Business news – Page 210

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    Ignazio Messina introduces first of four new vessels for Africa trades

    2011-10-27T00:00:00Z

    October 27 - Italian ro-ro shipping line Ignazio Messina is set to introduce one of the largest ro-ro vessels in the world, the 3,100 teu or 6,350 linear metre ro-ro containership Jolly Diamante, on its African services.

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    Breakbulk keynote speaker calls for creative solutions

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Giga projects are the new landscape of the heavy lift marketplace, and logistics is "even more critical than ever before to EPC success", according to John Mika, senior vice president of procurement, CH2M HILL, reports HLPFI editor, Emma Murr

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    Fairstar wins Nabors Drilling contract

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has been contracted by Nabors Drilling to transport its DB 301 from Port Gentil, Gabon to Pascagoula, Mississippi on the Fairstar semi-submersible vessel Fjell.

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    Skelton Sherborne reports increased machinery shipments

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    October 26 - In its latest shipping index, Skelton Sherborne reports that machinery import volumes into Australia in September increased by 16 percent to 3,663 units.

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    Branch Manager - Dubai, UAE

    2011-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Transera International Logistics is a strong project freight forwarder managing complex logistics for global projects. Our experienced project teams manage the skillful planning and delivery of over-dimensional, heavy-lift cargo by land, sea and air. The Branch Manager role is responsible to lead the UAE operations team and to manage all ...

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    Flying a kite with BBC SkySails

    2011-10-25T00:00:00Z

    October 25 -German multi-purpose and heavy lift operator BBC Chartering is to co-operate with SkySails, the alternative propulsion system developer based in Hamburg, to further promote the latter's kite-based system.

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    Fairstar picks BASSnet for optimising fleet management

    2011-10-24T00:00:00Z

    October 24 - Fairstar Heavy Transport has chosen BASSnet

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    Port Corpus Christi has new link for commercial traffic

    2011-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - The Port Corpus Christi, Texas, has a new direct connector bridge linking Interstate 37 to the Joe Fulton International Trade Corridor.

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    Kuehne + Nagel sees earnings grow

    2011-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - Kuehne + Nagel reports that its earnings grew in first nine months of 2011 by 1.1 percent despite the softening freight market.

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    Binational study shows Great Lakes shipping generates 227,000 jobs

    2011-10-19T00:00:00Z

    October 19 - The Great Lakes maritime industry has released the results of a year-long study of the economic impacts of the entire Great Lakes-St.

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    Charleston breakbulk volumes surge on back of investment

    2011-10-18T00:00:00Z

    October 18 - With a USD23 million improvement project at its Columbus Street Terminal completed, the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) reports a surge in non-container cargo at the Port of Charleston.

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    Braemar Shipping Services launches Braemar Technical Services

    2011-10-18T00:00:00Z

    October 18 - Braemar Shipping Services says its penetration of the global marine and offshore services sectors continues to develop with the bringing together of its business units under the umbrella control of the Braemar Technical Services (BTS) divisio

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    Things are on the rise for Chapman Freeborn

    2011-10-18T00:00:00Z

    October 18 - The global aircraft charter specialist and aircraft broker Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has been ranked 21st in the Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 list, its best-ever position in the list, just four years after it first appeared in the lis

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    Harwich International Port assists Energy Skills Centre

    2011-10-17T00:00:00Z

    October 17 - Harwich International Port is joining forces with Colchester Institute, a large vocational training provider in the UK, to create 'The Energy Skills Centre at Harwich.'

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    Dockwise newbuild books second voyage

    2011-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - Just one day after it announced the filing of a waiver request on a single covenant with its lender syndicate, which seeks consent for a temporary relaxation of the leverage ratio (net debt over EBITDA) for the period March 2012 until Septemb

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    Four more Liebherrs for Wille-Krane

    2011-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - As can be seen in the picture below, Wille-Krane managing director Karsten Schneider and his son Mario were welcome guests at the Liebherr-Werk Ehingen plant, collecting their new LTM 1095-5.1 mobile crane. Three more LTM cranes are already o

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    Profits up at Air Partner but revenues tumble in freight division

    2011-10-14T00:00:00Z

    October 14 - In its results for the year ended July 31 2011, Air Partner said its focus on core broking has delivered strong results, despite a difficult trading environment, with profits before tax up by 93 percent to GBP5.3 million (USD8.3); and overall

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    Express Transport bags award

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - Express Transport Pvt Ltd India (ETPL), a member of the Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) has been named Project Cargo Mover of the Year Forwarder in this year's Maritime And Logistics Award.

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    Wind energy revolution at Corpus Christi

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - Revolution Energy has begun the construction of its "Harbor Wind" wind energy farm at Port Corpus Christi, USA.

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    Wind energy revolution at Corpus Christi

    2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

    October 13 - Revolution Energy has begun the construction of its "Harbor Wind" wind energy farm at Port Corpus Christi, USA.