Latest business news – Page 124

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    C.H. Robinson grows with Milgram

    2017-09-04T00:00:00Z

    September 4 - Third party logistics (3PL) company C.H. Robinson has acquired Canadian freight forwarder Milgram & Company for approximately CAD62 million (USD50 million).

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    Bolloré makes the news

    2017-09-01T00:00:00Z

    September 1 - Bolloré Logistics has acquired Someport-Walon, an international freight forwarding company which specialises in the movement of industrial projects.

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    DB Schenker expands in New Zealand

    2017-08-31T00:00:00Z

    August 31 - DB Schenker will expand its presence in New Zealand with the acquisition of SB Global Logistics.

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    Cuxhaven gears up for offshore

    2017-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - A new berth and ramp have been inaugurated at Niedersachsen Ports' Cuxhaven offshore terminal, Germany.

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    Samskip gets green light

    2017-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - The Norwegian competition authority has approved Samskip's acquisition of Nor Lines.

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    Construction starts on Stena ships

    2017-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - A 'steel cutting ceremony' held at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard, China, marked the start of construction of the first of four ro-ro vessels ordered by Stena Line.

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    Suparna takes off to Hahn

    2017-08-30T00:00:00Z

    August 30 - Suparna Airlines, a subsidiary of HNA Modern Logistics, has launched a service connecting Xi-an Xinyang International Airport in China with Frankfurt-Hahn Airport in Germany.

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    Scotland prepares for decommissioning

    2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - Forth Ports Limited and AF Offshore Decom UK will form a joint venture, AF Dundee, which aims to establish a North Sea oil and gas decommissioning hub in Dundee, Scotland.

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    Container shipping could face mega-problem

    2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - Despite an increase in freight rates, global benchmarking and market intelligence platform for containerised ocean freight Xeneta, says the future remains uncertain in container shipping due to the looming increase in megaship capacity.

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    Cargolux adds two in Africa

    2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

    August 29 - Cargolux Airlines will introduce two new weekly destinations in Africa over the next six weeks.

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    De Boer steps up with Combilift

    2017-08-28T00:00:00Z

    August 28 - In the Netherlands, De Boer Staal has solved the difficult task of lifting and moving consignments of steel plate efficiently and safely in the form of a 35-tonne capacity straddle carrier from the Irish specialist manufacturer Combilift.

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    High summer for forwarders

    2017-08-23T00:00:00Z

    August 23 - The summer has seen a slew of positive results for several multinational freight and logistics groups but the high pressure on margins remains a serious challenge.

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    ALE loads-out Attenborough

    2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

    August 22 - ALE will transport the 899-tonne stern section of the polar research vessel, RRS Sir David Attenborough, by barge from A&P Tyne's shipyard in Newcastle to the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, UK.

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    Mammoet wins contract extension

    2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

    

August 22 - Sibur, one of Russia's largest gas processing and petrochemicals companies, has extended its contract with Mammoet Russia for logistics and installation operations at the ZapSibNeftekhim Petrochemical Complex construction site in West Siberi

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    Silamas rolls into Myanmar

    2017-08-18T00:00:00Z

    August 18 - Thailand-based heavy lift contractor Silamas Group has teamed up with a local partner and industry veteran Patrick Dick to open an office in Yangon, Myanmar.

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    Cyberattack costs Møller-Mærsk

    2017-08-16T00:00:00Z

    August 16 - The ceo of A.P. Møller-Mærsk, Søren Skou, has put a dollar value on the impact of the cyberattack that hit the company at the end of June 2017.

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    New terminal at Takoradi

    2017-08-14T00:00:00Z

    August 14 - The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has offered a 25-year concession to Ghanaian company Ibistek for the development and operations of a container and multipurpose terminal at the Port of Takoradi.

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    deugro rolls out Indonesian expansion

    2017-08-11T00:00:00Z

    August 11 - deugro, the deugro Group's international project forwarding business unit, has acquired all of Rolitrans International's and Rolitrans Indonesia's heavy haul assets.

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    Reclaimer heads to Hay Point

    2017-08-10T00:00:00Z

    August 10 - A replacement stacker reclaimer has arrived at the Port of Mackay on board BigLift Shipping's Happy Dover, for onward transportation to BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance's (BMA) Hay Point Coal Terminal in Queensland, Australia.

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    Indiana-Burns development on track

    2017-08-08T00:00:00Z

    August 8 - The US Department of Transportation has recommended to Congress that the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor receive one of 10 Fastlane small project grants for 2017.