Business news – Page 229

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    Volga-Dnepr prepares for delivery of third IL-76DT-90VD

    2010-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - A third generation IL-76DT-90VD freighter will join Volga-Dnepr Airlines' fleet in April 2010, writes Kirsten Shepherd.

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    BDP launches Indian JV to offer project services

    2010-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - US-based logistics operator BDP International (BDP) has established an Indian joint venture company which will target India's expanding chemicals, life-sciences, healthcare, retail, telecom and manufacturing industries.

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    Trio of wind farm developments bolster Port of Harwich

    2010-03-10T00:00:00Z

    March 10 - Strategic investment in three offshore wind farm facilities off the English east coast are blowing business the way of the Port of Harwich, writes Kirsten Shepherd.

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    Project cargo team ensures success in Libya

    2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

    March 9 - Members of the Project Professionals Group (PPG) have teamed up to deliver a consignment of 18 transformers and associated equipment to remote desert locations along the Libyan, Tunisian and Algerian borders.

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    Successful start to 2010 for Ahlers

    2010-03-08T00:00:00Z

    March 8 - Global project and breakbulk operator Ahlers had a positive start to 2010, despite the global economic hardships.

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    SMIT achieves solid results

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    March 5 - According to the company CEO, SMIT continued to realise good financial results in 2009 despite the worldwide recession which impacted on its business.

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    Stockton remains faithful to heavy lift cargoes despite box move

    2010-03-04T00:00:00Z

    March 4 - California's Port of Stockton is making a strategic move into serving box lines thanks to an USD18 million TIGER discretionary federal grant (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery).

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    European yards must build ships to support offshore wind energy growth

    2010-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - Ten to twelve new heavy lift ships will be required to support the predicted growth of offshore wind projects over the coming years and these ships should be built in the European Union.

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    UK companies look to offshore wind turbine opportunities

    2010-03-01T00:00:00Z

    March 1 - A strategic investment of up to USD150 million in the UK offshore wine turbine R&D could lead to significant opportunities for offshore and onshore heavy lift operators and project cargo forwarders in the coming years, industry observers predict

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    TIGER fails to roar for Aker Philadelphia

    2010-02-24T00:00:00Z

    February 24 - Reports in the financial press indicate that Aker Philadelphia could eye wind turbine installation ships after its current contract to construct a series of product tankers is completed in 2012.

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    New transporter banishes cornering problems

    2010-02-23T00:00:00Z

    February 23 - Almost two decades after a Danish haulier commissioned German manufacturer Goldhofer's first tower adapter for the transportation of tower segments, the two companies have again worked to produce another first for the heavy cargo transport s

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    New name in Polish heavy lift market

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - EFH Zurawie Wiezowe SA and Gastel SA announced a merger that will create a new name in the Polish heavy haulage, lift and crane rental market.

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    Dockwise upbeat on 2009 financial results

    2010-02-19T00:00:00Z

    February 19 - Managers at Dutch-based heavy lift operator Dockwise have identified a range of strategic and operational highlights for 2009 which meant the group finished the troubled year in good financial health, Andr

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    Bollore says Africa is a bright spot for business

    2010-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - The French Bollore Group said Africa is an area where business increased significantly in comparison with fiscal 2008, driven by the continent's buoyant economic activity, particularly in Central Africa; this growth also reflected the high c

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    EC presses ahead with forwarder price fixing investigation

    2010-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - A Statement of Objections relating to a price-fixing investigation of their air freight forwarding activities has been sent by the European Union to a number of prominent freight forwarding companies.

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    Tutt Bryant and Fagioli form JV

    2010-02-17T00:00:00Z

    February 17 - Tutt Bryant Group Limited has joined forces with Fagioli SpA to form TBF Oceania Pty Ltd (Tutt Bryant Fagioli), a 50:50 joint venture (JV) company.

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    Port of Hamburg expects moderate growth for 2010

    2010-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - With 110 million tonnes of seaborne cargo handled in 2009, Germany's biggest universal port fell short of the previous year's result by around 30 million tonnes (- 21.4 per cent).

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    Chinese project cargo delivered to India's new Dhamra port

    2010-02-16T00:00:00Z

    February 16 - The new port of Dhamra in the Indian state of Orissa has taken delivery of a ship loader and unloaders, over-dimensional project cargoes carried from Shanghai that will become part of the port's infrastructure.

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    Wind farm installation ships ordered

    2010-02-15T00:00:00Z

    February 15 - Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has placed an order with the Lamprell Energy Ltd shipyard in Dubai for two self elevating vessels for installation of offshore wind turbines.

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    Broekman DistriPort new quay ready for business

    2010-02-15T00:00:00Z

    February 15 - Last week saw the discharge of cargo at a new quay developed in Broekman DistriPort.