All Australasia articles – Page 47

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    Success for first PPG conference in USA

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    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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    Project Cargo Network celebrates first birthday

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    August 3 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN), the fast growing association for heavy and OOG forwarders, is celebrating its first birthday today

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    Giant bearing rings takes flight thanks to Ruslan

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    July 25 - Ruslan International has loaded a 6.74 m diameter bearing ring into an Antonov An-124 and flown it from Germany to Australia.

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    Perth says aye, aye Cap'n to DB Schenker

    2011-07-11T00:00:00Z

    July 11 - DB Schenker has been appointed exclusive international transport and logistics services provider for the world sailing championships in Perth, Australia later this year.

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    Largest boat to date for Peters & May's Australian operation

    2011-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Marine logistics company, Peters & May, has shipped a Monte Fino from the Kha Shing yard in Taiwan to Newcastle, Australia.

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    Dockwise to convert contract backlog to firm orders

    2011-06-28T00:00:00Z

    June 28 - A backlog of multi-million dollar contracts worth more than USD40 million for the moving of offshore equipment and heavyweight barge movements will be completed by Q3 2011, says Dutch leading marine contractor Dockwise.

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    Staffing agency points to potential future staff shortages

    2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - An employment and staffing agency that specialises in supplying hoisting and lifting, heavy lift and specialised transport personnel has passed its third anniversary and noted continuing industry trends that could lead to staff shortages in the n

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    Austral Asia Line sets up Projects and Tramp Shipping Division

    2011-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Austral Asia Line (AAL) has established a dedicated Project and Tramp Shipping division, based at its head office in Singapore, and engaged a team of four project shipping, chartering and heavy lift cargo specialists, headed by Namir Khanbabi who

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    IMO places container weight misdeclaration in the spotlight

    2011-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - The Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation will address the issue of weight misdeclaration of containerised cargo shipments and undertake other measures to improve the safety of container stowage and ship operations.

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    TTS to supply integral tank linkspan for Australia

    2011-05-22T00:00:00Z

    May 22 - A major Australian contract will see TTS supply a specialised linkspan serving a liquefied natural gas plant off the country's east coast.

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    Metro Ports appoints director, business development for US west coast

    2011-05-22T00:00:00Z

    May 22 - US marine terminal operator and stevedore contractor, Metro Ports has appointed Jonathan Allyn as director, business development, U.S. west coast.

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    Networks expand membership

    2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

    May 3 - A number of project forwarder networks have announced new members.

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    ASCO signs GBP20 million (USD20 million) contract with Perenco

    2011-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - ASCO UK has been awarded a five-year contract extension from Perenco UK.

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    Project Cargo Network adds two

    2011-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - The Project Cargo Network (PCN) has named Spark Global Logistics PTY Ltd as its new member in Australia. along with Casmal Cargo & Projects in Mexico.

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    Sarens' worldwide menu of heavy lifts

    2011-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - In a bi-annual message to its heavy lift industry clients, Belgium-based heavy lift multi-purpose contractor Sarens Group has revealed the range of recent lifting operations it has been involved in as well its acquisition of a new Canadian memb

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    Boskalis sees 2011 as a year of transition

    2011-03-18T00:00:00Z

    March 18 - Dutch maritime services company, Royal Boskalis Westminster has announced a 36 percent increase in net profits for 2010 and cited the acquisition of Smit Internationale, an improved performance from its Dredging business and an exceptional gain

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    SAL Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land puts Lone into service

    2011-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - SAL Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land has put the newbuilding 'Lone' into service.

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    Mammoet adds to Kobelco crawler crane order

    2011-03-02T00:00:00Z

    March 2 - Since placing an initial order for five Kobelco CKE2500-2, 250-tonne capacity crawler cranes (for operations in Brazil, Sakhalin and the Middle East) in 2010, leading international heavy lift specialist, Mammoet, has progressively increased its

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    Increased profits for Toll

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - Toll Holdings, the Asia-based transport and logistics provider, recorded an 18 0ncrease in reported profits after tax to USD173 million and a 28% jump in revenue to USD4.2 billion for the six months ended 31 December 2010.

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    Gorgon keeps Wilhelmsen Ships Service busy

    2011-02-25T00:00:00Z

    February 25 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service is busy providing a range of support services to the Gorgon project, including the import of dredgers and project cargoes.