have been delivered to the port of Salalah, bringing the total to eight cranes received in 2009 and completing the superstructure for the port's existing six berths.

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    Regional reps strengthen Cargo Equipment Owners network

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - The newly founded network for cargo equipment owners, Cargo Equipment Experts Ltd has appointed two regional representatives.

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    First female co-pilot for Indian Air Force Ilyushin-76

    2009-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - What better way for HLPFI to mark the recent International Women's Day, than with the news that the Indian Air Force's (IAF) Squadron Leader, Veena Saharan has become the first co-pilot to fly one of the IAF's largest aircraft, an Ilyushin-76.

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    SAL delivers for Liebherr

    2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - SAL has undertaken a shipment of four LHM 500 mobile harbour cranes, two

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    BME joins SmartWay environmental initiative

    2009-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - Georgia-based heavy lift and over-dimensional trucking firm Bennett Motor Express (BME) has joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a collaboration between US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the freight industry to increase energy

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    Dockwise secures nine contracts

    2009-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Dockwise Shipping has been awarded nine near-term contracts to the value of approximately USD42 million.

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    Cosco builds two innovative heavy lifters

    2009-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - A pair of large semi-submersible heavy lifters designed by Cosco Shipping are being built at Guangzhou Shipyard International.

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    NSCSA to commence Charlotte heavy lift and project cargo call

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    March 13 - The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) has confirmed to HLPFI that the Saudi Tabuk V 140 is now scheduled in Charleston on April 1st for the start of a new service from key East Coast US and Canada ports to Saudi Arabia, India an

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    Antwerp breakbulk agency remains confident

    2009-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - A neutral breakbulk and heavy lift shipping agency, launched last year in Antwerp, remains in buoyant mood despite the current choppy waters facing much of the global marketplace.

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    Kuehne + Nagel strengthens capabilities in oil and gas logistics

    2009-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 09 - Subject to the approval of relevant authorities, Kuehne + Nagel has agreed to take over J. Martens Holding AS, headquartered in Bergen, Norway, a leading service provider in the oil and gas industry.

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    AAL appoints Colin Koh to line manager

    2009-03-05T00:00:00Z

    March 05 - Colin Koh has taken over the position of line manager for the Austral Asia Line (AAL) PNG/Pacific Island service.

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    High and heavy plays its part at WCA Family conference

    2009-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 03 - The WCA Family, which includes a heavy lift and project cargo division - WCA Projects Network (WCAPN) had a busy week-long conference in Bangkok, Thailand.

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    Toll Global Forwarding completes BALtrans integration

    2009-03-03T00:00:00Z

    March 03 - Australian-based Toll Global Forwarding (TGF) has completed the integration of BALtrans Logistics Worldwide and will use its new Asian forwarding and logistics operations as a platform to strengthen the TGF network in the Middle East, South Afr

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    Strait across to Taiwan

    2009-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - WWPC members, Maxlines International of Taiwan and NVOCC Shanghai Ocean Knight Shipping of Shanghai have successfully completed the shipment between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan of a ship's steel block weighing 714.5 tonnes in a consignment c

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    Deltamarin wins contract from COOEC in China

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    February -27- The China Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd (COOEC) has awarded the Finnish engineering company Deltamarin Ltd the Basic Design and Engineering Contract for their 50,000 DWT Semi-Submersible Self-Propelled Heavy Lift Vessel (SSHLV 50000 DWT)