All Australasia articles – Page 22

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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.

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    AAL and Peter Döhle line up

    2016-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - AAL and Peter Döhle (PD) have launched a new joint semi-liner service connecting Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

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    Hansa rides the waves

    2016-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 9 - Hansa Heavy Lift has shipped a BioPower Systems (BPS) pilot unit and retrieval rig, weighing a total of 698 tonnes, for a new wave power plant from Vũng Tàu, Vietnam to Australia on board HHL Fremantle.

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    Polynesia Line goes direct to Tonga

    2016-02-29T00:00:00Z

    February 29 - Polynesia Line is adding a direct monthly call into Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga to its service from the US West Coast ports of Long Beach and Oakland.

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    Air Charter Service now in Australia

    2016-02-29T00:00:00Z

    February 29 - Air Charter Service is set to open its first Australian office.

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    Subsea restaurant on the move

    2016-02-26T00:00:00Z

    February 26 - GAC is coordinating the transport of the acrylic and steel structure for the world's biggest underwater restaurant from New Zealand to the Maldives.

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    PCN quartet proves expertise

    2016-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Member of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Greece and Serbia, Delta Maritime, has coordinated the shipment of two Caterpillar bulldozers from Piraeus port to Ashdod in Israel.

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    Container weighing goes portable

    2016-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - With the subject of container weighing being heavily debated in the world's media, New Zealand based company BISON has invented a portable container weighing scale.

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    Time for Sommer at Gruber

    2016-02-11T00:00:00Z

    February 11 - Intertransport Gruber has appointed Patrick Sommer as its new project manager.

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    PPG enjoys Mumbai meeting

    2016-02-08T00:00:00Z

    February 8 - The Project Professionals Group (PPG) held its ninth annual conference in Mumbai, India from February 3-5, which PPG general manager Kevin Stephens said was a "very successful event".

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    PCN members remain active

    2016-02-05T00:00:00Z

    February 5 - Members of the Project Cargo Network (PCN) in Bangladesh, Portugal and Australia have coordinated a number of complex project shipments around the world.

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    HLPFI adds Associate Editor

    2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

    February 2 - Yvonne Mulder, a communications specialist in the freight and supply chain industry for more than 25 years, has joined the Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International team as Associate Editor.

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    Höegh names number three

    2016-02-01T00:00:00Z

    February 1 - The third vessel in Höegh Autoliners' New Horizon class of pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) has been named Höegh Tracer during a ceremony at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China.

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    Pacific Forum in Polynesian merger

    2016-01-29T00:00:00Z

    January 29 - Polynesian Shipping Line (PSL), which is owned by Neptune Pacific Line, has concluded an agreement to merge with Pacific Forum Line (PFL) with effect from January 31, 2016.

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    Posh inks Prelude tow deal

    2016-01-25T00:00:00Z

    January 25 - Posh Terasea secured the contract to tow and position the Shell Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) platform from South Korea to Australia.