All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in August 2009

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  • News

    Trana puts some wind into Martifer's sales

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - Portuguese shipping agent, Trana - Agentes de Navega

  • News

    Revised delivery schedule for RollDock newbuilds

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - RollDock, the Dutch heavy lift shipping company launched a couple of years ago, has issued a revised delivery schedule for the innovative new ships that it has on order at L&T Shipping in India.

  • News

    Record profits for Tiong Woon

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - Singapore-based Tiong Woon, a leading, one-stop integrated services provider of infrastructure businesses for the oil and gas, petrochemical, power and construction industries, has announced record profits for its financial year ending 30 June

  • News

    French record for SDV

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - The Industrial Projects Department of SDV International Logistics has shipped and installed a series of four new generation transformers from Seville to Le Havre.

  • News

    Heavy lift bonus for Panalpina

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - High and heavy activities are not a core activity for global forwarder Panalpina's airfreight arm but at present the sector is proving a lifeline in the current economic misery faced by the global freight forwarding industry.

  • News

    Advance shows its bottle in Poland

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - International freight forwarder, Advance International Transport, is working on a major project freight management contract on behalf of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), shipping thousands of tonnes of machinery and material to support the c

  • News

    POST holed

    2009-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - (By Dale Crisp) Asia-Australia breakbulk and project veteran Pacific Orient Sea Transport (POST) has ceased trading after falling victim to high period charter rates, aggressive competition and the regional impact of the global financial crisi

  • News

    Demag results slide

    2009-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - Demag Cranes AG has seen its results suffer a "dramatic decline" in the third quarter of its 2009 financial year.

  • News

    BDP Project Logistics opens in Abu Dhabi

    2009-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - BDP Project Logistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of BDP International based in Singapore, has opened an office in Abu Dhabi.

  • News

    World Crane and Transport Summit 2009

    2009-08-27T00:00:00Z

    August 27 - The countdown has started for the inaugural World Crane and Transport Summit 2009 which will take place on 22 and 23 October 2009 at the Hotel Okura in Amsterdam.

  • News

    New service on US-Angola route

    2009-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - In South West Africa, the newly launched Angola Atlantic Line will utilise the deep sea vessels operated by Gulf Africa Line and the coastal feeder vessels operated by Angolana de Navegacao (Anna) in a new, regular, multipurpose liner service

  • News

    Donjon moves forward with Fedra removal

    2009-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - Further to our report of June 29, Donjon Marine continues work on a contract for the wreck removal and disposal of the remnants of Fedra which, in October 2008, grounded and sank during a severe storm of Gibralter.

  • News

    Deadline looms for BIFA Awards

    2009-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - If you're a forwarder involved in project cargoes, time is running out for you to enter this year's freight industry awards organised by the British International Freight Association (BIFA).

  • News

    BBC Chartering reduces South American tariffs

    2009-08-26T00:00:00Z

    August 26 - With effect of all sailings from September 14, BBC Chartering, the project cargo and breakbulk shipping line, will implement a 20 percent reduction in the tariff of its breakbulk liner routes serving the following trades:

  • News

    Kuehne + Nagel opens in Sochi

    2009-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new facility in Sochi, Russia and anticipates that the new facility will be directly involved in providing logistics and transportation services to official contractors of the Olympic Winter Games 2014.

  • News

    Jumbo claims heavy lift record

    2009-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Jumbo Shipping is claiming a new tandem heavy lift record by Jumbo Jubilee.

  • News

    Agility Norway adds air and oceanfreight services

    2009-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - Agility is adding air and oceanfreight forwarding operations to the service portfolio offered by its branch in Norway.

  • News

    OTAL adds Cabinda to West Africa service

    2009-08-25T00:00:00Z

    August 25 - OT Africa Line has added Cabinda in Angola to its West Africa feeder network.

  • News

    Further extension for KOG Transport's worldwide network

    2009-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - KOG Transport GmbH has expanded its office network by opening offices in Ratingen (Duesseldorf) and Munich.

  • News

    Brake hosts Lower Saxony ports day

    2009-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - European policy for strengthening ports will be on the agenda of the 19th Lower Saxony ports day which will be held this year in the port of Brake on September 4th.