All Australasia articles – Page 19

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    Australian import requirements amended

    2016-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Australia's Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) has informed that, from June 16 onwards, an import permit will no longer be required for used machinery, used equipment and used parts.

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    ALE adds widening trailers in UK

    2016-05-30T00:00:00Z

    May 30 - Having worked with trailer manufacturer Goldhofer to develop a new range of widening trailers that can be mechanically widened from their basic 3 m width, ALE has now introduced the units into the UK.

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    DB Schenker delivers Australian first

    2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

    May 17 - Thousands of people turned up to see the first ever landing of the Antonov-225 Mriya (AN 225) in Perth, Australia.

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    XLP updates

    2016-05-16T00:00:00Z

    May 16 - XL Projects (XLP) network member in Oman, Khimji Ramdas, provided freight management services at the Port of Sohar, handling the delivery of a 100-tonne ABB transformer measuring 6.4 m x 3.5 m x 3.8 m.

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    Siemens reaches turbine milestone

    2016-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - The Siemens gas turbine factory in Berlin, Germany is getting ready to ship its 1,000th turbine manufactured at the plant to the Umm Al Houl combined cycle power plant in Qatar.

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    Thomas Miller Law opens in Sydney

    2016-05-11T00:00:00Z

    May 11 - Thomas Miller Law is expanding the geographical coverage of its maritime and logistics legal services, which will now be available to operators and insurers doing business in the Australasian region.

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    Boskalis results 'as expected'

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) closed the first quarter of 2016 in line with expectations, with EBITDA margins down compared with the same period of 2015 and the order book showing slight year-on-year increases.

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    Manitowoc partners with TRT

    2016-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May 6 - Manitowoc Cranes has joined forces with New Zealand based Tidd Ross Todd (TRT) to provide crane service and support to customers in Australia.

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    Crane issues discussed at ICSA

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - Industry representatives gathered for the 2016 meeting of the International Crane Stakeholder Assembly (ICSA) at the Novotel Munchen Messe in Munich, Germany on April 13, 2016.

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    BBC shows PPG support

    2016-05-05T00:00:00Z

    May 5 - BBC Chartering Australia has been named the first major sponsor for the Project Professionals Group's (PPG) tenth anniversary annual conference in Melbourne next year.

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    PCN members keep on moving

    2016-04-29T00:00:00Z

    April 29 - Member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in India, Procam Logistics, has coordinated the shipment of 24 wind turbine blades from Quinhuangdao, China to the Ratlam District of Madhya Pradesh via the Indian Port of Kandla.

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    Bahri and Rickmers-Linie agree space charter

    2016-04-22T00:00:00Z

    April 22 - Rickmers-Linie and the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (trading as Bahri Liner) have recently signed a space charter agreement in the trade between the USA, the Red Sea and the Middle East.

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    PCN round up

    2016-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - Project Cargo Network (PCN) members from across the globe have been busy executing a wide range of project cargo shipments recently.

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    McDermott christens DLV 2000

    2016-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - McDermott International has christened its new derrick lay vessel at a ceremony held at the Keppel Singmarine Shipyard in Singapore.

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    Australia plans heavy vehicle health check

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - According to Australia's National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), consultation is under way to assess the health of the country's 520,000-strong heavy vehicle fleet.

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    Australia eases trucking permit rules

    2016-04-01T00:00:00Z

    April 1 - More than 400 local councils and territory governments will now have access to new guidelines to better assess and apply conditions to permits for heavy vehicles, through the release of two guidance documents.

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    Straightpoint names Indonesian rep

    2016-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - Straightpoint has appointed Indonesia based Rigspek Perkasa as a distributor of its force measurement, load monitoring and suspended weighing load cell range in Southeast Asia and Oceania.

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    Swire ups Papua New Guinea coverage

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - Swire Shipping is launching a monthly direct call to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea from New Zealand and Fiji, with effect from May 4, 2016.

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    Asciano agrees joint consortium bid

    2016-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Australian logistics provider Asciano has entered into binding documentation to sell the company to Brookfield Consortium and Qube Consortium.

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    Fate of McAleese in the balance

    2016-03-14T00:00:00Z

    March 14 - Australian heavy haulage provider McAleese Group has suspended trading in its shares and deferred the release of its 2015 financial results, as it considers recapitalisation plans.