Latest business news – Page 141

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    BDP expands into Morocco

    2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - BDP International is opening a new office in Casablanca, Morocco.

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    Great Lakes ports kick-start shipping season

    2016-06-09T00:00:00Z

    June 9 - During the first nine weeks of the 2016 navigation season, a number of ships have delivered high-value project cargoes to ports in the Great Lakes St Lawrence Seaway system.

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    Ecuador port deal agreed

    2016-06-08T00:00:00Z

    June 8 - DP World has been awarded a 50-year concession for the development of a greenfield multipurpose port project in Posorja, Ecuador, 65 km from Guayaquil.

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    AAL optimistic about Japan

    2016-06-07T00:00:00Z

    June 7 - At AAL Japan's one-year anniversary celebrations in Tokyo, almost 200 industry stakeholders came together to share cautious optimism about Japan's economic outlook and the future for the country's project cargo exports.

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    Lifting first for Balmer

    2016-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Balmer Spedition und LKW-Service has purchased its first mobile crane - a five-axle Liebherr LTM 1160-5.2.

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    It's Allgood at GPA

    2016-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - James L. Allgood has been elected chairman of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), while Griff Lynch will replace Curtis Foltz as executive director of the authority.

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    Lubbers to take on Wagenborg division

    2016-06-06T00:00:00Z

    June 6 - Dutch specialised transport services provider Lubbers Logistics Group intends to acquire the special road transport division of Wagenborg Nedlift, with effect from July 1.

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    CEA expands in SE Asia

    2016-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - CEA Project Logistics Thailand has opened two new logistics bases in Laos and Vietnam.

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    Gebrüder Weiss targets Iran

    2016-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Gebrüder Weiss sees its recent introduction of a direct consolidated freight link between Sofia in Bulgaria and the Iranian capital of Tehran, as the start of the expansion of its portfolio of services for the country, including FCL transport and

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    ALE signs huge Siemens deal

    2016-06-03T00:00:00Z

    June 3 - Siemens has awarded a four-year crane framework agreement to ALE for the supply and deployment of cranes, specialised transport equipment and personnel to the manufacturer's harbour-based offshore wind sites in the UK and Germany.

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    Crowley continues Puerto Rican investment

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Crowley Puerto Rico Services is going ahead with an additional USD21 million construction contract for improvements and upgrades at its Isla Grande port terminal in San Juan.

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    Rickmers takes on Nordana's project line

    2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Consolidation in the multipurpose shipping sector took a further step forward today with the news that Rickmers-Linie is set to take over Nordana Project & Chartering.

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    Terex ends Zoomlion talks

    2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - Terex has confirmed that discussions with Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology regarding the potential purchase of the US headquartered manufacturer have been terminated.

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    Konecranes wins Siemens order

    2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

    May 31 - Konecranes has received a major order from Siemens Wind Power & Renewables in Germany for 18 industrial cranes and one gantry crane, which will be put to use at the manufacturer's wind turbine production facility in Cuxhaven.

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    ALE adds widening trailers in UK

    2016-05-30T00:00:00Z

    May 30 - Having worked with trailer manufacturer Goldhofer to develop a new range of widening trailers that can be mechanically widened from their basic 3 m width, ALE has now introduced the units into the UK.

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    Pasha goes green in LA

    2016-05-30T00:00:00Z

    May 30 - Pasha Stevedoring and Terminals and the Port of Los Angeles are launching the Green Omni Terminal Demonstration Project, a full-scale, real-time demonstration of zero and near-zero emission technologies at a working marine terminal, which they cl

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    Oil majors must remain integrated

    2016-05-26T00:00:00Z

    May 26 - The best way for oil companies to survive the current low prices is to remain integrated, according to Ed Osterwald, senior partner, CEG Europe. Oil companies such as BP that sell refineries when margins are low will suffer more and might not eve

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    Hapag-Lloyd postpones AGM

    2016-05-25T00:00:00Z

    May 25 - The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd have cancelled the company's Annual General Meeting, which was scheduled for June 1, 2016.

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    Kalhagen joins Metro Ports

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Metro Ports has named Geir-Eilif Kalhagen to the newly-created position of director of northern California and Pacific Northwest.

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    GPLN celebrates success in Brussels

    2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

    May 24 - Approximately 170 delegates from around the world attended the Global Project Logistics Network's (GPLN) annual general meeting, which was held at the Marriott Hotel Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium from May 21-23.