All Forecasts articles – Page 13

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    Boskalis results 'as expected'

    2016-05-10T00:00:00Z

    May 10 - Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) closed the first quarter of 2016 in line with expectations, with EBITDA margins down compared with the same period of 2015 and the order book showing slight year-on-year increases.

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    Work starts on Cuxhaven berth

    2016-05-04T00:00:00Z

    May 4 - Daniela Behrens, Secretary of State of Niedersachsen's Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport (Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Employment and Transport) has ceremonially started the construction of Berth 4 at the Port of Cuxh

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    Vanguard ready for power in Africa

    2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

    April 27 - Constrained power supply holds back economic growth in Africa, but capacity is steadily being built to feed this electricity-hungry region.

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    Study shows US cross-border problems

    2016-04-21T00:00:00Z

    April 21 - In the USA, as part of a study on multi-state, multimodal oversize/overweight (OS/OW) transportation for the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the management consulting firm CPCS indexed 72 unique OS/OW regulations, operational restrictions,

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    Rickmers considers ship management merger

    2016-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - Rickmers Holding and E.R. Capital Holding are reviewing a potential merger of their respective ship management units - Rickmers Maritime Services and E.R. Schiffahrt.

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    Goldhofer launches ADDrive

    2016-04-18T00:00:00Z

    April 18 - Goldhofer unveiled its first heavy-duty drive unit - the ADDrive - at the bauma exhibition in Munich last week, which it claims combines the benefits of a towed module and self-propelled module.

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    GAC studies Northern Sea Route

    2016-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - GAC Russia has teamed up with the Far East Development Fund to address the challenges faced by international shipping companies transiting the Northern Sea Route (NSR), and to make this transport corridor more attractive to ship and cargo owner

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    Kässbohrer back 'home'

    2016-04-15T00:00:00Z

    April 15 - 23 years after it ceased operations in the city, Kässbohrer has announced that it is re-establishing its presence in its once home town of Ulm, Germany.

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    Another two years of misery, says Drewry

    2016-04-14T00:00:00Z

    April 14 - Drewry predicts that the multipurpose shipping market is not expected to recover until the end of 2017, when it is anticipated that there will be more bulk demand for Handysize tonnage and therefore more breakbulk cargoes for multipurpose vesse

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    Atlas completes Southern swoop

    2016-04-08T00:00:00Z

    April 8 - In a deal worth USD110 million, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has completed its acquisition of Southern Air Holdings.

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    Lockheed lands first airship sale

    2016-03-31T00:00:00Z

    March 31 - Straightline Aviation (SLA) has signed a letter of intent to purchase up to 12 Lockheed Martin hybrid airships with a potential value of approximately USD480 million.

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    Agility prepares for challenges

    2016-03-29T00:00:00Z

    March 29 - Agility recorded a net profit of KWD53 million (USD175 million) in the 2015 financial year, a 5 percent increase compared with 2014.

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    New low in shipping confidence

    2016-03-24T00:00:00Z

    March 24 - Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell to a record low in the three months to February 2016, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from Moore Stephens.

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    2016: 'pivotal year' for offshore wind

    2016-03-23T00:00:00Z

    March 23 - Following a record year for the offshore wind industry, Douglas Westwood (DW) forecasts that there will be fewer capacity additions in 2016, but suggests that the level of projects entering construction and the diversity of locations expected t

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    Shipping losses continue to decline

    2016-03-21T00:00:00Z

    March 21 - According to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty's (AGCS) Safety and Shipping Review 2016, shipping losses continued their long-term downward trend in 2015, with 85 total losses reported worldwide last year.

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    Good year for Gebrüder Weiss

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Gebrüder Weiss recorded a provisional net turnover of EUR1.28 billion (USD1.44 billion) in 2015, a 3 percent increase compared with EUR1.24 billion (USD1.4 billion) in 2014.

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    Indonesia looks to Antwerp

    2016-03-17T00:00:00Z

    March 17 - Antwerp Port Authority chairman Marc Van Peel has signed two framework agreements with IPC Corporate University - a subsidiary of the Indonesian Port Corporation - which will see the port provide training and consultancy services for Indonesian

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    RollDock returns to L&T

    2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

    March 16 - RollDock Shipping has purchased RollDock Sky from Larsen & Toubro India (L&T).

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    Rickmers foresees tough 2016

    2016-03-15T00:00:00Z

    March 15 - Rickmers Group posted revenues of EUR587 million (USD652 million) in 2015, a 7.6 percent rise compared with EUR545.4 million (USD605 million) in 2014.

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    Oil prices rise but worst not over

    2016-03-11T00:00:00Z

    March 11 - While oil prices have “recovered remarkably” in recent weeks, this should not “be taken as a definitive sign that the worst is necessarily over,” the International Energy Agency warned in its latest monthly report.