All Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International articles in July 2009 – Page 4

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    Kuehne + Nagel opens Chongqing office

    2009-07-09T00:00:00Z

    July 9 - Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new branch office in Chongqing in central China and confirmed that it will be involved in the management of project cargoes with inquiries being organised in close coordination with the company's project competence cen

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    Jumbo Shipping and Volgo-Baltic Logistic

    2009-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - LC Volgo-Baltic Logistic (VBL), one of Russia's largest freight agencies, has signed an exclusive agreement with Jumbo Shipping and becomes the heavy lift shipping company's exclusive commercial agent for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independen

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    Shajel moves power plant equipment

    2009-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - Netherland Antilles-based, Shajel NV, is managing the shipment of heavy components from the port of St. Maarten to the New Cole Bay Power Station in the Netherland Antilles.

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    UMA Tunisia moves heavy cranes from the Baltic to Tunisia

    2009-07-08T00:00:00Z

    July 8 - UMA Tunisia has managed the shipment of two cranes weighing more than 495 tonnes with a total volume of 2900 cu m from the Baltic port of Klaipeda to Menzel Bourguiba in the north of Tunisia.

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    Solid earth for PD Ports?

    2009-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Speculation continues about the future ownership of PD Ports with reports in the financial media suggesting that Terra Firma, a leading British buyout firm, is preparing a bid for the subsidiary of Babcock & Brown Infrastructure.

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    PPG heads for Corpus Christi

    2009-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - A record number of sponsors and over 100 freight forwarding executives from 34 countries are expected to attend the Project Professionals Group annual conference in Corpus Christi, Texas, later this month.

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    Looking forward to Breakbulk in New Orleans

    2009-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - New Orleans, the famous Big Easy, is the venue of the 20th Annual Breakbulk Transportation Conference and Exhibition, between October 13-15, 2009.

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    Rickmers-Linie names Greenport for UAE and Bahrain

    2009-07-07T00:00:00Z

    July 7 - Rickmers-Linie has appointed Greenport Shipping Agency LLC, Dubai as its new agent in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

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    Eleven countries represented at heavy lift seminar

    2009-07-06T00:00:00Z

    July 6 - More than 25 participants from 11 countries attended the latest 'Heavy Transport & Lifting' seminar in the Netherlands.

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    WWPC scores hat-trick with new members

    2009-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - A My Transportation Co., Ltd. (Amytrans) along with Transmares Logistica Integral S.A. (TMLI) and Transmares Costa Rica S.A. have been appointed as new members of the project forwarding network WWPC.

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    Cryogenic tanks shipped from Russia to Guiana

    2009-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Worldwide Project Consortium member, Transy has managed the transportation of five cryogenic tanks from Russia to the Soyuz-ST LV launch complex in the Guiana Space Centre.

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    Port of Longview welcomes barge service

    2009-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Daybreak Transportation and Rail Transfer of Longview, Washington, has launched a monthly barge service to and from Hawaii through the Port of Longview.

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    PD Ports gets all heavy in Hull

    2009-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - PD Ports has handled some specialist project cargo through the Hull Container Terminal (HCT) which it has operated since 1990.

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    Safmarine adds Safari options

    2009-07-03T00:00:00Z

    July 3 - Yesterday the first sailing of a new string dedicated to the Indian Ocean Islands and Mozambique on Safmarine's existing Safari (Southern Africa-Far East) service and the line says that it will accept heavy lift and out of gauge cargo subject to

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    New Geodis Wilson MD in Spain targets heavy lift

    2009-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Alain Reich, recently appointed managing director of Geodis Wilson Spain is keen to develop the company's role in the project forwarding sector in Spain.

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    Trains, yachts and ... blades ... for Medden

    2009-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Turkish stevedoring company and port agent, Medden Shipping and Trading reports that it is handling considerable volumes of wind energy equipment, yachts and trains through its facilities in the Turkish ports of Izmir, Aliaga, Tekirdag and Iskend

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    Another big project for Almajdouie

    2009-07-02T00:00:00Z

    July 2 - Saudi Arabia's Almajdouie, a member of the WWPC, recently moved heavy reactors and related parts for the Ras Tanura Project.

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    General Electric picks Wilmington

    2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - The first of an anticipated six calls by ships carrying wind turbine blades for discharge, short term storage and trucking and delivery to General Electric's wind energy project sites in Pennsylvania and Indiana has taken place at the Port of Wil

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    Duluth handles high-pressure vessel

    2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - Under normal circumstances, high-pressure containers used in oil and gasification projects are built in Japan and brought into the port of Duluth on a heavy lift ship.

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    Clipper Projects opens for business in Lion City

    2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

    July 1 - Today sees Clipper Projects opening its own representative office in Singapore following the recent decision to dissolve Asia Project Chartering, the partnership between Clipper Projects and BBC Chartering & Logistic.