Business news – Page 163
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Chile acquisition for Logwin
February 2 - International logistics service provider Logwin has expanded its activities in South America by acquiring all the shares in Logwin Air + Ocean Chile.
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Ethiopian Airlines renews with Li
January 30 - Ethiopian Airlines has agreed to extend its partnership with Li
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Shuttlelift introduces SB 120
January 29 - Shuttlelift has launched its brand new SB 120 crane - a single beam, single hook, rubber-tyred gantry crane boasting a lifting capacity of 109 tonnes.
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Zeeland returns to growth
January 28 - Zeeland Seaports reported that cargo throughput at its Dutch gateways increased by 6.3 percent year-on-year to more than 35 million tonnes during 2014.
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C. Steinweg Oman adds Gottwald capacity
January 27 - C. Steinweg Oman, operator of the multipurpose cargo terminal at SOHAR Port and Freezone, has taken delivery of a 100-tonne lifting capacity Gottwald HMK 6407 crane.
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Record year at Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville
January 27 - The Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville handled over 2.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2014, up 48 percent over 2013. This was the first time annual shipments exceeded 2 million tonnes in the port's 29-year history.
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ABC celebrates record year
January 26 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) carried a record 401,000 tonnes of cargo during 2014 - a 17.6 percent year-on-year improvement over 2013.
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Panalpina scoops BIFA project forwarding award
January 22 - Panalpina World Transport has won the Project Forwarding Award at the British International Freight Association's (BIFA) Freight Service Awards 2014, in a year that saw continuing economic recovery in the UK.
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Two bidders vie for Fremantle terminal
January 22 - Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT) and Victoria Quay International RoRo Terminal (VQIRT) have been shortlisted as bidders to operate the Port of Fremantle's ro-ro and automotive terminal.
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First heavy load reaches ITER
January 21 - The first in a series of exceptional loads has been delivered to the ITER project site in Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France.
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Logistics industry looks beyond BRICS, says Agility
January 20 - Mixed economic performances in BRICS countries has been offset by dynamic growth in a number of ASEAN and GGC countries, sub-Saharan Africa and large next-tier economies such as Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico and Pakistan, said the latest Agility
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Maximus launches one-stop-shop
January 20 - Maximus Air is launching a brand new one-stop-shop service in 2015, which will combine the airline's existing oversized cargo fleet with a global network of partners and offer a door-to-door delivery service for the first time.
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Panalpina heads further into Africa
January 19 - Panalpina has opened two new offices in Casablanca, Morocco and Nairobi, Kenya, where the company says opportunities for growth exist predominantly in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
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Hansa agrees new finance deal
January 16 - Hansa Heavy Lift has completed a long-term financial agreement with its core banking group for its fleet of heavy lift vessels.
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BNSF to transform wind logistics
January 15 - BNSF Logistics has successfully tested its new Blade Runner service - an innovative fixture designed to optimise the movement of wind turbine blades via rail and ocean transport.
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Freight transportation market to be worth USD23bn by 2019
January 14 - The worldwide freight transportation management market is set to grow from USD15.30 billion (2014) to USD23.69 billion by 2019 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.14%, according to a new market research report titled 'Freight Transpo
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Vallianz takes Holmen share
January 12 - Singapore headquartered offshore services company Vallianz Holdings has acquired a 45 percent stake in Holmen Heavylift Offshore for SGD2.85 million (USD2.28 million).
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Coscol divests shares
January 9 - International media reports suggest that Qianhai Kaiyuan Fund has agreed to subscribe to half of Cosco Shipping's (Coscol) CNY2.5 billion (USD402 million) private placement.
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Broekman takes over Marico
January 7 - The Broekman Group has taken over the Marico Group, a holding and finance company with a number of shareholdings that are active in the industry of cargo handling, agency activities and shipbroking, including BV Scheepvaart & Handelmaatschappi