All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in August 2009 – Page 4

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    Two new members for cargo equipment owners network

    2009-08-06T00:00:00Z

    August 6 - The recently founded network for cargo equipment owners, Cargo Equipment Experts Ltd, has named Barcelona-based Multitrade Spain SRL as its new member in Spain and Bremen-based F. W. Neukirch (GmbH & Co.) KG - Internationale Spedition as its ne

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    Unlucky 13 for falling airfreight demand

    2009-08-06T00:00:00Z

    August 6 - Maindeck and bellyhold project airfreight suffered a double-digit fall year-on-year in June as the global economic crisis continues to hurt high and heavy project activity.

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    Serving the Caspian

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - The St Petersburg-based North Western Shipping Company is, according to reports in the Russian media, towing a new non-propelled barge from St Petersburg to Ravenna in Italy where it will load equipment destined for the construction of an oil a

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    Beluga carries world's largest buoy

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - It took the combined skills of shipping line, client and manufacturer to move a buoy some 27 metres high and weighing more than 1100 tons from Indonesia to an offshore location in the Gulf of Mexico.

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    Jacobs to receive private sector employer of the year award

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - Jacobs Engineering Group has been named Private Sector Employer of the Year by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) of Northern California.

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    Fleet additions lift Fairstar Heavy Transport

    2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

    August 5 - In its second quarter results, Fairstar has reported continued increases in revenue and profitability, and reduced debt.

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    Success for first PPG conference in USA

    2009-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - More than 90 freight movers and ship owners from 34 countries converged in Corpus Christi for the five-day Project Professionals Group (PPG) conference, which began last week

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    DB Schenker adds to shipment monitoring options

    2009-08-04T00:00:00Z

    August 4 - DB Schenker has launched the DB SCHENKERsmartbox service, a satellite-aided real-time shipment tracking solution which transmits a shipment's current GPS co-ordinates and any deviations from the predetermined route, and provides information on

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    SAL expands in Australasia

    2009-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - Heavy lift carrier Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land (SAL) has opened a new office in Fremantle, western Australia, in an expansion of its Australasian operations.

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    BDP acquires UK forwarder

    2009-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - US-based BDP International, a privately-owned global logistics company, has acquired the UK forwarder Rostrum Forwarding Ltd but declined to reveal the terms of the transaction.

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