All Australasia articles – Page 52

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    Leighton, Saipem win Gorgon deal

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    November 12 - Leighton Contractors, in consortium with Saipem, have been selected as the preferred proponent to develop the Chevron Gorgon LNG Jetty and Marine Structures project.

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    Toll completes hat-trick of 2009 acquisitions

    2009-11-09T00:00:00Z

    November 9 - Australian-based Toll Group has acquired Logistic Distribution Systems (LDS), one of the leading privately-owned international freight forwarding companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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    Strategic alliance for PB Sea-Tow and Bok Seng Group

    2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - The Singapore-based Bok Seng Group and Auckland-based PB Sea-Tow have created a strategic alliance to offer one-stop project and heavy lift cargo transportation solutions in South East Asia.

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    UTC Overseas opens for business in Australia

    2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Secaucus-based, UTC Overseas Inc has established a new office in Tullamarine (Melbourne), Australia, headed by newly appointed country manager, Hagen W. Pusch.

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    Cory Logistics gets arty

    2009-09-25T00:00:00Z

    September 25 - Anish Kapoor's new sculpture, "Tall Tree and the Eye" is to be newly displayed in the courtyard of London's Royal Academy of Arts thanks to some carefully planned transport by Cory Logistics.

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    CEVA and Schenker win energy business

    2009-09-24T00:00:00Z

    September 24 - CEVA Logistics has won a new contract with Baker Hughes, a global oilfield service company, covering the management of all inbound and outbound freight logistics within Australasia.

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    Ovens strengthens Toll's EME team

    2009-09-15T00:00:00Z

    September 15 - Toll Global Forwarding, the forwarding and logistics arm of major Australian company Toll Holdings, has further strengthened its Europe and Middle East senior management team with the appointment of Volkwart Ovens to the newly-created post

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    Flying down to Rio for safer heavy lift operations

    2009-09-15T00:00:00Z

    September 15 - An opportunity to learn more about the safe and secure handling of heavy lift consignments has now become available with the launch of a one-day Heavy Transport & Lifting mini-seminar to be held in November in Rio de Janeiro.

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    Coli Shipping to represent Condock

    2009-09-10T00:00:00Z

    September 10 - Coli Shipping (S) Pte Ltd has been appointed to serve as 'Owners Representative' for the Asia-Pacific and Australia operations of German shipowner Condock Befrachtungs -Gesellschaft mbH which is owned by Harren & Partner.

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    New service connects Europe, Pacific, Australasia and South Africa

    2009-09-04T00:00:00Z

    September 4 - SE Shipping Lines has commenced a breakbulk liner service called the SE Three Oceans Line, which connects Northern Europe with the Pacific islands and Australasia and returns to Europe via South Africa.

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    Swire Shipping New Zealand commences operations

    2009-09-03T00:00:00Z

    September 3 - Swire Shipping New Zealand has commenced operations and assumed the trade management responsibilities of Tasman Orient Line (TOL) and Swire Shipping's Trans-Tasman Service as well as the liner shipping agency activities of Quadrant Pacific A

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    Busy month for Ahlers

    2009-09-03T00:00:00Z

    September 3 - August was no holiday period for Ahlers Forwarding.

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    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

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    New Braemar subsidiary targets project cargoes

    2009-08-24T00:00:00Z

    August 24 - Project cargo pre-shipment surveys will be a core service provided by Braemar Marine, a new subsidiary launched by Braemar Shipping Services.

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    Shipping Australia publishes breakbulk study

    2009-08-19T00:00:00Z

    August 19 - Shipping Australia has released the results of a study which it believes is the first to be conducted in the break bulk shipping sector in Australia.

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    Dockwise Secures new near-term contract awards

    2009-08-13T00:00:00Z

    August 13 - Dockwise Ltd. has announced 8 new near-term contract wins awarded to its subsidiary, Dockwise Shipping, for the transportation of a jack up drilling rig and port & marine infrastructure.

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    Results show times are tough

    2009-08-06T00:00:00Z

    August 6 - A raft of Q2 and H1 2009 results published in the last few days has demonstrated a very clear trend in the industry that has reflected the wider global picture: while all companies are down, US-based companies are more down than the rest.

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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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    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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    Modulift wins DNV approval for latest spreader systems

    2009-07-23T00:00:00Z

    July 23 - Modulift's second bespoke spreader system has received full DNV product approval.